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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

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Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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The Group Lobbying the States for a Presidential Popular Vote

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While legislation has been introduced in every state, roughly a fifth of states haven’t given the bill a hearing, including population-heavy states such as Florida and Texas, and occasional battleground states like Indiana and Virginia.

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

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Amy received her PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She served as the Associate Director of Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy before coming to Achieve in 2015.

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Making Introductions: Landmen Group Launches “Meet Us” Campaign

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The group focused its efforts on markets near major shale plays like Marcellus (New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), New Albany (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky), and Haynesville-Bossier (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas), among others. The early results are impressive: The campaign received over 7.3

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Millennial Women: Hear Them Roar

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Amy received her PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She served as the Associate Director of Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy before coming to Achieve in 2015.

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Report: Major Hotel Chains Hit by Long-Term Data Breach

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The company’s statement listed the affected hotels—located in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia—and stated it will offer credit monitoring services to customers affected by the breach. However, it’s unknown how many that is.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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While it is a geographically diverse list (throughout US and Canada [8] and one from England), a higher proportion come from the area where I live and work: Northern Virginia/Washington, DC. Individuals from North Carolina, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Oregon, and Idaho stand alone as delegates from these states. Cig city resident.