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New program to curb hospital return visits may burden smaller ones in poorer areas

"Eight California hospitals — including four in the Los Angeles area — are among the institutions paying the maximum fine under a new Medicare program designed to reduce high patient readmission […]
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Finding Congress' frequent fliers

"As the nation hurtled from one fiscal crisis to the next last year, Democrats and Republicans argued bitterly over the best solution - tax increases or spending cuts. But members […]
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Millions in taxpayer-funded consulting work kept secret

"A Star investigation has found 90 per cent of the $2.4 billion paid out in the past decade comes with no description of the work done — and more than […]
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Border patrol agents shooting into Mexico, killing civilians

Washington Monthly reports that "over the past five years U.S. border agents have shot across the border at least ten times, killing a total of six Mexicans on Mexican soil." According […]
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Rising Arizona public safety pensions strain budget

"The cost of funding retirement for Arizona’s first responders has risen 500 percent during the past decade, inflated by enhanced benefits and battered by investment losses, forcing some communities to […]
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Extra Extra Monday: Texas plants lack safety inspections, pensions strain AZ state budget, high-risk health providers stay in business

Many Texas plants lack safety inspections despite risks | Dallas Morning News "Twenty-two percent of plants in Texas that regulators say pose a risk of explosion or toxic release have […]
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Many Texas plants lack safety inspections despite risks

"Twenty-two percent of plants in Texas that regulators say pose a risk of explosion or toxic release have never have been inspected for emergency preparedness, federal data shows. Another 10 […]
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Prop. 13 loophole gives edge to big players

"Change of ownership, key to reassessment, is cut-and-dried for homeowners but not businesses. It means a loss of tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenue," according to […]
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Fish die-off in Brown Slough a mystery

"The next day, hundreds of shiner perch were found dead on the banks of Browns Slough. A week later, the state Department of Ecology and the Department of Fish and […]
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Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill

"Since 2005, immigration has been criminalized as never before. In 2000, when George W. Bush came into office, there were about 10,000 convictions for illegal entry and re-entry—essentially crossing the […]
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