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Glendale officials warn of Section 8 housing scam
In the highly competitive world of Section 8 housing assistance, Glendale officials say there have been reports of people promising people a highly coveted voucher in exchange for money. The suspects, city officials say, have gone so far as opening phony...Tags: Google Inc., Politics, Government, Public Housing, Public Officials
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West Hartford Woman Named A 'Healthcare Hero'
The Hartford CourantA local woman has been named a 2013 "Healthcare Hero" by the Connecticut Hospital Association and will be recognized at its annual meeting on June 25. Wendy Martinson, a registered nurse who is a quality assurance specialist at John Dempsey Hospital...Tags: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics
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Galewood Crossings at a crossroad
When its sales office opened in 2006, Enclave at Galewood Crossings was touted as an upscale, gated community of almost 200 single-family and multifamily homes built on the largest undeveloped piece of land left within the city limits. Now Chicago...
Tags: Values, Property, Housing and Urban Planning, Social Issues, Public Housing
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Strategies to combat truancy
School districts across Illinois and around the U.S. use an array of tools to get kindergarten to eighth-grade students back in school, implementing promising anti-truancy measures without significant additional spending or staff. Experts say the most...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, Interior Policy, Family, Separation of Church and State
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Sister Maura Brannick, honored with national Lifetime Achievement Award
MISHAWAKA -- Sister Maura Brannick, CSC, founder of the Sister Maura Brannick Health Center in South Bend, is one of two recipients of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Catholic Health Association. CHA's Lifetime Achievement Award annually...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Religion and Belief, Health, Human Interest, Medical Specialization
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College Degree The Fruit Of Hard Work — And Much Assistance
The Hartford CourantSuccess is often characterized in a way that celebrates individual achievement, perseverance and personal triumph. Although it is true that it is my name is on my new college diploma, there is simply no way I would have made it to this day without a broad...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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It's A Gray Area: It's time to take back America's moral high ground
President Obama has recently renewed his plans to try to close our military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, and has also promulgated new guidelines for our government's use of drones to assassinate people in places like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen....Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Elections, Orange County Superior Court
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Fix Section 8 and landlords will step up
Recent letters to the editor have focused on the reality that people deserving of Section 8 assistance need more landlords to open up their homes and apartments to Section 8 so that the housing poor will more quickly and easily obtain the housing that...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Human Mishaps, Public Housing, Section 8 (housing)
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Section 8 is no burden to landlords
I recently read the letter James Gatton wrote to The Sun in response to Stefanie Deluca's letter to the editor. Mr . Gatton's letter ("Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords," May 12) could be no further from the truth. First, it does not take...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Rentals, The Home Depot, Politics, Interior Policy
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Highland Park, Deerfield differ on approaches to affordable housing
Six months ago, Jose Rodriguez's cramped one-bedroom apartment had three beds in it. He and his wife shared one, and their two daughters bunked in the others. Today, thanks to Highland Park's affordable housing program, the family has room to grow...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Foreclosures, Homes, Career and Workplace
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: Mental Health, Housing and Urban Planning, Health, Politics, University of Chicago Law School
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A review of rules for bicyclists, drivers is in order
With the recent "bicycle week" and new rules for automobile drivers and bicyclists in place, a reminder to bicycle riders that there are a number of Indiana bicycle laws (rules) that many do not know about or obey, as found at: bicycleindiana.org/images/...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Separation of Church and State, Graduation, Gays and Lesbians, Manufacturing and Engineering
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May 28, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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