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Stimulus checks: Lawmakers press Social Security on lost benefits

Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries were supposed to get stimulus checks with no strings attached. Three U.S. senators say the opposite has happened.

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SSI limits how much beneficiaries can save. This 'easy fix' may change

SSI provides monthly checks aimed at keeping beneficiaries out of poverty. But the program has not been adjusted for inflation in decades.

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Federal judge orders body cams in five California prisons citing abuse of disabled inmates

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has ordered that correctional officers wear body cameras and that surveillance cameras be installed at five California prisons citing repeated abuse of inmates with

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Disabilities rights groups pan Arizona vaccination plans

PHOENIX (AP) — Advocates on Thursday called on Arizona to prioritize people with disabilities and their caregivers when it comes to administering COVID-19 vaccines.

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Washington state considers allowing people with criminal convictions to have health care jobs

SEATTLE — Lawmakers in Washington state are discussing a bill that would end the automatic disqualification of people with certain criminal convictions from working with vulnerable populations in health care

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Vaccine registration off to strong start in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Registration for the next phase of New Hampshire's coronavirus vaccination plan got off to a quick start Friday, with more than 70,000 people signing up in

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