Oct 10 Washington voters will see competing gun measures on their state ballot this year By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two competing measures on the Washington state ballot this fall ask voters to take a stance on expanded background checks for gun sales. One is seeking universal checks for all sales and transfers, including private transactions. The… Continue reading
Aug 04 Some doctors unhappy with lower-paying marketplace health care plans By Jeff Cohen, WNPR "I cannot accept a plan [in which] potentially commercial-type reimbursement rates were now going to be reimbursed at Medicare rates,” Gerard says. “You have to maintain a certain mix in private practice between the low reimbursers and the high reimbursers… Continue reading
May 09 Conn. cops train in mental health 101 for better crisis interventions By Jeff Cohen, WNPR How do you tell the difference between someone who needs to be taken to jail and someone who needs to be taken to the hospital? That’s a big concern in Connecticut, where the intersection of law enforcement and mental health… Continue reading
Apr 25 16-year-old girl stabbed to death at Connecticut high school By News Desk A 16-year-old girl has been stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school and a teenage boy has been taken into custody, the Associated Press reports. Police say the boy was taken into custody Friday after emergency responders were called… Continue reading
Mar 27 Connecticut to become first state to adopt $10.10 minimum wage By Robert Pursell Furthering the recent calls by President Barack Obama to fight poverty and inequality, Connecticut lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to raise the state’s hourly minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017, making it the highest for any state in the country… Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. agriculture booms to record highs By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press American agriculture has experienced a boom, with market values of crops, livestock and total agricultural products reaching record highs even as the amount of U.S. farmland declined, according to a new government survey. Continue reading
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