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Ann Arbor says, Save civil liberties
July 25, 2003ANN ARBOR, Mich. – By a 9-2 vote, the Ann Arbor City Council passed a “resolution to safeguard the civil liberties of Ann Arbor residents,” according to a statement by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union....
Read moreGAO cites failures in home elder care
July 25, 2003In some states, home and community-based alternatives are replacing nursing homes as the primary form of long-term elder care. Despite widespread support for home care for the elderly as more desirable and less costly, there are...
Read moreRhode Island budget coalition scores win
July 25, 2003Around the country, state budgets have been in crisis. Rhode Island’s budget is no different, with a deficit in the hundreds of millions – a big number for a small state. Newly-elected Republican Gov. Don Carcieri...
Read moreThe scandal of vanishing vacation time
July 25, 2003From Berlin, New York Times correspondent Richard Bernstein reports on what he presents as the question of the day: Have Germans “become too addicted to leisure time for their own good?”
Read moreWe need a national health plan for all
July 25, 2003Workers Correspondence The other day, I went to the drug store to fill five prescriptions for my wife and me. My total cost was $10. There were two other retired workers in line with me, also...
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