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Republicans want to limit migrants entering the U.S. Will it affect asylum-seekers?

7:25am January 02, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kennji Kizuka of the International Rescue Committee about what proposed Republican changes to immigration policy could mean for asylum-seekers.

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Morning news brief

5:06am January 02, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. State legislatures' agendas are packed this year. Tampa's new water filtration system is expected to help remove forever chemicals.

Philadelphia is set to make history when it inaugurates its new mayor

5:06am January 02, 2024

by Carmen Munir Russell-Sluchansky

Cherelle Parker will be sworn in as mayor in Philadelphia Tuesday. She will be the city's first female mayor, and only the fifth Black woman to run one of America's largest cities.

State legislatures plan to tackle issues federal lawmakers have been slow to get to

5:06am January 02, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of Pluribus News, about the big issues state legislatures are expected to take up in 2024.

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Tampa's new water filtration system is expected to help remove forever chemicals

5:06am January 02, 2024

by Jessica Meszaros

Tampa could become the first U.S. city to get a water treatment system with technology that can help filter out forever chemicals known as PFAS.

San Francisco is one of many U.S. cities that has thrown out its parking minimums in recent years.

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From Austin to Anchorage, U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums

5:01am January 02, 2024

by Laurel Wamsley

Around the country, cities are throwing out their own parking requirements, hoping to end up with less parking – and more affordable housing, better transit, and walkable neighborhoods.

A new law brings in changes for mental health patients and providers.

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here's how

5:01am January 02, 2024

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

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New professional women's hockey league seeks to unite game

5:28pm January 01, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Athletic's Sean McIndoe about the new Professional Women's Hockey League — an upstart organization featuring some of the best players in North America.

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Attitudes about the economy are much better than they were this time last year

5:28pm January 01, 2024

by Scott Horsley

The economic outlook has improved considerably from this time last year, when many forecasters were predicting a recession in 2023.

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a tax relief package on Oct. 4. Among other things, it expanded a child and family tax credit.

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024

5:28pm January 01, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.

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