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has-background-dim"></span><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow"><p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-huge-font-size"><strong><strong>1 in 2</strong></strong></p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">The number of children under the age of 6 with detectable levels of lead in their blood in testing primarily conducted in 2019.</p></div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-cover is-light" style="min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim"></span><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow"><p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-huge-font-size"><strong><strong>$5,712 or less</strong></strong> </p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">The annual income a family of three must have to qualify for Medicaid in Mississippi, which refused to expand coverage to the Affordable Care Act.</p></div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-cover is-light" style="min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim"></span><div class="wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow"><p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-huge-font-size"><strong><strong>1 in 5</strong></strong></p> <p class="has-text-align-left has-secondary-variation-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">The number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the U.S. who receive some kind of paid supports from a state agency.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="height:100px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div><h3 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center" id="h-in-depth-investigations" style="text-transform:uppercase">IN-DEPTH investigations</h3><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-square is-style-default has-text-align-left" style="" > <style id="newspack-blocks-inline-css" type="text/css">.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title{font-size: 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