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Tacoma police arrested a progressive candidate for the state Legislature on suspicion of impaired driving this week.  Krista Perez was reportedly booked into jail in Pierce County just past 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, a gross misdemeanor. She was released six hours later, according to jail records. Efforts to immediately […]

Georgia health officials moved to include low-income people living with certain HIV diagnoses among those considered “medically frail,” meaning they would not have to satisfy work requirements to qualify for Medicaid coverage.  HIV had initially been left off the list, which sparked concern from advocates who said they were puzzled by the decision.  At a […]

La Corte de Constitucionalidad (CC) otorgó amparo provisional y frenó el cierre del vertedero de Amatitlán administrado por AMSA. La medida impide al Ejecutivo clausurar el sitio mientras se resuelve el proceso de amparo. Sin embargo, la CC también exhortó a las comunas a crear planes para el manejo de desechos y utilizar espacios dentro ... Read more The post CC ampara a tres municipalidades y frena el cierre del vertedero de AMSA  appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

La salida de Haywood Highsmith expone la lógica más fría de la NBA: los contratos también son herramientas para administrar riesgo.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a public health order on Thursday afternoon ordering The GEO Group to provide information about a recent tuberculosis case in the Aurora immigration detention center. It comes nearly two months after the Adams County Health Department issued an order on the same issue. GEO has not […]

A staff member in the North Carolina auditor’s office used mentions of the wishes of his boss and the state Republican Party in an attempt to sway decisions on at least two counties’ early voting plans. Hundreds of pages produced as a result of public records requests reveal the extent to which Dallas Woodhouse, a […]

A panel of Colorado state representatives began questioning witnesses Thursday in response to an ethics complaint against Democratic Rep. Mandy Lindsay, who is alleged to have mismanaged the internal Democratic House caucus fund. The bipartisan House Ethics Committee in May found probable cause in the complaint, allowing further investigation. “Rep. Lindsay made a few mistakes […]

La muerte del púgil puertorriqueño por una lesión cerebral irreversible, reabre el debate sobre los riesgos del boxeo.

LONDON (AP) — Firefighters are tackling multiple fires in central England on a day that the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe. Thursday’s fire outbreak across the West Midlands, which saw several houses burned to the ground, have been “one of the […]

Also Thursday, the State Board said farewell to two members whose terms are expiring.

The federal government gave California's prison system 49 days to remediate the conditions that enabled the rampant abuse. Failure to do so could result in civil litigation.

The majority of water contamination linked to oil and gas spills in New Mexico happens in a county that includes much of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a culturally and spiritually significant site for many Pueblos and tribes that the Trump administration is proposing to open up to more oil and gas operations, an environmental advocate told state lawmakers on Thursday.

After the uprising, many government and civic leaders shared an interest in addressing longstanding systemic issues. Here's what happened 10 years later. The post Did investments after uprising bring change to Sherman Park? The verdict is out. appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Artist Colton Canava will paint at three locations near major city roads to commemorate the city’s 150th anniversary.

Federal funding cuts have pitted many of New Mexico’s 8,000 nonprofit organizations against each other in a fight for private foundation funding, but a recent report from a New Mexico consulting firm says that pressure actually presents an opportunity to transform the sector statewide.

A North Dakota lawmaker is proposing legislation to ask President Donald Trump to grant clemency for two men convicted in connection with the infamous 1983 Medina shootout that left two federal officers dead. Sen. Jeff Magrum, R-Hazelton, said he plans to present a resolution to a key legislative panel on Monday regarding convicted killers Scott […]

El base japonés llega a los Clippers con un contrato no garantizado, pero su recorrido refleja el creciente peso global del baloncesto asiático.

A group of six Iowa nursing homes owes more than $2.1 million in back rent, two of the homes’ former landlords allege. Summit Healthcare Operating Partnership of California and Fantasia Investment of the Cayman Islands is suing six Iowa nursing homes that operate under the common ownership of Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company with offices […]

Sob Trump, EUA estabelecem rede de cárceres em países remotos, para onde enviam parte dos imigrantes detidos pelo ICE. Perseguições a estrangeiros crescem em ritmo e terror. E já atingem, com penas pesadas, ativistas políticos de esquerda The post As prisões secretas da Doutrina Donroe appeared first on Outras Palavras.

LINCOLN — The director of the Nebraska program that oversees Medicaid and long-term care has resigned after less than two years in his position and as Nebraska became the first state to implement more aggressive work requirements for program participants. Drew Gonshorowski, director of the division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care in the Nebraska Department of […]