The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted $10 million in settlement money with the state Agency for Health Care Administration into the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity run by his wife Casey DeSantis to reshape welfare assistance, reported the Miami Herald on Tuesday. Hope Florida, created in 2022, has a mission to reduce lower-income people's reliance on government aid by connecting people who would otherwise need food assistance or subsidized health care with faith-based organizations and related NGOs. read more
Trump-aligned Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is reeling from a bruising loss after voters in his state " which typically backs Republicans by comfortable margins " categorically rejected a series of amendments he pushed to overhaul the state constitution in the GOP's favor, reported The Advocate. "After a string of successes, Landry suffered his worst defeat during his 15 months as governor," wrote Tyler Bridges. "Black voters turned out in bigger than expected numbers to vote 'no,' after being reached through a grassroots digital media campaign and apparently motivated at least in part by opposition to Landry and President Donald Trump." read more
Ryleigh Cooper exhaled as she slid onto the couch after nine hours of work for the U.S. Forest Service, still covered in the blue paint she used to mark trees for local loggers. Then she got the text. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news," her union leader wrote. read more
North Carolina's economy is bracing for a hold on billions in funding to the state government, universities, businesses, and hospitals after the Trump administration announced a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan programs. read more
Freshly confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a room packed with federal health workers on Tuesday that he plans to "investigate" whether the timing of childhood vaccinations and anti-depression medications are among several "possible factors" in the nation's problem with chronic diseases. "Nothing is going to be off limits," Kennedy told the large crowd Tuesday. read more
If we stop counting the deaths, the deaths will go down.