Gayle Putrich
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Opioid overdose emergencies continue to climb dramatically, especially in the Midwest
The numbers come via a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. → Read More
The Supreme Court is about to decide what you can wear while voting
In Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, SCOTUS debates the First Amendment and free speech versus the freedom to vote without intimidation. → Read More
Does affordable higher education even exist? In some states, yes.
Economists will tell anyone who will listen that an educated workforce is crucial to high-paying jobs and growth. But who do they think is paying for all that eventual prosperity up front? → Read More
What’s in the new budget deal for regular Americans? More than you’d think
We took a look at what the proposed Senate budget package would do to help average Americans. → Read More
One of Melania’s State of the Union guests is a hero in the face of the opioid crisis
Among the First Lady’s 15 guests in her own box for the speech include Officer Ryan Holets, a police officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. → Read More
Senators strike a deal, and the government is up and running again — for now
Senators came to a temporary agreement in a noon showdown Monday. → Read More
Carrier is still cutting factory jobs in Indianapolis, a year after a deal that would supposedly save them
The layoffs became a flashpoint during the presidential election. → Read More
At a NAS center for opioid babies, she wraps addicted moms in love
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia — Love drives Angela Davis all day, every day. It's an emotion that's shown and not told, she believes. So finding jobs for parents, working with Child Protective Services, helping families with paperwork, tracking down housing — everything is an act of love for ... → Read More
Mental health counselor holds onto hope through opioid crisis
KETTERING, Ohio — In southwest Ohio, opioid abuse is just the start of a ripple effect that washes over a community. Children find their parents overdosing or even dead, passing down the trauma of addiction and straining the foster care system. → Read More
Family’s adoption journey shifts after fostering opioid-exposed babies
MIAMISBURG, Ohio — What kind of family takes in one unknown infant after another, babies that come with a pile of baggage that includes a dependence on drugs? The kind of family that thrives on good-natured sarcasm and piles of pizza, full of quick-witted and buoyant people with a love that... → Read More
Baby Steps | Heal the child, save the mother: Two centers of hope open for opioid-exposed babies
Just 160 miles apart, NAS centers Lily's Place and Brigid's Path offer treatment exclusively to opioid-exposed newborns and their mothers. → Read More
Roy Moore may be on his own in the Alabama Senate race as Republicans (and their money) run for the hills
oy Moore will be on his own for fundraising if he stays in the race, from the looks of paperwork filed Friday by a Republican Party. → Read More
Bowe Bergdahl was rescued from Taliban captivity, but he may be a prisoner for life
Bergdahl walked away from his post in Paktika province, Afghanistan in June 2009. Hours later, he was captured by the Taliban. → Read More
EPA kills Obama-era emissions policy, but it still might not save coal country
Over-regulation isn’t coal's biggest problem when another fossil fuel is cutting into its market: cheap natural gas. → Read More
Tom Petty may be gone but this urban legend about one of his songs lives on
“That's just not at all true,” said the man himself. → Read More
Russia is meddling with your Facebook posts at least this much — and probably more
Social media users might be shocked to hear just how much Russia has been influencing their feeds. → Read More
6 ways you might be disrespecting the flag without even knowing it
How familiar are you with the U.S. Flag Code? → Read More
“Hitting a bullet with a bullet.” That’s the U.S. plan to defeat North Korean missiles
Kim Jong Un's posturing and North Korea’s repeated missile tests over Japan are putting the U.S. missile defense system back on the front burner. The likelihood of mutually assured destruction was enough to keep nuclear saber rattling at bay through most of the Cold War. → Read More
Sen. McCain just torpedoed the Obamacare replacement bill — again
“I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried." → Read More
Every state’s Medicaid director is sounding the alarm about the Obamacare replacement
All 50 Medicaid directors are opposing the latest proposal to kill Obamacare -- even though GOP senators insist it would be better for states. The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) warned Republicans their “repeal and replace” bill would put a massive burden on states and have... → Read More