Christmas in Jail: Inmates Face Family Struggles and Small Joys
In Midland and Odessa the holidays bring increased inmate distress and family pain as incarceration rates rise. Officials describe a calmer jail mood yet lingering remorse, while ministries deliver gifts and inmates create cards. Some inmates, like Crickett, count down toward release with Christmas nearing.
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Senate bill plans $130 billion Medicare cuts over decade
The side-by-side analysis notes the bill's $130 billion Medicare cut estimate over ten years, contingent on lawmakers delivering vast reductions for insurers and providers. It highlights Obama’s stance on slowing medical spending growth, the absence of a government option in the Senate version, and Senate Republicans’ failed attempts to delay the vote amid a snowstorm.
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