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“Kids Seem to Be a Paycheck”: How a Billion-Dollar Corporation Exploits Washington’s Special Education System <[link removed]> Universal Health Services collected more than $38 million in tax dollars for special education services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide by Lulu Ramadan, Mike Reicher and Taylor Blatchford, The Seattle Times

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At Washington State Special Education Schools, Years of Abuse Complaints and Lack of Academics <[link removed]> Northwest SOIL promised to help students with serious disabilities. But when school districts urged action, the state let the private school stay open and receive millions in tax dollars. by Mike Reicher and Lulu Ramadan, The Seattle Times <[link removed]>

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She Wanted an Abortion. A Judge Said She Wasn’t Mature Enough to Decide. <[link removed]> As abortion access dwindles, America’s “parental-involvement” laws place further restrictions on teenagers — who may need to ask judges for permission to end their pregnancies. by Lizzie Presser, photography by Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt for The New York Times <[link removed]>

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The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island. Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting. <[link removed]> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the remediation effort, has been plagued by shoddy work and multiple regulatory disputes, according to an investigation by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica. by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser <[link removed]>

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