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MTN News reports another group of health-care providers to several poor and low-income consumers have sued the Bullock administration over 2018 state budget cuts, asking a judge to void the cuts and order them restored. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, takes aim at cuts to services for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, claiming the Bullock administration didn’t follow the law when it enact

According to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the national median household income level ($50,502) diminished for the second year in a row, falling to 8 percent below what it was before the economic downturn in 2007. This decrease was felt across the board, even in the country’s wealthiest areas.