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DAYTON -- Serious assaults at downtown and Oregon District bars have fallen by 50 percent in a year following a bar training program, saving society an estimated $2.1 million, according to advocates of the program. While the rest of the economy has faltered, the number of downtown bars, clubs and nightspots has grown from 61 in 2008 to 80 this year. The number of aggravated assaults, however, has decreased.
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Open Society Foundations Select 18 Justice Leaders from CA, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NJ, NY, PA, SD, TX, WA and Washington, D.C. NEW YORK, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Open Society Foundations today announced an award of $1.6 million to an outstanding group of advocates, journalists, lawyers, grassroots organizers, and filmmakers working on a range of vital criminal justice reform issues at the local, state, and national levels.
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Community Health Advocates (CHA), a program of the Community Service Society (CSS), is a program designed to help New Yorkers understand and access health care in tfie neighborhoods in which they live and work It is one of the largest health care consumer assistance programs in the country. CHA provides free independent assistance to the most vulnerable and underserved populations across New York State. The work of CHA will be more important than ever as implementation of health reform begins. CHA runs a central toll-free liveanswer hotline and an internet intake system, staffed by health insurance and coverage experts, which helps consumers wherever they may be. CHA services are also provided through a network of 25 community based nonprofit organizations (CBOs) located throughout the ...
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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers snuffed out a statewide public smoking ban Wednesday after the American Cancer Society and other advocates said it included too many . The Senate Public Policy Committee voted 8-1 against the measure, which would have banned smoking in most workplaces, including restaurants, but would not have applied to bars, casinos, nursing homes, fraternal clubs and smoke shops.
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Eight years after President George W. Bush peered into Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's psyche and got "a sense of his soul," his successor on Tuesday took his own look over breakfast and found a "strong," "practical" and unsentimental advocate for his country. Rounding out two days of work in Moscow, President Obama met with Mr. Putin, now the prime minister, to seek issues on which they can agree. But he balanced that with several engagements, where he offered encouragement for opposition leaders, business leaders and civil-society advocates, all of whom face struggles under the Russia fashioned, by and large, during Mr. Putin's eight years as president.
