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People on Medicare who want to see a therapist often wait up to six months for an appointment, but relief is on the way. Starting Jan. 1, licensed marriage and family therapists will be able to accept Medicare insurance. .
A prestigious award for volunteerism has been presented to the founder of an organization helping people with Parkinson s disease enjoy the great outdoors through hiking. Bill Meyer is the recipient of the 2023 AARP Washington Andrus Award for Community Service. He was diagnosed with Parkinson s in 2009. .
An Oregon county has enacted new restrictions on large-scale agriculture operations. Linn County commissioners approved a one-mile setback rule from property lines for Confined Animal Feeding Operations. Small farmers in the county have celebrated the new rule as a win. .
Bridging the gap between education and incarceration, six people in Tiptonville, Tennessee, recently got their bachelor s degrees through a historic collaboration with Lane College, a historically Black college in Jackson. The Tennessee Higher Education in Prison Initiative allows inmates to earn associate s, bachelor s and even master s degrees. Richard Donnell, senior adviser to the president at Lane College in Jackson, wrote the proposal for the college to participate in the Second Chance Pell Experiment program. .