Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Two diametrically opposed experts clashed Thursday on the status and impact of newly framed voter identification laws. Appearing at a debate hosted by the National Press Club Newsmakers Committee, Laura Murphy, director of the Washington legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union, [...]
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Can Massachusetts Lead The Way On Controlling Health Costs?
February 23rd, 2012 
admin Boston, MA, United States (KaiserHealth) – Employers in Massachusetts routinely complain about health insurance costs rising two, three or even eight times faster than inflation. But not so much lately. As of April 1, base insurance rates approved by the Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration for small businesses will increase, on average, 1.8 percent. Interestingly, [...]
Insecurity makes drought-hit farmers even more vulnerable
February 17th, 2012 admin Damascus, Syria (IRIN) – Instability in Syria has aggravated an already vulnerable situation for tens of thousands of farmers and herders affected by recurrent drought, but only a fraction of them have received assistance because of chronic “serious underfunding” of humanitarian programs in Syria, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns. “They are really [...]
Promises of exports fall short for Gaza’s manufacturers
February 15th, 2012 admin Gaza City, Palestinian Territory (IRIN) – Mu’min Najar drags open the massive door to the goods depot of his father’s furniture factory, the Modern Industrial Group (MIG), in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “Everything you see here is waiting to be sold abroad,” he says. On the left side of the depot, writing desks are [...]
Pennsylvania lawmakers reach compromise on natural gas drilling bill
February 7th, 2012 admin Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Harrisburg, PA, United States (AHN) – Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have reached an agreement on a bill charging companies an “impact fee” for drilling natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, legislation that is expected to be part of Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget address on Tuesday. Compromise legislation reconciling differences between [...]
