While investigating the basic needs of homeless students in Richmond County schools going unfulfilled, the I-TEAM took a closer look at the person in charge of this growing segment of the student body.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Prosperous Wellstar system points to losses at Atlanta Medical Center as others question their commitment to serving the community.
Although the upgrades at Cottage Gardens are ongoing, emergency department visits have dropped significantly.
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Long-term exposure to the particulate matter released by open agricultural burning has been associated with a suite of health problems, and the communities most affected are majority-Latino.
Nearly two decades of postponing a ban on burning have left clean air advocates dubious that local air regulators will follow through.
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Clean air advocates hope the EPA will step in to strengthen regulations of polluting industries.
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities.
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A California senator set out to ban agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley nearly 20 years ago. What happened?
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Even with $220 million in financial incentives, growers are wondering how they’ll afford whole orchard recycling in the long term – especially small farmers, who have fewer resources to begin with.
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In their new plan to ban agricultural burning, air regulators are using outreach and financial incentives to convince growers to adopt an alternative known as whole orchard recycling.