en-us GOVERNING magazine provides leading intelligence articles on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government. Thu, 23 May 0:51:44 PDT http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-36-hours-behind-the-scenes-at-the-rhode-island-health-exchange.html Wed, 22 May 10:0:00 PDT The pressure mounts as 18 states work to build Obamacare's online insurance marketplaces before the deadline -- a task that some health care veterans say is the most challenging they've ever faced. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Arizonas-20-Week-Abortion-Ban-Struck-Down.html Wed, 22 May 8:7:00 PDT Arizona is likely to appeal the ruling and may ask the nation's high court to re-examine the right to abortion, established in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision. http://www.governing.com/news/local/Portland-Voters-Reject-Fluoridation-for-the-4th-Time-Since-1956.html Wed, 22 May 8:4:00 PDT Despite the support of five city commissioners and healthy advocacy groups, voters rejected a measure to fluoridate city water. http://www.governing.com/news/state/gov-virginia-approved-for-demonstration-coordinating-medicare-medicaid.html Tue, 21 May 14:0:00 PDT Virginia is the sixth state to reach an agreement with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to run a pilot project coordinating care for dual eligibles. http://www.governing.com/news/local/mct-suburban-poverty-growth-outpacing-urban-cores.html Tue, 21 May 9:45:00 PDT During the 2000s, the number of poor living in U.S. suburbs grew by 64 percent -- more than twice the 29 percent growth rate in cities. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Judge-Allows-1000s-of-UC-Medical-Workers-to-Strike.html Tue, 21 May 8:8:00 PDT A Sacramento judge Monday refused to stop a strike today by thousands of employees at the UC Davis Medical Center and four other UC hospitals – but ordered a limited number of critical care employees to stay on the job. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Unions-Win-Big-Victory-in-Minnesota.html Tue, 21 May 8:4:00 PDT The Democratic Legislature eked out a major victory for organized labor, giving in-home child-care providers and personal care attendants the right to unionize at a time when union power is in full retreat in many state capitols. http://www.governing.com/news/state/US-Wont-Mirror-Massachusetts-Health-Exchanges.html Tue, 21 May 8:3:00 PDT Massachusetts, which served as the model for Obamacare, conducts competitive bidding to promote cost-efficient plans in its exchange. But in the 34 states where the federal government will be running the exchange, the government has decided to permit any plan to qualify that meets a minimum set of standards set by the law. http://www.governing.com/news/local/mct-water-fluoridation-debate-divides-portland.html Mon, 20 May 10:30:00 PDT The city is the largest in the country that still does not fluoridate it's water supply and the debate over the issue has sharply divided it's usually polite progressives. Citizens will go to the polls to vote on the issue Tuesday. http://www.governing.com/news/state/gt-colorado-to-use-telemedicine-in-prisons.html Mon, 20 May 10:15:00 PDT The Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Health Medical Center are launching a telemedicine pilot program in June for incarcerated patients that need consultations specialized areas.