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Hospital Association Uses Grant to Build Opioid-Fighting Tactics

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Kasich, working with West Virginia University President Gordon Gee, is launching a new group called Citizens for Effective Opioid Treatment, which will help direct any settlements related to opioid treatments to hospitals, rather than state or local governments. HAP is part of a $50 million initiative by Bloomberg.

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Hawaii’s Optics Problem: A Travel Hotspot Struggles With Meetings Business

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Instead, the group chose a more-landlocked venue: West Virginia. It is patently unfair,” he told Stateline , a news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. That concern recently led the National Governors Association (NGA) to decide against holding its 2015 conference in the state. Hawaii Gov.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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Other states with strong representation include California (16), New York (6), Pennsylvania (5), Florida (4), and Texas (4). Individuals from North Carolina, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Oregon, and Idaho stand alone as delegates from these states. No one on this list knew that they would be named to it.

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Groups Warn of Effects of Potential Census Budget Shortfall

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“It’s very easy to open a new business in New York City, but putting it in some small town in West Virginia is much more difficult,” Fienberg said. “You have to have really rock-solid data to be able to make the case. When we have uncertainty, business goes nowhere.”