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Opinion: RECA reform can be done in a responsible way

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, has expired. The 1990 law that was enacted and designed to give some relief and assistance to the brave warriors who fought and essentially won the ...
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The Senate wants to expand RECA. Downwinders are urging Utahns in the House to follow suit

Military personnel emerge to observe an atomic bomb explosion at the Nevada Test Site on May 15, 1952. (Photo by United States Army/Archive Photos/Getty Images) It takes several minutes for Claudia ...

St. Louis advocacy group fights misinformation to aid radiation exposure victims

RECA compensation is for anyone who lived, worked or attended school in 21 ZIP codes and developed certain cancers or ...
The Hill

Hawley blasts exclusion of RECA expansion from government funding bill

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the exclusion of an agreement to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) from a 1,500-page bill to fund the federal government, blaming Speaker Mike ...
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Lawmakers renew push to revive and expand RECA program

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two months after the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired, lawmakers are still pushing to continue it and expand it. RECA, for short, provided compensation for people left ...
The Hill

Hawley, Lujan reintroduce RECA reauthorization bill

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) have reintroduced legislation to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) after a similar bill cleared the Senate but ...
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RECA supporters revive fight a year after expiration, eyeing Trump spending bill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A year after it expired, lawmakers and advocates are renewing their fight to bring back compensation for people sickened by radiation exposure. Advocates of the Radiation Exposure ...
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300K people in St. Louis County are eligible for big payouts in RECA settlement money – less than 1% have applied

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Families who had members sickened or died from a radioactive creek in St. Louis County experienced a huge win in July when the federal government committed to paying tens of ...
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Victims, lawmakers push for RECA reauthorization

DONATIONS. TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE RECA BILL EXPIRED, THE LEGISLATION IMPACTING MANY HERE IN OUR STATE. ALIYAH CHAVEZ TODAY, LEARNING WHY NEW MEXICO FAMILIES AND LAWMAKERS ARE STILL DEMANDING ...
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Councilman’s urgent request for RECA documents got him to the front of the line

County Councilman Mark Harder triggered emails from county staff when he sought personal documents last week. St. Louis County Councilman Mark Harder sent off a flurry of discontent among county ...
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RECA Roller Rink, NKY’s ‘original social media network,’ to close after 61 years

ALEXANDRIA, Ky. — Eight-year-old Quincey Schroeder roller skates at RECA so much that she has her own routine. Her skates flash red, green and blue as she glides across the wooden floor. “Macarena” ...