WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following blog: Some 80,000 Michiganders are in danger of becoming uninsured beginning May 31 due to the state's new policy of taking Medicaid coverage away from people who don't meet a work requirement, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced last week. These data show Michigan is poised to experience the same harmful results from its work requirement policy as other states. In Arkansas, more than 18,000 people   more

BENTON COUNTY, Arkansas, March 7 -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release: * * * - The Conservation Fund and Northwest Arkansas Land Trust's purchase of 140 acres next to the Pea Ridge National Military Park is first step in permanent protection of historic site * * * The Conservation Fund and Northwest Arkansas Land Trust announced the purchase of a key Civil War battle site in Benton County, Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, with assistance from The Conservatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: * * * - Muslim Group to Conduct Exit Poll and Survey Tuesday Night * * * The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced that it is sponsoring a targeted get-out-the-vote robocall campaign that urges American Muslim voters nationwide to go to the polls throughout the primary election season, including on Super Tuesday. S  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 3 -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release: An amicus brief by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) urges the U.S. Supreme Court to stand by its precedents and uphold an Arkansas law that "prevents [pharmacy benefit managers] PBM contracts from reimbursing pharmacies at low rates that do not cover the costs of purchasing and dispensing expensive prescription medications, which presently results in pharmacies t  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The National Health Law Program issued the following news release: A federal judge has vacated the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' approval of work requirements, this time in Michigan. The Department approved the requirements as part of a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver project. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found similar work requirements in Arkansas were unlawful, a factor that Judge Boasberg cited in his brief order. Nat  more