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Apr 16 2023
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Welfare check leads to woman found stabbed to death inside Gainesville apartment, police say
A man is facing murder charges after police found a woman dead inside an apartment over the weekend. According to the Gainesville Police Department, it all started on Saturday, when officers were called to do a welfare check at Spring Valley Apartments. Officials said they found Casey Lynn Mae Allen, 32, of Gainesville dead from apparent stab wounds. • None Man accused of hiring hitman to kill
Yahoo NewsOct 27 2023
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Capitol Hill not included in launch of Seattle’s ‘Dual dispatch’ pilot pairing social workers with police on low priority crisis and ‘welfare check’ calls
Seattle has launched its pilot pairing social workers with cops responding to day-to-day mental health and drug crisis 911 calls but, for now, there won’t be any “dual dispatch” responses on Capitol Hill. Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the start of service this week in the $1.5 million pilot hoped to grow into a “third public safety department” joining police and firefighters in protecting the
CHS Capitol Hill Seattle NewsApr 18 2024
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Cops will take over N.J. city's animal shelter in shakeup
Officials in Trenton are reorganizing the city’s animal shelter and moving it under the police department’s jurisdiction, according to a new executive order issued this week.
Mayor Reed Gusciora signed the order Monday to reorganize the structure of the Trenton Animal Shelter and create a new animal welfare advisory board.
Trenton Police Department Lt. Alexis Durlacher will be
nj.comApr 25 2024
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See how a former animal testing laboratory is transformed into an animal sanctuary
A former animal testing laboratory is being turned into an animal sanctuary. Freedom Fields, a 30-acre property in Nowata, Oklahoma, is the realization of a lifelong dream for animal rights attorney Shannon Keith. The founder of the Beagle Freedom Project spent years dedicated to animal welfare, rescuing and rehoming former lab animals. Now, after buying a private testing facility that
"USA Today" ContributorApr 25 2024
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Ex-boyfriend charged after NYC woman’s remains found ditched in apartment bathtub: cops
A Manhattan man allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death then ditched her bloody remains in her bathtub in a grisly scene, police and law enforcement sources told The Post. Melanie Woods, 33, of Second Avenue, was found with multiple stab wounds and a slash across her neck when cops and firefighters busted into her apartment for a welfare check at about 6 p.m. Tuesday night, police and
New York Post (News)Jul 10 2017
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Do Poor States Need (More) Federal Welfare?
This is not a road conservatives should start down.
National Review (News)Feb 01 2022
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Manchin says Biden’s $1.75T social welfare package is ‘dead’
Sen. Joe Manchin III said Tuesday that President Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare and climate change package is “dead” in its current iteration.
Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat and a key swing vote in the evenly divided Senate, was asked whether Mr. Biden’s Build Back Better Act could pass in a streamlined form.
“What Build Back Better bill?” said Mr. Manchin. “There
Washington TimesJun 02 2023
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Should There Be Work Requirements For Welfare Recipients?
The debt ceiling deal, which President Biden is expected to sign into law Saturday, includes expanded work requirements to qualify for government welfare programs. During debt ceiling negotiations, Democratic lawmakers strongly opposed including the requirement expansions, while Republican lawmakers strongly advocated for them. The final agreement includes added requirements with exceptions
Wall Street Journal (Opinion) The Hill New York Times (Opinion)May 24 2023
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Memphis Cops Do Welfare Check On Ja Morant After He Posts Cryptic Photos And Messages
Ja Morant posted a series of cryptic photos and messages to his Instagram on Wednesday that had NBA fans concerned about the Memphis Grizzlies star. Memphis police responded to the concerning posts by performing a welfare check on Morant at his home in the area. A spokesperson for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ that officers went to Morant’s home where he told them that “he is
OutKickAug 10 2023
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Mississippi Supreme Court refuses to let Brett Favre off the hook in major lawsuit over welfare fraud scandal
The Mississippi Supreme Court declined to intervene Wednesday in the state Department of Human Services’ ongoing civil lawsuit seeking to hold Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre liable as a beneficiary of massive welfare fraud scandal admitted to by others. Though Favre has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, several others have pleaded guilty to various offenses, including former
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