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California announces new efforts to increase tourism to Native tribes

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California announces new efforts to increase tourism to Native tribes

Officials and tribal leaders in California, the state with the second-highest number of federally recognised Indigenous tribes in the nation, unveiled a plan on Wednesday to increase tourism in indigenous communities. The American Rescue Plan Act, which was passed into law by President Joe Biden last year and focuses on the public health and economic … Read more

$2.6 million will be paid by a New York hospital for a doctor’s unneeded operations

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$2.6 million will be paid by a New York hospital for a doctor's unneeded operations

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed Wednesday that a New York hospital has agreed to pay roughly $2.6 million to resolve allegations that a former physician associated with it performed and billed for unnecessary implantable defibrillator battery changes. According to the office of Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, the settlement resulted from … Read more