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Illinois Medicaid Bill Targets Coverage for Asylum Seekers, Other Noncitizens
Illinois lawmakers passed a Medicaid omnibus bill that extends coverage to noncitizens with pending applications for asylum or special visas, while the state faces budget constraints and the Trump administration’s potential cuts to federal funding.
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governor
“Paid leave for all is about the dignity of work,” said Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, a lead sponsor on the bill. “It’s about humanizing and honoring the realities that we know that adult workers have in our daily lives and providing a space for folks to just do what it is that we all have the luxury and are so blessed to do.”
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After Clinching Control of the Senate, Democrats Still Covet Victory in Georgia Runoff
With a Warnock win, Democrats would stand in position to hold an extra seat on every committee, making it much easier to move nominees or legislation on party-line votes. “It’s always better with 51 because we’re in a situation where you don’t have to have an even makeup of the committees,” President Joe Biden said after Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. “And so that’s why it’s important, mostly. But it’s just simply better. The bigger the numbers, the better.”
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The ascension of Hakeem Jeffries signals Democrats’ willingness to move on from the old guard
The change in Democratic leadership comes at a time when their Republican counterparts have seized control of the House, weaponized the U.S. Supreme Court, gerrymandered congressional maps throughout the country, and have used their pulpits to spark and spread messages of hate and division.
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OP-ED: Biden deserves credit not complacency
When President Biden took office, the country was in the grip of a global pandemic. Businesses were shuttering, schools were closing, and people were dying. The country needed leadership. Unfortunately, we had a showman at the helm when a statesman was needed. Forty-five was pre-occupied with scoring political points and securing media hits. And when voters were given a chance to express themselves, by a margin of nearly seven million votes, they chose statesmanship over showmanship.
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Cedric Richmond Issues Blistering Voting Rights Attack Against GOP, Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his current role as the White House Office of Public Engagement Director, said during a Zoom gathering of reporters, that voting rights are the “bedrock of democracy.” The post Cedric Richmond Issues […]
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Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks to the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s about putting $6 billion into state and local government to improve safety on the roads,” Vice President Harris pronounced. “It’s about funding for local communities for better streetlights, ensuring crosswalks are safe. We’re talking about the elderly, the mother with the stroller, the father with the stroller – people given enough […]
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Cedric Richmond Issues Blistering Voting Rights Attack Against GOP, Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his current role as the White House Office of Public Engagement Director, said during a Zoom gathering of reporters, that voting rights are the “bedrock of democracy.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks to the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s about putting $6 billion into state and local government to improve safety on the roads,” Vice President Harris pronounced. “It’s about funding for local communities for better streetlights, ensuring crosswalks are safe. We’re talking about the elderly, the mother with the stroller, the father with the stroller – people given enough time to cross the street. It’s a very big thing when you talk about the quality of life and when you live in communities where they rely on public streets to walk to church, to get the kids to school, to get them to the bus stop.”
