Making life-or-death decisions for $10.60 an hour: Texas group homes suffer from staffing crisis Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year. 03/27/2024 - 8:19 am | View Link
Senior living: Concerns grow over investor groups buying not-for-profit nursing homes Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at ... 03/18/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Opinion: Elder care workers will always be essential. Will they always be underpaid? Send in the robots The economics of caregiving just don't support decent wages, but history points to a solution for limited human attention: technological innovation. 03/16/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
For-profit Nursing Homes Are Cutting Corners on Safety and Draining Resources With Financial Shenanigans Especially at Midsize Chains That Dodge Public Scrutiny For-profit Nursing Homes Are Cutting Corners on Safety and Draining Resources With Financial Shenanigans Especially at Midsize Chains That Dodge Public Scrutiny March 15th, 15PM March 15th, 15PM (The ... 03/15/2024 - 2:04 am | View Link
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A proposal to limit where people can carry firearms in Colorado, openly or with concealed carry permits, was narrowed substantially Wednesday as sponsors fought to win a key committee vote in the state Senate.
The bill as introduced would have banned firearms from being carried at a slew of places, including stadiums, protests at public locations, bars, places of worship, public parks, libraries and more.
Colorado lawmakers have scaled back their reform plan for the Regional Transportation District, but they’re still aiming to significantly alter the size and composition of its governing board.
The backers of the draft legislation also are motivated by a desire to bolster transparency within the sprawling metro Denver transit agency and to align its efforts with the state’s broader policy goals.
North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Ronan (R) insulted Beyoncé’s singing abilities, called her a “skank,” and said she was teaching “young women how to be hyper-sexual whores,” The Root reports.