States
For much of 2020, many American mothers-to-be were hesitant to carry pregnancies to term as COVID-19 vaccines had yet to be developed and distributed, hospitals were filling with infected patients...
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In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, many media outlets and researchers predicted that with all of those stay-at-home orders and work-stoppage mandates, couples would huddle together for...
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About half of the $4.9 trillion in revenue the federal government collected in fiscal 2022 came from individual income taxes. Americans pay an average of more than $10,000 to the U.S. Treasury...
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A recent analysis reveals that North Carolina is the worst place to work.
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The U.S., plagued by the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5, may face another hurdle in the way of cutting the spread of the disease. It is known as the BA.2.75 subvariant. Its presence and growth has been most...
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A new analysis forecasts taxes from marijuana sales by state, and California appears to be the big winner.
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The state where people watch the most television is small and fairly rural. Soap operas are popular there.
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Ambulance response times are critical for very sick patients and people severely hurt in accidents. Those response times are extremely different state by state.
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The jobless figures for many states are much different from the national average. In Alaska, the number was 72% higher, among other things due to government worker reductions arising from cuts in the...
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Residents of every state have at least one aspect of their home they can brag about, but also one they would probably rather forget. Minnesota state residents may gloat about the state’s extremely...
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Health care spending in America reached a stunning $3.5 trillion in 2017, but that’s just the beginning. According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, that figure is projected to shoot...
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Sports betting is now legal in eight U.S. states and March Madness, which begins Tuesday, is expected to generate total betting of more than $12 billion. There are other winners in the dash for...
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More and more Californians are considering fleeing the Golden State, and this is not the result of recent wildfires or earthquakes. In fact, high costs of living and housing prices seem to be...
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Florida has the fourth largest economy among all states, but Hurricane Irma could undermine business and financial activity across the state.
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States have made progress in rebuilding their rainy day funds since the recession. However, most of them still have smaller total balances than they did before the downturn.
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