Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State

Budget Cuts Could Close Treatment Centers Across State – Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services is preparing to slash its budget by 3 Million, and proposed cuts would eliminate funding for adult services for all state-funded drug and alcohol treatment centers, methadone clinics and detox facilities across the state. KXLY4’s Kylee Cruz reports.

Baltimore needs schools like St. Mary's Industrial where Babe Ruth honed his …

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In 1949, the state of Maryland decided to pull funding from St. Mary's. While the work of the school had proven a great asset to the welfare of young men over the decades, they felt a … one stroke. Baltimore leaders need to think like President Obama …
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Dog adds to woman's list of achievements

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“She's been trained to be a medical service dog, search and rescue dog, drug dog, trick dog, companion dog,” Cox said. “They'll never use her as a search and rescue dog … She said vocational rehabilitation funds for caregivers enabled her to go to …
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State cuts off funding for man who killed his cousin

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A judge this week sent a 32-year-old Lincoln man — found not responsible by reason of insanity for killing his cousin in 2001 — back to the Lincoln Regional Center after the state cut off funding for his treatment. By all accounts, Brandon Irland had …
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