/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2215e3b09f1bf5212d849ecd04512f2d/FLORESVILLE%20VETERANS%20HOME%20Houston%20Chron%20TT%20%2003.jpg "Texas veterans homes were deadly during the COVID-19 pandemic")
About this story: The Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle spent months investigating how Texas cared for veterans and their spouses during the coronavirus pandemic at the nine state-run veterans homes. Reporters reviewed hundreds of pages of inspection reports and internal emails, and interviewed more than a dozen experts, resident advocates and families. Mary Kay Dieterich […]
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You’ve heard the expression – you get what you pay for. It may not always be the case when it comes to dogs. Pure breeds can cost thousands of dollars, even if they start their lives neglected in squalor or come with hidden medical problems. 11Alive’s investigative unit, The Reveal, found more than […]
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An Ankeny woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after an infant died at her in-home day care in 2018. Samuel Mann, who was 3 months old at the time, died after he was found unresponsive after being left unattended on his stomach for about 30 minutes, prosecutors said in court filings. Ankeny […]
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Michael Schulz serves as the executive director of the Tennessee Home Inspector Licensing Program at the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. From news stories to social media, talk about Tennessee’s record-setting pace and prices for home sales seems to be everywhere. The strong interest in the Volunteer State’s housing market is proof that Tennessee […]
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The recall vote determining whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will finish out his term is today. Voters must mail their ballot, deposit it at a secure drop-off location or vote in person by 8 p.m. this evening. Still need to cast your ballot? Here’s what you need to know to vote in-person on Election Day. Find […]
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Burt Schlosberg is 88, has arthritis and admits he’s not very handy around the house. “I need an instruction booklet to change a light bulb,” Schlosberg says. “I can use a screwdriver on simple stuff and a hammer, usually not breaking anything, but anything more complex is beyond my limited scope.” Recently, and shortly before […]
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California Department of Public Health officials say they cannot fix their mistake, amid cries the licensing system for nursing homes is “broken and ineffective.” CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters. The state’s nursing home licensing system has long raised the ire of elder-care advocates. Now, another misstep has sparked new frustration […]
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Never mind that marijuana is illegal at the federal level, that it still has a ways to go to achieve cultural acceptance, that bringing the product to consumers was a costly, uncertain and highly regulated enterprise, even before a pandemic came along. Yet the weed business has grown like— well, a weed — since California […]
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The floor of what was once the Greenville library is littered with heaps of charred pages, scattered between a few remaining walls, shelves and filing cabinets. In the downtown park, blackened benches sit empty underneath spiny trees stretching into a smoke-filled sky. Two weeks ago, the Dixie fire raged through this quaint northern California mountain […]
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Lea este artículo en español. A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions. Officials have let the state’s largest nursing home owner and his companies operate 18 homes for years while failing to decide whether to grant the required licenses. The virus swept through Country Villa Sheraton […]
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