As mental health crisis grows, legal skirmish around treatment persists in Orange County
Walk through the structures at the newest Be Well OC mental health campus, on the south edge of the Great Park in Irvine, and you’ll get a blast of “new…
What to say if you’re in recovery and your workplace encourages social drinking
By JAIMIE DING Picture this: It’s lunchtime in the 1960s, and you’re out with co-workers enjoying not one, not two, but three cocktails with your meal. While the three-martini lunch…
Mikie Sherrill wants to cut down corporate tax breaks. The South Jersey business community is concerned.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she would not raise taxes on New Jerseyans, but when she made her budget pitch on Tuesday, it became clear that the promise didn’t…
Former Bucks County police officer sentenced for pursuing love scam to steal from elderly woman
A former Bucks County police officer was sentenced Friday to 90 days of home detention and seven years of probation for pursuing a scheme to steal the estate of an…
Second reported death connected to ICE detention facility in Adelanto in last 2 weeks
A 44-year-old man has died shortly after being released from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, according to the family’s attorney. It is the second reported death connected to the high…
Mikie Sherrill wants to claw back $13 million that was just given to a proposed regional jail complex in Camden County
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s budget proposal would claw back $13 million for a proposed regional jail complex spearheaded by Camden County. That money was allocated to Camden County as…
The man accused of randomly killing a Chesco woman showed ‘frantic behavior’ during a police interaction earlier that day
The man charged with shooting and killing a woman who was driving her car in Chester County on Saturday had a run-in with police earlier that day but was allowed…
Citing substandard conditions at Adelanto ICE facility, legal coalition asks judge to order immediate improvements
A Southern California legal coalition representing several people detained inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Center is asking a federal judge to order immediate improvements at the facility, “before more people…
Mikie Sherrill’s budget would kick high-earning seniors off a new tax relief program, expand mental health services for kids
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s proposed budget would kick some seniors off a new property tax relief program, a move that she said would save the state hundreds of millions…
Orange County pushes, again, to cut ties with mental health nonprofit, Mind OC
Orange County is renewing its effort to sever ties with a mental health nonprofit, Mind OC, saying in a court filing Tuesday the organization has overbilled for rent at the…