Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland
HEADLINES
- A $24B Michigan budget for schools
- Michigan Advance - https://michiganadvance.com/2023/07/05/heres-whats-in-the-24b-michigan-budget-for-schools/
- Batteries And Renewables Are Saving Texas During The Heat Wave
- Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/anandgopal/2023/07/02/batteries-and-renewables-are-saving-texas-in-the-heat-wave/?sh=6727f65621dd
LIGHTNING ROUND
- Missouri,
- Medicaid recipients in Missouri are now at risk of losing their health insurance coverage
- https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2023-07-03/missouri-begins-disenrolling-medicaid-patients-after-three-year-freeze
- Missouri’s new prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) will allow physicians and pharmacists to track a patient’s prescriptions.
- https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouris-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-to-launch-soon/
- Arkansas,
- Sanders Slashes State Worker Raises
- https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/state-employees-protest-on-arkansas-state-capitol-steps-about-pay-raise-policies/
- Sanders Seeks Stacked Supreme Court
- https://apnews.com/article/huckabee-sanders-arkansas-supreme-court-hiland-republicans-e89a6ee9f7640b1687c1f52dd5e0a9d5
- Ohio,
- Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution delivered nearly double the number of signatures needed to place an amendment on the fall statewide ballot.
- https://apnews.com/article/abortion-rights-ohio-ballot-constitutional-amendment-88bddf55dc5f08201c8efe1f3093d1b5
- And Lastly,
- Sen Josh Haulin’ Ass Hawley gets it wrong
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Outro Song: “The World Is On Fire” by American Aquarium
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