By Jaymie Baxley and Rose Hoban State leaders have finally announced a budget deal, which will fund the state and also allow Medicaid expansion to take effect in the coming months. For weeks, leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives debated the issue of adding casino legalization to the $30 billion state budget. Senate … Read more
SPRINGFIELD — The state has suspended a new policy that requires certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copays for certain services, instructing health care providers to refund any payments they have already received. Omar Shaker, acting chief of administrative rules for the Department of Health and Family Services, told a … Read more
The cannabis industry continues to expand. 38 states now they have some form of legal marijuana, and more people come online every year. And careers in space exploded. There are now more workers in the cannabis industry in America than there are dentists, according to the Leafly jobs report. With over 428,000 full-time equivalent jobs, … Read more