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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Elaine Povich The buy now, pay later enticements increasingly offered on web sites' checkout pages lure many customers, especially as the coronavirus pandemic has increased online shopping.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Kristian Hernández Caitlyn Mann, 29, moved to the Phoenix metro area from Boston in January 2021 after taking a job as a Maricopa County court clerk. She found a studio apartment downtown and signed a 14-month lease for $1,295 a
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Sophie Quinton Outraged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, governors and state lawmakers from both parties are seeking to impose economic sanctions of their own.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Sophie Quinton Both Republicans and Democrats are calling for state tax cuts this year, spurred by huge budget surpluses.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Jenni Bergal During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become accustomed to using their smartphone cameras to scan small black-and-white square barcodes, allowing them instantly to do everything from access restaurant menus to pay bills.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Sophie Quinton Nurse Hannah Drummond routinely must watch patients for hours as they lie in the emergency department, waiting for a hospital bed upstairs. That includes patients so ill they use breathing machines or need hospice or intensive care, she said.
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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Jenni Bergal The nation's snow belt is facing a severe snowplow driver shortage: Montana is down half its temporary snowplow drivers this year. Kansas is missing nearly a third of all snowplow operators. Pennsylvania needs almost 60 percent more
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Under a new state law, Rhode Island's public colleges won't get additional state funding simply for enrolling more students. They will have to prove that they're making progress on goals such as increasing graduation rates. Over 30 states now partially—or in Tennessee'