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Mattie Quinn

Staff Writer

Mattie covers all things health for Governing. A native of Arkansas, she graduated with her M.S. from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism with a focus on public health reporting. Her work has been published in National Geographic, New York Magazine and The Atlantic.

Democratic lawmakers are trying to make sure women have affordable access to birth control and abortion -- regardless of what Congress and the Trump administration does.
The states and cities expanding early education have wrestled with the question of what qualifies as "universal."
The research is exhaustive and yet simultaneously scarce. In some cases, it's even contradictory.
In planning their finances for the year, governors are counting on health care to remain the same. But if it doesn't, states could suddenly be on the hook for billions of dollars.
The Obamacare debate puts them in a tough spot and for many, up against their Republican counterparts in Congress.
Governments and nonprofits are increasingly looking to neighborhood barbers and hairdressers to help with problems at home and narrow gaps in education and health care.
Libraries are frequently forced to deal with people's health problems. That's why some are adding medical professionals to their staff.
Like much of the president's policies, his most recent rule on funding for abortion providers may not matter once Donald Trump takes the White House.
Particularly in rural areas, governments are increasingly turning to them to ease the shortage of providers, blurring the line between religion and medicine.
The first lady's signature initiative helped more than 500 municipalities address obesity. Now that she's leaving the White House, the future of the program is uncertain.