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Some states have issued guidance trying to clarify their abortion ban exceptions A unique South Dakota bill would order the health dept to create an educational video meant to explain its 'life of the mother' exception Many abortion rights advocates say these efforts won't help

A California state senator wants all gun owners to lock up their firearms at home: “Guns kill people, and the readily available unlocked guns kill more people,” says Sen. Anthony Anthony Portantino OGVP 46 Archived #CALeg Samantha Young reports: californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

Many states have laws in place requiring gun owners to securely store their firearms when children are present. The Biden administration wants to go further by requiring gun owners to secure firearms most of the time. Samantha Young reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/h…

Move to Protect California’s Indoor Workers From Heat Upended by Cost Questions - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

The chair of California’s worker safety board says the Gavin Newsom administration “hung our ass out to dry” when it pulled support from indoor heat standards for workers. California Department of Industrial Relations Samantha Young reports ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

How's Gavin Newsom's foray into telehealth going? One firm missed a deadline to make its app available on Android phones. Only about 15,000 have signed up. State won't say yet how many are active users. 🧵 My latest for KFF Health News CaliforniaHealthline chalkbeat.org/2024/04/25/cal…

.Melissa Hurtado leads a bill that could determine when schoolkids run and play during heat waves. The bill comes after a 12-year-old boy died after a physical education instructor told him to run as the temperature topped 90 degrees. Samantha Young has more: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

A California lawmaker wants the state to craft guidelines for how and when schoolchildren can play or exercise during extreme weather. Samantha Young reports for #CalHealthline & CNN: cnn.com/2024/05/20/hea…

How is climate change affecting heat waves in California and the West? Great explainer in the Los Angeles Times by Hayley Smith, Sean Greene, Abhinanda Bhattacharyya. latimes.com/environment/st…

California Legislature likely to ask voters to borrow $20 billion for climate, schools apnews.com/article/califo…

JUST IN: Gov. Newsom cancels his appearance at a U.S. Ninth Circuit judicial conference scheduled in Sacramento tomorrow. No reason provided by organizers of the event, waiting to hear back from his office.

President Joe Biden says the best way to move forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. Vice President JD Vance Kamala Harris

Today we launch a years-in-the-making project, Silence in Sikeston -- a podcast series and documentary film examining the impact of racial violence in one American town. The vision of Cara Anthony, it was produced by an amazing KFF Health News team. kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/r…

Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals. A must read by @hartreports kffhealthnews.org/MTkxMzQyNw via KFF Health News

California Governor Signs Law Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports californiahealthline.org/NDk1MzA5 via CaliforniaHealthline Governor Gavin Newsom Senator Monique Limón Molly Castle Work

I’m so thrilled to announce I’ll be joining KFF Health News as a CA correspondent covering health policy and politics next month. What a dream to work with Samantha Young Judy Lin Angela Hart and a whole team of mission-driven professionals doing thoughtful, impactful work.

A must read by my KFF Health News colleague. How a CA state official helped a vendor keep their funding.

On the #MAHA tour this morning in Arizona, Secretary Kennedy will hear from tribal leaders about the opportunities and challenges related to self-governance in health care at the Tribal Self Governance Conference. I’m here for KFF Health News

NEW from Angela Hart and me: Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom promised to fight for universal healthcare. He didn’t realize it would be so expensive. cbsnews.com/news/californi…

Gov. Newsom is proposing to accelerate his administration’s plan to build a $20-billion water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by short-cutting permitting for the project and limiting avenues for legal challenges. latimes.com/environment/st…