Eighteen months after the pandemic first disrupted schools across the U.S, Shelby County marks a grim pandemic milestone: 20,000 school-age children have tested positive for COVID since the pandemic began in March 2020. That means about one in 9 Shelby County children, ages 5 to 18, has been infected with COVID, according to data from […]

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SACRAMENTO — Though COVID-19 forced California leaders to scale back their ambitious health care agenda, they still managed to enact significant new laws intended to lower consumer health care spending and expand access to health coverage. When Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom concluded the chaotic legislative year Wednesday — his deadline to sign or veto bills […]

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