Seattle boosts first response to drug crisis, still lacks treatment options
Merced Sun-Star· 2 hours agoAs fatal drug and alcohol overdoses continue to outpace last year's record-setting 1,001 deaths in King County, Seattle officials spent the summer beefing up the city's emergency response to ...
Oklahoma commissioner demands better audit of utility company, $1.3 billion spent in winter storm
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago“I’m trying to do what the state constitution requires,” he said, “that is, inform the public.”...
Not your grandfather's black lung: Federal rule seeks to save coal miners from silica dust
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“This would be like each driver on a highway being responsible for reporting their own violations of...
Republican calls for scrutiny of DHHS after 8 guardianship deaths
Bangor Daily News· 1 hour agoA Republican lawmaker said the state’s top social services agency “deserves all the scrutiny we can...
Why Tennessee's system appointing lawyers for poor defendants is at 'breaking point'
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoTennessee, like many other states, funds a public defender system and has steadily raised annual...
Walters: Public tolerance of homelessness is wearing thin
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat· 7 hours agoA few months ago, the Public Policy Institute of California took the public’s temperature on the...
Trump legal cases tracker: What’s next
The Hill· 8 hours agoFormer President Trump is enmeshed in a tangled web of legal troubles set to play out in courtrooms across the country next year in the midst of his...
The Conspiracy Theories About Jan. 6 Aren’t Going Anywhere. They’re Morphing.
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWhen he said he “orchestrated” things, it’s this movement he seems to be referring to, not the...
How one man’s actions led to proposed new limits on Iowans' public-records access
Quad-City Times· 51 minutes agoThe individual, Michael J. Merritt of Newton, calls himself “Cipher Hunter” and describes himself as...
Newsom signs bills boosting protections for LGBTQ+ people in California
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 2 hours agoGavin Newsom signed several bills Saturday aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ+...