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Report: many adoptive families need more support

Admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:41:56 +0000

Report: many adoptive families need more support
Bluntly acknowledging the challenges faced by many adoptive families, a coalition of child welfare and adoption groups is appealing for a national reappraisal of how best to provide sustained, effective support and keep grim outcomes to a minimum.

Four run for Legislative District 5 House

Admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:42:07 +0000

Four run for Legislative District 5 House
Arizona Legislative District 5 candidates answer the following questions. Four candidates are running for two seats in the House.

Cyberbullying in updated Austin school policy; Dripping Springs to dedicate middle school

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:39:33 +0000

Cyberbullying in updated Austin school policy; Dripping Springs to dedicate middle school
Cyberbullying in updated Austin school policy; Dripping Springs to dedicate middle school

Lawsuit challenges insurance mandate

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:41:08 +0000

Lawsuit challenges insurance mandate
A decision determining the constitutionality of the new health care law will be issued at the end of this year, federal judge Henry Hudson said …

Rolling forward

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:43:16 +0000

Rolling forward
The Washington Parish Council on Aging is one of the former United Way agencies that got dropped for the current round of funding. But while Director Nancy McBeth works to make up that loss, she does have some good news.

S.C. senator directs Medicaid to run dry

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:40:34 +0000

S.C. senator directs Medicaid to run dry
More than 656,000 people, or 15 percent of all South Carolinians, could lose access to their doctors and prescription drugs if state lawmakers refuse to play by rules laid out by the federal government for health care.

Cuomo, Paladino spar in debate for NY governor race

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:39:59 +0000

Cuomo, Paladino spar in debate for NY governor race
Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Tea Party-backed Republican Carl Paladino, competing to become the next New York governor, sparred on Monday in their first debate over who best could trim taxes, control spending and help heal the state economy.

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Badly burned Texas man waits for face transplant

Admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:40:55 +0000

Badly burned Texas man waits for face transplant
LM Otero Dallas Wiens, 25, uses a cane to guide himself up his parents walkway in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. Weins was critically burned in a 2008 high-voltage power line accident and is waiting for a face transplant.

Bulletin Board

Admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:40:42 +0000

Bulletin Board
Candidates forum A candidates forum is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Moose Lodge. The event is sponsored by the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and Richland County Farm Bureau.

State News: Wash. adults could lose Medicaid coverage for prescriptions, Michigan restores services

Admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:41:40 +0000

State News: Wash. adults could lose Medicaid coverage for prescriptions, Michigan restores services
Detroit Free Press: “Michigan has reopened through Nov. 30 a program that provides free or nearly free medical care to adults 21 and older. The benefits could help as many as 58,000 poor people — some who couldn’t previously get help because the Adult Medical Program, as it is called, had been frozen since May 31, 2009, because of state budget cuts.