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Alliance Medical Center in Healdsburg just switched on new solar panels and battery backup as part of a plan to make the clinic more resilient to power outages in a region prone to deadly blazes. The $495,000 system comes thanks to a grant from the nonprofit Direct ReliefRelief. Sue Labbe, CEO of Alliance Medical Center in Healdsburg, said it will keep the lights on if the local power company cuts electricity when high winds raise the risk of wildfire. ...

The surge of illegal immigration under President Joe Biden has exacerbated an already costly housing market for average Americans by worsening a shelter shortage, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Having fewer births means lower state costs for services such as subsidized day care and public schools at a time when aging baby boomers are straining resources.

Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births.

In discussing the new Washington Saves program, State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti effectively distills the issue.

Births resumed a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that pregnancies delayed by COVID-19 explain a brief uptick post pandemic.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, designed to get more people online, will run out of money after May absent Congressional action.

Legislators in Connecticut had hoped a wide-ranging consumer protection bill

As Childrens Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off in Arkansas, an expert said parents can help their children have a healthy brain to thrive. Charles Fay, child psychologist and president of the Love and Logic Institute, said national data show roughly 42% of adolescents aged 12-17 in Arkansas, mirroring national trends, receive services for severe depression. He argued a healthy brain is the foundation of good parenting and Arkansas parents could foster childrens ability to become mentally ...

Studies show suicide is a serious public health problem, claiming more than 48,000 lives each year in the nation. A new initiative from the Zero Suicide Institute aims to change it and demonstrate how a diverse group of hospitals in South Carolina and elsewhere can improve their suicide prevention practices. Allyson Sipes, director of clinical initiatives at G. ...