How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
One evening in late March, a mom called 911. Her daughter, she said, was threatening to kill herself. EMTs arrived...
Month: June 2021
New Baseball Team Coming to Staten Island, But With a $8 Million Slam to Taxpayers
A new minor-league baseball team is gearing up to move into the old home of the Staten Island Yankees —...
Guidance for what Tennessee teachers can and can’t teach on race will come by Aug. 1
Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said teachers deserve clarity about a controversial new Tennessee law limiting what they can teach about...
Costs pile up as hurricane season begins
When Chrishelle Palay inherited her great-aunt’s home in Kashmere Gardens, a flood-prone neighborhood in northeast Houston, there was still damage...
Snowmass Village sends letter in support of federal SHRED Act
The Snowmass Village Town Council sent a letter of support to two members of Colorado’s congressional delegation who are sponsoring...
Time ticking as South Carolina lawmakers await McMaster budget vetoes
South Carolina lawmakers will assemble Monday to review any vetoes included in Gov. Henry McMaster’s approval of the $31 billion...
Two Montana towns among best run in the country
The two largest cities in Montana – Billings and Missoula – scored well in a new study by WalletHub that...
Edwards signs legislation enabling sports betting in Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards this week signed legislation allowing sports betting after voters in 55 of the state’s 64...
Hospitals, Insurers Invest Big Dollars to Tackle Patients’ Social Needs
When doctors at a primary care clinic here noticed many of its poorest patients were failing to show up for...
Indianapolis Public Schools will publicly post federal relief-fund spending
So that the public can see how Indianapolis Public Schools is using federal coronavirus relief funds, district officials plan to...
