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mattie-quinn

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.

Some say John Kasich is "the first governor who has been able to move the private sector to really participate in health-care reform."
States and cities are trying to use science to create better policies and programs. New federal foster care rules are complicating their efforts.
It is not as strict as the leaked version but would still drastically limit what benefits they could use without risking green cards or permanent residency status.
In Maine, which has a greater share of older residents than any other state, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have provided free long-term care to anyone who needs it.
This country has never had an effective public policy toward mental illness. In Chicago, things seem to be getting even worse.
The lounges have often fallen through loopholes in local smoking bans. That's starting to change.
In the first referendum on the law since Congressional Republicans tried and failed to repeal it, three out of four states voted to expand Medicaid.
Since the #MeToo movement started, state lawmakers have been taking more action than their federal counterparts to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment.
The rule, which is projected to save states $150 million a year, went into effect this summer.
Alabama and West Virginia voters preemptively criminalized abortion in case Roe v. Wade is struck down. But voters in Oregon defeated an attempt to restrict coverage.