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With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates on the Ground Push for Over-the-Counter Naloxone

Louise Vincent figures her group, the North Carolina Survivors Union, saves at least 1,690 lives a year. The harm-reduction and syringe service program distributes the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone to people who use... Read more »

Colorado graduates Hispanic men at low rates — but it can improve

The gaps are striking. Each year, for instance, thousands of students at the University of Colorado at Boulder start down the path of getting a bachelor’s degree. Six years later, about 69%... Read more »

Gov. Newsom calls for gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

In response to a Supreme Court decision on Texas’ near-abortion ban Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced late Saturday that he would push for new legislation modeled after the Texas law to allow... Read more »

Vaccine mandate being considered for Detroit school district employees

The Detroit school district is moving toward a vaccine policy that, if approved by the board, would require all district staff members be vaccinated before the end of the school year. The... Read more »

Report ranks Colorado as 12th freest state in the U.S.

Colorado ranks as the 12th most free state in the country in the CATO Institute’s latest index measuring states’ freedom. The report by the libertarian think tank describes Colorado as one of the freer... Read more »

Parson says pay increases overdue for state workers

More than five years ago, a study commissioned by the state found Missouri ranked last among the 50 states in average employee pay. It also found base salary pay was 10.4% below... Read more »

Wisconsin public health managers to call on FEMA for coronavirus hospital help

Wisconsin is turning to the federal government to find enough nurses to deal with the latest surge of coronavirus patients across the state. Wisconsin’s Health Services Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake on Wednesday said... Read more »

A Denver teen on the new Movimiento Poder

An advocacy organization that has fought for three decades for racial justice in Denver Public Schools has a new name, a new logo, and an updated vision. Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, which... Read more »

Voters unhappy with economy, Biden’s leadership

The majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, and they doubt President Joe Biden’s ability to change that, according to a new poll. The Wall Street Journal... Read more »

Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic

Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of HIV among women. Although Black women represent only 13% of the female population, they accounted for over half... Read more »