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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits. Read story

More From Our Newsroom MUST READ! Inmates Have Died in the Care of Armor Health Companies. Jails Keep Contracting With Them Anyway.

Family photos of Brian Tracey kept by his sister, Lillian Scharf, who has tried for three years to get answers about how her brother died at a jail in St. Johns County, Florida, in 2023. The company that was contracted to care for inmates, Armor Health of St. Johns County LLC, has declined to release Tracey’s medical records, citing privacy laws. Greg Kahn for ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Florida Trib. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Struggling to Breathe: Before he died in the medical ward of a jail, Brian Tracey had spent nine days struggling to get enough oxygen and passing out. Long History of Complaints: Armor Correctional Health Services had been sued for subpar care and had been convicted of felony abuse over the death of an inmate. State Inaction: A Florida law says companies convicted of a felony should be barred from holding public contracts, but the state has not acted to bar Armor companies and won’t say why. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. From 2014 to early 2021, Armor Correctional Health Services was sued over 450 times, the company reported in documents submitted to St. Johns County as part of a contract-bidding process in 2021. Lawsuits over subpar jailhouse healthcare are frequently filed and often dismissed, as was the case in two-thirds of the suits filed against Armor. The bid documents show the company has settled at least 56 suits that alleged medical negligence or inappropriate medical care. Court records show that at least 13 of those cases alleged a delay in hospital care. More than 100 cases are still pending, according to the documents. In a 2020 wrongful death suit against Armor Correctional Health Services, lawyers hired a medical expert to review internal company reports of inmate deaths at Armor facilities obtained through discovery. The expert claimed the company failed to hospitalize patients in more than 70 instances, according to court documents.

Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern  Reporting Highlights Small-Government Advocate: Art Martinez de Vara is a South Texas lawyer and historian who has helped push a theory of limited government across the state. Curtailing a Big City’s Power: He was the lawyer for a successful campaign to force Dallas to hire more police officers while also stripping the city of its immunity from lawsuits. Hometown Troubles: He’s mayor of a town that embraced his small-government ideals but struggles to provide basic services and has no sewer system. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

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