Two Idaho gubernatorial candidates – Democrat Terri Pickens and independent John Stegner – said they would champion a ballot initiative that would end Idaho’s abortion ban if voters approve it at the polls in November’s general election.  A gubernatorial candidate from the Constitution Party who legally changed his name to Pro-Life said he would work […] more

“You have hissed the mystery lecture. In fact, you’ve tasted the whole worm!” If you’ve never heard that sentence before, you’re probably wondering what on earth it means. It was supposedly delivered by the absent-minded Rev. William Archibald Spooner after a student missed his history lecture and wasted the whole term. These accidental mix-ups of sounds, known as […] more

A new report suggests Iowa’s agricultural industry is in a multi-year downturn that might not let up for a few more years, and experts are advising farmers to look back to the practices that got them through tough financial times a decade ago to weather the current storm. The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Iowa State […] more

LAKELAND — Florida’s once thriving citrus industry has declined precipitously over the past two decades, but state agriculture officials believe the downward trajectory may have plateaued, and expressed enthusiasm Friday regarding a federal rule change they say will provide a much needed boost to the struggling sector. U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. […] more

Advocates are urging Colorado officials to do everything in their legal power to investigate and resolve what they fear is a tuberculosis outbreak at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Aurora. A coalition including health care workers and leaders from statewide organizations — including the American Friends Services Committee, Casa de Paz, the […] more

With a potential cut in property tax revenue looming for Florida’s counties, other costs are on the rise. The state’s top economists this week agreed that Florida’s 67 counties will be on the hook for nearly $420 million of what the state will spend on Medicaid this fiscal year. Miami Dade ($69,356,749,) Broward ($34,672,150), Hillsborough […] more

After years of negligence allegations, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services revoked the license of the last active campus of Provo Canyon School, a Utah teen treatment institution made infamous by celebrity Paris Hilton saying she was abused while staying at one of its campuses as a teen. Now, the school’s Provo campus […] more

A new South Dakota law that criminalizes the advertising of abortion pills cannot be enforced while a lawsuit against it continues, a federal judge ruled Friday. Nancy Turbak Berry, who formerly served as a Democratic state legislator from Watertown, and New York-based nonprofit Mayday Health filed the lawsuit in May against Gov. Larry Rhoden and […] more

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has sanctioned a hospital pharmacy for failing to adequately monitor its supply of controlled substances. The board recently charged MercyOne Dubuque West’s pharmacy with failing to ensure controlled-substance accountability and with failing to verify that its actual, physical inventorу of drugs matched the expected inventory. According to the board, it […] more

Chemours, formerly part of DuPont, has been manufacturing chemicals on the Cape Fear river near Fayetteville for decades. more