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NFL has been slow to embrace mental health support for players

By Mark Kreidler, Kaiser Health News
Jan. 24, 2023

It was just over three years ago, in 2019, that the NFL implemented a formal program to manage its employees’ mental health needs. That came as part of a new collective bargaining agreement, after the NFL Players Association pushed hard for its creation. Among other things, the agreement mandates that each team have a licensed behavioral health clinician on staff.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Child vaccination rates, already down because of COVID, fall again

By Christine Vestal, Stateline
Jan. 23, 2023

Child vaccination rates dipped into dangerous territory during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, when schools were shuttered, and most doctors were only seeing emergency patients.

Child vaccination
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Hard lessons on sustainability for $30M Buffett-funded addiction treatment center in Illinois

By Bram Sable-Smith, Kaiser Health News
Jan. 20, 2023

The donation to Crossing Healthcare was a one-time gift to pay only for the buildings. It was up to clinic staff to find money to run the programs, and that has proven difficult.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Shared power used to be the norm in statehouses. Now it’s nearly extinct.

By Scott S. Greenberger, Stateline
Jan. 19, 2023

Divided rule used to be common in the states: State legislators worked across the aisle and with governors to get things done. But on many issues, bipartisanship in states is increasingly rare — because it’s increasingly unnecessary.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

As road salt washes into waterways, the Mississippi River grows saltier

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 17, 2023

This winter has already brought significant snowfall to much of the U.S. Historically, more snow has meant more road salt. It’s an effective way to clear roads — but also brings cascading environmental impacts as it washes into rivers and streams. Some state and local agencies are trying new ways to use less salt.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

America’s biggest museums fail to return Native American human remains

By Logan Jaffe, Mary Hudetz and Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News
Jan. 13, 2023

A 1990 federal law called for remains to be returned to descendants or tribal nations. Why haven’t these been?

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Climate solutions for Great Lakes power grid include better planning, transmission

By Kathiann Kowalski/Energy News Network
Jan. 13, 2023

Advocates say electric grid operators need to update their planning process to better prepare for extreme weather that’s becoming more common, and that more transmission lines can help lessen risk.

Midcontinent Independent System Operator
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As flooding increases, Chicago looks to make basement housing safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine
Jan. 11, 2023

Chicago has experienced more frequent and severe storms in recent decades, putting immigrants and low income Chicagoans living in basement units at increased risk of flooding.

Flooding occuring in the basement of Camila Pechous’ home in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Survivors of gangs and gun violence, these women now help others navigate grief

By Cara Anthony, Kaiser Health News
Jan. 11, 2023

Because of those experiences on the front lines, some people trust them more than they do the police. The women fill in the gaps for a community fighting economic inequality, homelessness, health disparities, and gun violence.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Q&A: Meet Minneapolis’s first autistic school board member

By Beth Hawkins, The 74
Jan. 10, 2023

After a year of trying to get special education services for their son, Sonya Emerick decided it was time to advocate on a whole new level.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

With Congress divided, Democrat-led states may take the lead in expanding paid family and sick leave

By Grace Panetta, The 19th
Jan. 9, 2023

The United States entered 2023 as one of the few wealthy countries without national, guaranteed paid sick or family leave, leaving state lawmakers to fill in the gaps.

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Race & Health Equity

For many Black women, ignored concerns during pregnancy is a familiar story

By Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica
Jan. 4, 2023

While many pregnant people say their doctors and nurses do not listen to them and their concerns are often dismissed, pregnant Black people face an even higher burden.

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Health

Better sleep for kids starts with better sleep for parents – especially after holiday disruptions to routines

By Erika Bocknek, The Conversation
Jan. 2, 2023

Even when you know how important good sleep is, it’s easy for sleep duration, quality and timing to get knocked off track.

sleeping teen
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Trash troubles: The pandemic started it; inflation keeps it going

By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline
Dec. 30, 2022

The pandemic has exposed all the problems with trash pickup. Now, local jurisdictions still face trash problems that surfaced during the pandemic and are exacerbated by inflation and a scarce workforce.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Climate change is forcing cities to rethink their tree mix

By Alex Brown, Stateline
Dec. 30, 2022

As communities prepare for a massive influx of federal funding to support urban forestry, their leaders say the tree canopy that grows to maturity 50 years from now will need to be painted with a different palette than the one that exists today.

Snow covered trees
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After tuition, books, room and board, colleges’ rising health fees hit nerve

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Dec. 29, 2022

The costs vary by school but often can amount to several thousand dollars a year — costs that health care advocates say should be carefully reviewed by parents and students to ensure they understand their options while also meeting university requirements.

Hawley Montgomery-Downs, daughter Bryn
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Inside 285 cases where campus cops injured — or killed — students at school

By Mark Keierleber, The 74
Dec. 28, 2022

Advocates and researchers tracked a decade of police use-of-force incidents in schools, finding widespread racial disparities in students harmed.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Local death investigators are not always medical doctors, and some experts want to change that

By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health News
Dec. 27, 2022

Each state has its own laws governing the investigation of violent and unexplained deaths, and most delegate the task to cities, counties, and regional districts.

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Mental Health & Addiction

Campus religious groups step into a new realm: mental health counseling

By Olivia Sanchez, The Hechinger Report
Dec. 26, 2022

Religious groups on college campuses that have long counseled students grappling with issues of faith or spirituality are now adding mental health clinicians in campus religious hubs, and training religious leaders to know when to refer students to psychological care.

Stanford University
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One farmer set off a solar energy boom in rural Minnesota; 10 years later, here’s how it worked out

By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Dec. 23, 2022

Local concerns about solar’s impact on property values, the environment and health so far have been unfounded, but residents are still divided on whether the panels are ideal neighbors, or eyesores.

Ed Eichten stands next to a solar array on his farm near Center City.
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