AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoScholarship in the spotlight: The McKinley family announced a $100,000 civil engineering scholarship at WVU, honoring late Congressman David B. McKinley and aiming to support future engineers from West Virginia with preference for students from Ohio County. Health policy pressure: KFF reports Affordable Care Act Marketplace deductibles jumped 37% in 2026—the steepest rise on record—after enhanced premium tax credits expired, pushing more people toward lower-premium plans with higher out-of-pocket costs. Medicare access fight: House Democrats are pushing a Congressional Review Act move to stop CMS’s WISeR AI prior-authorization model in traditional Medicare, arguing it delays or denies care without enough human judgment. Local care and legal fallout: A federal judge said Montgomery County, Ohio, violated the First Amendment when it blocked a Christian foster care ministry’s contract over faith-based hiring, leading to a $120K settlement. Community health & safety: Toledo is rolling out more than 70 mostly free summer programs for youth, while Cleveland continues investigating a deadly East Side shooting involving an off-duty officer.
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