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The 2014 CAR Conference begins soon
Below are a few bits of information to help you prepare for this great conference. For the latest up-to-date information about panels, speakers and special events at the conference, please visit our conference website. Hotel Information The conference is taking place at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Camden Yards, 110 S. Eutaw, Baltimore, MD, 21201.…
Read MoreAir pollution in Utah may contribute to school absences
Health problems are a known contributor to absenteeism, and Wasatch Front students miss class at soaring rates when pollution levels are at their highest. That’s according to an analysis of attendance records by The Salt Lake Tribune in collaboration with Brigham Young University economist Arden Pope, one of the world’s leading pollution scientists. The Tribune…
Read MoreSuicide rates increasing in region of New York
Craig Russell Wishnick is one of 238 residents of Dutchess and Ulster counties to die by suicide in the five years ending in 2011, 73 more than in the five years ending in 2003, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal analysis of death certificates over a 13-year period. That is an increase in harder-hit Dutchess of…
Read MoreDomestic violence victims find little solace in justice system
They are the “anecdotes,” the “unsubstantiated allegations,” the stories told in a brutally honest, 185-page report on domestic violence that Metro withheld and, once it was revealed, sought to minimize. But to domestic violence victims, tales of an insensitive, intimidating and sometimes cold criminal justice system are all too real.
Read MoreDeadly business: Texas onshore oil and gas drilling
Despite hundreds of oil field fatalities, federal government does little to monitor or safeguard onshore workers.
Read MoreHospital visits in Eagle Ford Shale region double, triple
With drilling increasing dramatically in the Eagle Ford Shale, patients from the region with serious injuries have turned up in fast-increasing numbers at San Antonio’s top trauma hospitals.
Read MoreMinnesota state judges deal out varying punishments for drug offenses
State judges are routinely rejecting guidelines that are supposed to make drug sentencing uniform and equitable statewide, according to a Star Tribune analysis of more than 21,000 drug convictions in Minnesota from 2007 to 2012. The difference between getting prison or probation for the same drug crime often comes down to which county offenders live…
Read MoreCasinos main source of income for Wisconsin-based tribes
Today, American Indian gaming is the biggest economic engine for the Menominee, and the other 10 Wisconsin tribes. Twenty-five licensed Class III casinos across Wisconsin generated more than $1 billion for tribes in 2011. About $52 million of that money went to the state of Wisconsin’s coffers, the latest figures from the state show. The Ho-Chunk also…
Read MoreTrauma transfers risky procedure at Central Mississippi Medical Center
A for-profit hospital in south Jackson repeatedly transferred emergency patients it was paid by the state to treat, possibly violating state hospital regulations and federal law, a Clarion-Ledger investigation found. The Clarion-Ledger obtained hospital transfer logs, patient charts and other documents leaked by whistle-blowers that depict a pattern of decisions at Central Mississippi Medical Center…
Read MoreMaryland law presumes many cancers are job-related for firefighters
A dispute between the City of Baltimore and a firefighter-paramedic with breast cancer spotlights a high-stakes debate over a law that presumes certain cancers are related to fighting fires. Firefighters say the provisions — which can lead to awards exceeding $500,000, including medical bills — rightly reflect the fact that they can encounter dangerous fumes…
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