Meghan Hoyer, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - In this June 15, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y. New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount. Unlike every other state with major outbreaks, New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who died in hospitals. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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NY’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, Matt Sedensky Associated Press, and Meghan Hoyer Associated PressAugust 11, 2020

NEW YORK — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility.The truth, according to the home, is far worse: 21 dead,…

In this Aug. 22, 2018 photo, April Box poses for a photo at her home in Spokane, Wash. Box is a healthcare advocate and runs the website www.hip-help.com to help guide people through major surgeries and other aspects of the healthcare system. Millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will see only modest premium increases next year, and some will get a price cut. That’s the conclusion from an exclusive analysis of the besieged but resilient program that still divides voters heading into this year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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AP Exclusive: Modest premium hikes as ‘Obamacare’ stabilizes

by Meghan Hoyer Associated Press, and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated PressSeptember 7, 2018

In this March 2 photo, a group of JROTC shooters compete in the prone position during the 2018 New Mexico Junior Olympic Qualifier for sport and precision air rifles at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, N.M., for the chance to compete at the National Junior Olympic Championships in Ohio in June. The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, typically used for JROTC programs.

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AP finds the NRA gave $7 million to hundreds of schools

by Collin Binkley Associated Press, and Meghan Hoyer Associated PressMarch 9, 2018

This June 7, 2017, photo shows Peggy Wallace walking near her flooded neighborhood in Davie, Fla. With Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida, an Associated Press analysis shows that the number of federal flood insurance policies written in the state has fallen by 15 percent.

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In Irma’s path, fewer insured for floods in Florida

by Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Meghan Hoyer Associated PressSeptember 8, 2017