School leaders received numerous reports that former high school English teacher Curtis Johnston was “dating” a student but failed to intervene, complaint says
The proposal would expand the definition of illegal sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate to include kissing, groping
Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable state standards or oversight — that won’t change in 2026
Utah's medical provider system is already stretched thin and health reform critics wonder how doctors would be able to handle an influx of newly insured patients, writes Lisa Rosetta of the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah already has to recruit 270 physicians a year to practice in the state to meet the needs of current patients. That number could go up as the University of Utah's School of Medicine graduates fewer doctors each year in the wake of state and federal funding cuts. Rosetta's story compares Utah's situation with Massachusetts, which has historically had one of the highest physician to population ratios in the country. Even so, after the state overhauled its own healthcare system in 2006, the number of uninsured dropped in half, but the wait times to see physicians increased. It can take more than two months to schedule routine physicals with a family physician.
Elizabeth Garbe with the Utah Health Policy Project told Rosetta, "In the end, you can hand everyone an insurance card today, but that doesn't mean they're going to be able to see a doctor tomorrow."
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School leaders received numerous reports that former high school English teacher Curtis Johnston was “dating” a student but failed to intervene, complaint says
The proposal would expand the definition of illegal sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate to include kissing, groping
Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable state standards or oversight — that won’t change in 2026
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