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PrimeRx reports on how digital pharmaceutical marketplaces are improving drug purchasing for pharmacies, offering transparency and competitive pricing amid industry challenges.
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Sylvia Mendoza for PrimeRx
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7/10/26
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The new committee tasked with studying artificial intelligence and data centers ahead of North Dakota’s 2027 legislative session has released the agenda for its first meeting. The inaugural meeting of the committee is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday in Bismarck. The committee will hear presentations on how other states and the federal government are regulating […]
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Jacob Orledge
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7/10/26
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The committee tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of New Mexico’s behavioral health care infrastructure on Thursday unanimously approved an $8 million plan for the second of 13 regional proposals aimed at doing so.
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Joshua Bowling
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7/10/26
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State health plan members will pay less for their care beginning next year if they use UNC Hospitals, Novant Health, and Iredell Health System under a new plan adopted to help lower costs for state employees and the State Health Plan. State Health Plan trustees on Friday agreed to contracts with three health systems designated […]
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Lynn Bonner
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7/10/26
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The 74 reports a widening political gender divide among Gen Z, with young women strongly supporting Democrats while young men gravitate towards Republicans, reflecting contrasting views in schools.
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Kevin Mahnken for The 74
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7/10/26
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Tennessee Lookout reports that since the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 100,000 Tennesseans have lost their SNAP food aid.
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Anita Wadhwani for Tennessee Lookout
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7/10/26
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Jump reports that AI assistants are empowering financial advisors to take summer vacations with more freedom, enhancing efficiency and communication while they’re away.
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Diana Cabrices for Jump
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7/10/26
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Reasons to be Cheerful reports on positive news and inspiring stories, highlighting solutions to societal issues and promoting hope and optimism.
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Michaela Haas for Reasons to be Cheerful
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7/10/26
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The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state artificial intelligence laws that it views as ideologically biased, proposing a new Federal Trade Commission policy. The proposed policy statement, which is open for public comment through July 31, would affect how the FTC regulates AI companies. The agency said it’s meant to address concerns that […]
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Robbie Sequeira
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7/10/26
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Grist reports native plants, once seen as weeds, are now in high demand, with sales booming at events like the Kilbourn Park plant sale, surpassing attendance records.
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Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco for Grist
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7/10/26
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LAWRENCE — The bond built between this college town and the Algerian national soccer team during its World Cup stay came together last weekend with back-to-back independence days. On July 4, Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of their break from British rule, tossing tea in Boston Harbor and launching a democracy that would grow into […]
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Issis Banks
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7/10/26
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The Hechinger Report reports that AI tutors show promise but can backfire if students rely too heavily on them.
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Jill Barshay for The Hechinger Report
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7/10/26
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Grist reports that major banks are increasing financing for fossil fuels, undermining climate commitments and supporting the petrochemical industry's growth strategy.
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Joseph Winters for Grist
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7/10/26
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A coalition of health organizations are urging lawmakers to consider nearly doubling Nevada’s cigarette tax and dedicating some of that funding to tobacco prevention and cessation programs. “Today we’re generating significant tobacco revenue but investing very little back into helping people quit or preventing youth from starting,” said Jennifer Atlas, the Nevada government relations director […]
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April Corbin Girnus
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7/10/26
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With 29 deaths in five days, advocates label holiday weekend heat-related deaths a 'mass casualty' event and urge NJ to do more to protect vulnerable residents.
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Lilo H. Stainton
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7/10/26
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An Idaho family searching for help with rental assistance, affordable child care or help finding new clothes for work may not know where to begin. Laura Denner, administrator of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Division of Family and Community Partnerships, and her team want to ensure that there’s “no wrong door” for families […]
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Laura Guido
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7/10/26
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A state representative Thursday accused the former healthcare provider of Alabama prisons of fraud and sharply criticized the Alabama Department of Corrections’ relationship with a Montgomery-based law firm. Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, said the events leading up to Tennessee-based company YesCare’s bankruptcy filing in May, after the state abruptly canceled a $1 billion contract in […]
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Anna Barrett
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7/10/26
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NC’s childcare crisis disproportionately affects disabled kids. A lawmaker says it’s time for change
Zack Hawkins is the father of two children with autism. Like many parents of kids with special needs in North Carolina, he has struggled to find childcare options that accommodate his children. His sons received their diagnosis in 2018. When they were younger, the family found an inclusive summer program and an at-home caregiver, Hawkins […]
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Claire Michal
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7/10/26
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I write as one of West Virginia’s lost children: a child of poverty from North Central West Virginia who left my home among the hills to become a doctoral pediatric psychologist and graduate faculty member who supervised ten young doctors practicing in the United States and abroad. After nearly 30 years of practice hundreds of […]
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Robert B. Miller
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7/10/26
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Today "ideology is put before kids' issues.”
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Sarah Ladd
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7/10/26
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Two retired military cybersecurity experts in Virginia recently launched a bus service in Hampton Roads to raise awareness and educate students about technology, after receiving an unexpected state budget appropriation of $200,000. The cyber education bus is the latest way the nonprofit organization RFK Outreach will fulfill its goal to help children and teens learn […]
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Nathaniel Cline
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7/10/26
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• “The biggest drag on Virginia’s business ranking is Trump.” — The Washington Post • “Planning kicks off for special election to replace Arlington County treasurer.” — ARLnow • “Virginia Beach restaurant owners push to lower one of the highest meals taxes in the country.” — WTKR • “Western Virginia Water Authority implements water conservation […]
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Staff Report
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7/10/26
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BOISE, Idaho — Suzanne Gallus is a Catholic woman and mother of seven who has been pregnant 12 times, and she’s spent the past year asking residents to sign a petition to help restore access to abortion in one of the most conservative areas of Idaho. At an event on July 2 at the Idaho […]
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris
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7/10/26
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More than 470 heat-related emergency room visits were reported during last week's Independence Day heat wave, more ER visits in one week than had been recorded for the entire heat season that began in May, according to new data.
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Danielle J. Brown
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7/10/26
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Pull out your map of North America. Now, stick pins where the seven remaining World Cup teams stayed and practiced as they prepared for the tournament’s quarterfinal matches. Teams in Boston and Greensboro? Yes, two for the east coast. A couple of squads on the west coast in Washington state and San Diego? True. Plus […]
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Eric Thomas
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7/10/26
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