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    December 11, 2024

    Feature

    1. Private foster care agencies sue DHHS over lower per diem rate in amended contracts
    2. Adoption Day
    3. Veteran journalist’s new book covers Trump era in real time
    4. Michigan Democrats look toward a future that some hope includes Pete Buttigieg Transportation Secretary says he will make no decision until after his role finishes on Jan. 20
    5. Daily Briefs

    State

    1. Applications being accepted for Court of Appeals vacancy
    2. ‘Making the Most of Constituent Work’ discussed online
    3. Juvenile justice advocates send letter urging State Senate to pass bipartisan legislation providing children with legal representation

    Business

    1. Maternal mortality review panels are in the spotlight. Here’s what they do
    2. Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate
    3. Can the holidays lead to compulsive overspending?

    Courts

    1. Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children
    2. Fourth man released in review of ‘sex for lies’ scheme in 1980s homicide unit
    3. Court Digest
    4. Supreme Court Notebook

    Column

    1. Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to U.S. - but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous
    2. Long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship under attack from Trump allies

    Nation

    1. Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort
    2. Report finds police in Worcester let officers engage in sex with suspected prostitutes
    3. National Roundup