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1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (315+ words) (The Center Square) – A former central Ohio couple, now living in either Kenya or Ghana, is accused of defrauding Ohio’s Medicaid program of $9.3 million by billing for services never provided. Charges by a Franklin County grand jury this week accuse…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (344+ words) (The Center Square) – Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act dropped 21.3% in North Carolina to 609,544 in the 12 months between February 2025 and 2026, according to federal data. The percentage trailed 12 other states, each of which had fewer total enrollment decreases in total volume....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (406+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia’s state-run retirement savings program has nearly tripled in size since fiscal year 2024, according to a new legislative oversight report. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission found RetirePath Virginia had 24,844 retirement accounts holding $27.3 million in assets…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (651+ words) Illustration: Kate Guenther / The Center Square (The Center Square) – Only nine months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has already borrowed $1.4 trillion, surpassing the entire federal deficit of the previous fiscal year. The federal government collected $4.2 trillion over the past…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (650+ words) (The Center Square) – The trusts that fund Social Security benefits for retired seniors, survivors and people with disabilities face insolvency in the next six years, according to a report from the U.S. Social Security Administration. Those affected could include seniors…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (528+ words) (The Center Square) – As congressional Republicans recuperate from weeks of disrupted work, President Donald Trump is doubling down on two policy goals consider long-shots by observers: an extra $350 billion for the Pentagon and a nationwide voter ID mandate. In a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (225+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia Retirement System officials told lawmakers Monday the agency’s state employee and teacher pension plans remain on track to reach about 90% funding by 2030, while a required actuarial audit found the system’s funding methods and contribution calculations to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (430+ words) (The Center Square) – Memorial services were held over the weekend to honor the more than 130 people who died in the historic flash flood disaster last July 4 in the Hill Country in Texas. The most perished in Kerr County, 119, where memorial…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (838+ words) (The Center Square) – The Biden administration called the government's only estimate of annual fraud losses "not plausible." Now, the Trump administration says fraud costs taxpayers hundreds of billions annually. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated in April 2024 that the federal…...