Green plugs welfare drug test bill
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Mike Green appealed to the Senate leadership Wednesday to push a stalled bill to test West Virginia recipients of welfare and unemployment checks randomly for drug abuse. Green is a co-sponsor of a Republican-led effort that would subject those on the …
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Jefferson Awards: Man helps those still addicted
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“I started seeing the issues the Lima community was having with alcoholism and drug addiction and mental illness. I myself have been in recovery myself since April 24, 1994,” Grant said. “I give credit to God on that. It was by His grace that I was …
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Pope Francis: a lover of silence enters the fray
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Within his historic engagement with poverty he has permanently supported priests involved in social work, as well as fighting for the cause of the street children in Buenos Aires, victims of drug addiction, the unemployed, the homeless, the frail and …
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Steele Authors Legislation To Promote Rehabilitation
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Steele said problem solving courts are courts created to assist individuals with special needs or unique circumstances that may not be adequately addressed in a traditional court setting, such as mental illness or drug addiction. House Bill 1016 would …
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