Telegram & Gazette - Sat Nov 07

The House and Senate have both approved a bill to expand state bonuses for veterans returning from deployments in war zones, to establish a new state Medal of Liberty for families of service members killed in action, and to allow deployed service members to vote over the Internet.

Telegram & Gazette - Sat Nov 07

For every legislative session in the past 12 years, a bill setting a nurse-to-patient ratio in the state's hospitals has come before the state Legislature.

Telegram & Gazette - Sat Nov 07

Feeling powerless as a parent is not uncommon. 'There's too much information, not enough of a coherent adult voice, not enough of a community,' said child and family therapist and author Ron W. Taffel.