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In an effort to control the spread of COVID-19, the DC jail has been holding people in what amounts to solitary confinement for 23 hours a day for nearly 400 days straight. Many say solitary confinement has its own health issues and amounts to a human rights abuse.   Have a tip for the links? Submit it here. Continue the conversation about urbanism in the Washington region and support GGWash’s news and advocacy when you join the GGWash Neighborhood! Libby Solomon is a writer and editor for GGWash. She was previously a reporter for the Baltimore Sun covering the Baltimore suburbs and a wr...

The Health 202: Trump tried to shrink Medicaid. Here's how Biden will try to expand it. Alexandra Ellerbeck with Paige Winfield Cunningham But now the Biden administration is trying to pull it in a different direction.  President Trump pushed states to weed out ineligible enrollees and greenlit work requirements in exchange for benefits. But President Biden – and, if confirmed, his nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chiquita Brooks-LaSure -- are expected to push to get more people on the Medicaid rolls. Medicaid provides coverage to around 7...

Covid-19 live updates: Biden urges vaccinations for all adults — ‘Everybody is eligible as of today’ Erin Cunningham, Paulina Firozi, Amy B Wang © David Paul Morris/Bloomberg A healthcare worker wearing a protective mask administers a dose of the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine to a resident at a vaccination site in Richmond, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 15, 2021. The California Department of Public Health has opened Covid-19 vaccination eligibility to persons 16 and older. All adults in the United States are now eligible for a coronavirus vaccine — and Pres...

POLITICO Get the Huddle newsletter Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by With help from Melanie Zanona WHITE HOUSE BUDGET DROP – The coming weeks could be all about budgets. As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) lobbies the Senate parliamentarian to allow Democrats to revise the fiscal year 2021 budget...

State Roundup: Legislature OKs $52.4 billion budget targeted at Covid recovery; wrangling continues over police reform House of Delegates March 2021, MarylandReporter.com photo GENERAL ASSEMBLY OKs $52.4B BUDGET: Danielle Gaines of Maryland Matters reports that the Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to a $52.4 billion budget that House Appropriations Chairwoman Maggie L. McIntosh (D-Baltimore City) said is worthy of a moniker: “I call this The Recovery Act,” she said. Only in 2021, perhaps, could approval of a massive state budget fattened by federal aid to help struggli...