Nurses win $750,000 settlement over whistleblower firing
Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle settled with Winkler County after being fired and prosecuted for whistleblowing on doctor Rolando Arafiles Jr. The state fined the hospital for wrongful firing while the Texas Medical Board pursued Arafiles. Jurors acquitted Mitchell. charges against Galle were dropped.
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Anne Mitchell
Vickilyn Galle
Winkler County
Mitchell
Gallo
Rolando G. Arafiles Jr
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Kermit
Mitchell and Galle
State Medical Board
Arafiles
Robert Roberts
Roberts
Galle
Department of State Health Services
Texas Medical Board
Arofiles
Houston Chronicle
Obama urges Texas to fix college degree gap
President Obama spoke at the University of Texas at Austin calling education the economic issue of our time. He noted the U.S. ranks 12th globally for associate degree completion and urged Texas campuses to boost graduation rates through advising, tutoring, and clearer student missions. Representative Hochberg pushes for concrete plans from universities to raise on time graduation.
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Texas
University of Texas At Austin
United States
Obama
Ut-Austin
Utf-Arlington
Dallas Morning News
Donald Bobbitt
UTA
Scott Hochberg
Houston
Hochberg
House
Let Peace Begin With Me Featured In Prize Essay
A 1988 Pulitzer winner named Laura Dennis and Ken Brodnax present a piece under the banner Let peace begin with me. The newspaper pledges to inform readers to safeguard freedom and inspire others to recognize its blessings. It argues freedom comes from self control aligned with moral guides and independence.
Charen, Attorney and Reagan Speech Writer
Charen is an attorney who became a syndicated columnist after serving as a speech writer in the Reagan White House. The text directs readers to www.sigtarp.gov/reports.shtml for more information.
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Charen
Reagan White House
Sigtarp. Gov
Obama's Manichean World and the Failed HAMP Program
Analyzes President Obama’s binary view of good versus bad actors in the housing crisis and the failure of the Home Affordable Modification Program. Cites 2009 proposals, later rule changes, and outcomes showing limited mortgage relief, high defaults, and taxpayer costs amid rising unemployment and weak recovery.
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Treasury Department
Hamp
Neil Barofsky
Troubled Assets Relief Program
Sigtarp
A Few Thoughts on Leaving Home by Susan Estrich
Susan Estrich, Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science at USC Law Center, offers reflections on the idea of leaving home. Her perspective links personal choice with broader social and legal implications from a scholar at USC.
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Robert Kingsley
The
University of Southern California Law Center
Letting Go Across the Country The Law Career Reflection
An attorney recalls two weeks of interviews with law students traveling from New York to California and back. She notes the pull of home, the lure of new places, and the shift from ambition to grace as she reflects on aging, motherhood, and the evolving meaning of success.
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Thumbs Up Appreciation Night at Local Friday Festivities
Odessa American invites reader ideas for praise or critique on current topics. Share thumbs nominations by emailing ontetters oapa.com and noting the positive or negative stance.
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