Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Debra Duardo, who has been quarantining since last week after contracting the coronavirus, gave a positive update about her recovery on Thursday, Jan. 14. “It’s been a difficult 10 days, but I’m happy to
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Debra White Plume, Defender of Her Tribe, Is Dead at 66
Debra White Plume, a prominent Native American activist who faced down police bullets, uranium mining companies and oil pipeline projects in trying to protect the traditional Oglala Lakota way of life, died on Nov. 10 in Rapid City, S.D. She
Cook County Health budget Rx: Total of 130,00 layoffs, moving clinic services to Provident Hospital
Provident Hospital, located at 500 East 51st St. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Debra Carey, the Cook County Health System’s interim CEO, said she and other officials “are all ears” for ideas, but the days of only cutting “what
Some Californians didn’t get evacuation alerts in wildfires
When Debra DeAngelo went to sleep, she thought the flames chewing through Northern California wine country were too far away to be dangerous. Plus, she had signed up for all the alerts that emergency officials pressed on people after years
Sen. Durbin hits the ‘frontline’ of the county’s battle against COVID-19
Debra Carey, the interim CEO of Cook County Health, joins Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sen. Dick Durbin to talk about the county’s COVID-19 response. | Rachel Hinton/ Sun-Times The battle against the deadly coronavirus should include more