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Lutheran General plans ER expansion
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is planning to expand its emergency room facilities soon to meet what it says is an increased demand for ER services. Antonia Hernandez, the hospital's public affairs and marketing manager, said via email the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Proposed Aberdeen education budget includes $1M for salary, benefit increases
A proposed budget was approved by the Aberdeen Public Board of Education Monday. Each May, the board must be presented with a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. A budget hearing will be in July, with a finalized budget being cemented in...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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Emanuel to shift retired city workers to Obamacare
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system. The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as...Tags: Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Politics, Pension and Welfare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Politics, Port of Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Eric Garcetti
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Global Warming, Regional Authority, Energy Saving, Finance, U.S. Supreme Court
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Congress shows 'guts' in rejecting background checks
April 17 was a proud day to be an American. Our Congress defied overwhelming public opinion and the caterwauling of big media to defeat the ill-advised background checks bill. The bill was wrong for three reasons. One: By infringing Second Amendment...Tags: Mental Health, U.S. Congress
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For those who serve
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, a recent visit to Afghanistan and Bahrain confirmed my deep appreciation for service members and citizens who willingly put themselves in harm's way for the sake of our nation. Over the course of an...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Jackie Walorski, Veterans Affairs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Stern Advice-Retiring on 0.25 percent a year
ReutersBy Linda Stern WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - It isn't like Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues have it in for old people - I'm sure they are all very respectful of their elders. (The policy-setting reserve bank presidents...Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Ben Bernanke, Services and Shopping, Money and Monetary Policy
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County's health care costs to rise
As Brown County works to implement the federal health care act, it's discovering that the measure is coming with no shortage of regulations, as well as some extra expenses. County commissioners have occasionally discussed both since the reform act...Tags: Duane Sutton, Health Care Reform (2009), Tea Party Movement, Employees, Healthcare Provider
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IID, union agree on terms
Staff WriterThe nearly 1,000 rank-and-file Imperial Irrigation District employees can expect a $900 lump-sum payment and 2 percent salary increase. The terms are part of a memorandum of understanding between the IID and the International Brotherhood of Electrical...Tags: Board of Directors
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: General Practitioners, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Treatments, Birth Control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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McDonald's looks at tinkering with aspects of Dollar Menu
Faced with rising costs and unrelenting pressure to improve its performance, McDonald's is tinkering with aspects of its vaunted Dollar Menu, testing a price increase for its McDouble sandwich and add-on options like bacon on the McChicken sandwich for an...
Tags: New Products, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hamburgers, Foreign Exchange Market, Restaurants
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