Native American advocates welcome advance funding for Indian Health Service
by Savannah Peters
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The agency reduced care offerings during government shutdowns. Advance appropriations would provide a funding bridge when necessary.
Reforms in latest spending bill could help close gender gap in retirement savings
by Meghan McCarty Carino
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The SECURE Act 2.0 aims to help part-time and lower-wage workers — categories where women are overrepresented — save for retirement.
After a holiday marked by power failures, what’s being done to ensure the lights stay on?
by Lily Jamali
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Experts say the country needs more transmission lines to move power from where it’s being generated to where it’s needed.
Many low-income parents still struggle to find baby formula, even as production rebounds
by Kimberly Adams and Richard Cunningham
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More than 80% of infants consume formula in their first year. Though supply has improved since the crisis in May, some areas are seeing shortages.
University looks to self-driving shuttles to transport students
by Cole del Charco
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is piloting autonomous transit with vehicles in a project that could take students to and from the historically Black university to downtown Greensboro by the fall.
Biotech sector still hot despite cooling economy
by Lesley McClurg
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The pandemic led to an explosion of interest in and funding of biotech. That continues even as many sectors slow and recession fears grow.
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