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How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy
The New York Times
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July 3, 2025
For years, the United States labor market has been undergoing a structural transformation. As jobs in manufacturing have receded, slowly but steadily, the health care industry has more than replaced them. The change has been particularly visible...
Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art
York County News - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan HospitalsAnthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan Hospitals Over the past year, WellSpan Philhaven hospital in...
Alaska Man Monday - a Baby Moose, a Dumb Crook, and a Great Name
Red State
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June 30, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Later this week is the great American holiday, Independence Day, and we’ll be taking some video at a great local Independence Day...
Pedestrian hit by vehicle in South Anchorage in June has died, police say
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Anchorage’s pedestrian fatalities continue to rise after a woman struck by a vehicle succumbed to injuries she suffered in mid-June. Clare Mattice, 85, was hit on DeArmoun Road near Elmore Road on June 19, Anchorage police said. The state medical...
Democratic View: Turn your climate change despair into your greater purpose
Tompkins Weekly - New York
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July 9, 2025
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of author Mike Hoffmann and are not representative of the thoughts or opinions of Tompkins Weekly. We are living in extraordinarily challenging times—inundated with health, economic,...
Anchorage ‘reimagined’ police task force aims for kinder, gentler police and less enforcement
Must Read Alaska
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June 29, 2025
Anchorage Assembly’s move toward “reimagining public safety” is being launched as the governing body for 40% of the population of the state authorized a task force aimed at reviving the former Public Safety Advisory Commission, but with a new...
rep scott peters critiques republican tax plan for impacting healthcare
San Diego City Wire - California
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July 3, 2025
Scott Peters U.S. House of Representatives from California | Official U.S. House HeadshotScott Peters U.S. House of Representatives from California | Official U.S. House Headshot Rep. Scott Peters, a member of the U.S. Congress representing...
City advances effort to build RV resort in downtown Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A rendering of a proposed RV resort at 3rd Avenue and Ingra Street. (Courtesy Anchorage Community Development Authority) A city-led effort to turn a 15-acre field that once housed the Alaska Native Medical Center into an RV park and a mixed-use...
National Weather Service issues heat advisory for Alaska’s western North Slope
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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The National Weather Service in Fairbanks issued a heat advisory on Wednesday for Alaska’s western North Slope, where temperatures in some of the United States’ northernmost communities are expected to reach as high as 80 to 90 degrees through...
Eye of the Beholder: Community Leaders on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Impact in Alaska
Alaska Business
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July 2, 2025
At the time of the panel discussion, the bill was estimated to cut $230 million from Alaska’s Medicaid funding, shrinking the state’s economy and eliminating nearly 2,000 healthcare jobs. In the final bill, Sullivan helped negotiate a $25 billion...
First Solana staking ETF hits $12M in ‘healthy’ first trading day
Coin Telegraph
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July 3, 2025
The United States’ first Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) ended its debut trading day with $12 million in inflows — a positive sign for crypto staking-enabled ETFs. The REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF debuted on the Cboe BZX Exchange on...
National Indian Health Board Hosts Virtual Caucuses to Prepare Tribes for Federal Health Services Listening Sessions
Native News Online
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Details By Native News Online Staff July 02, 2025 The National Indian Health Board is holding two virtual caucuses this month in advance of federal listening sessions that will solicit tribal feedback on critical health services in Indian Country....
Arizona rural hospitals say Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' will cripple facilities
Daily Independent - Arizona
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By Ella Anderson | Cronkite News WASHINGTON — Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan Republicans are finalizing could deal a major blow to Arizona’s rural hospitals, threatening services for tens of thousands of residents. The...
Sen. Gallego to Headline Town Hall for Alaska Dems
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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July 2, 2025
Fueling speculation about his political ambitions, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., reportedly was set to headline an emergency online town hall Wednesday hosted by the Alaska Democratic Party. The virtual event, which is slated to be held from 9:30...
Woman dies a week after being struck by a vehicle in Anchorage
Alaska Public Media
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July 2, 2025
A woman who was struck by a vehicle last month in South Anchorage has died, according to police. Police said in a Tuesday statement that Clara Mattice, 85, was hit by a vehicle just before noon June 19 near DeArmoun and Elmore roads. Anchorage...
Here’s one thing Alaska could do to reduce opioid overdose deaths
Alaska Public Media
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July 3, 2025
An hour before he was arrested, D lay in the back of a repurposed ambulance, parked in Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula, while Dr. Sarah Spencer injected him with a 30-day dose of buprenorphine, a medication used to curb cravings for opioids. D...
'We won’t stop fighting': Megabill passes the Senate, putting Hawaiʻi health care at risk
Hawaii Public Radio
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July 2, 2025
People who use Medicaid would no longer be able to get their health care through Planned Parenthood under President Trump's domestic agenda bill. Rebecca Gibron is the CEO of Planned Parenthood's largest geographical affiliate that covers Alaska,...
Alaska needs more responsible resource development
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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I am Alaska Native — Koyukon ‚ raised on the Upper Koyukuk River. I know my family history. I know my culture, my language and the values passed down from our elders. I know what it means to live off the land, and I also know what it means to live...
85-year-old woman dies after being struck by vehicle in Anchorage
Your Alaska Link
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An update on a tragic accident that occurred earlier this month in South Anchorage. Anchorage Police say 85-year-old Clara Mattice has died from injuries she sustained after being struck by a vehicle on June 19. The collision happened just before...
A Bill That Rips Away Food, Healthcare and Dignity From Millions—So Billionaires Can Get Richer
Ms. Magazine
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July 2, 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference on June 17, 2025, about President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” budget and tax reconciliation bill. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) This analysis was originally...