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The 2026 budget includes $1 billion for a billionaire sports team owner, but slashes the contract for the Child and Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Service.

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This report shows how family placement offers stability and boosts recovery in patients with complex addictions and medical ...

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The mother and son are currently being held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilly, Texas, about 75 miles southwest of San Antonio, according to the GoFundMe, which reached out to Rep.

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Ruth Szymankiewiczat died after she was left alone at Huntercombe Hospital despite requiring constant one-to-one observation, ...

Butler Hospital’s unionized nurses, social workers, mental health and support staff voted Tuesday to reject the “last, best, and final” contract offer that management had submitted two and a half ...

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