A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1998, GAO has issued numerous reports on nursing home quality and safety that identified significant weaknesses in federal and state oversight. Under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), states conduct annual nursing home inspections, known as surveys, to assess compliance with federal quality and safety requirements. States also investigate complaints filed by family members or others in between annual surveys. When state surveys find serious deficiencies, CMS may impose sanctions to encourage compliance with federal requirements. GAO was asked to assess CMS's progress since 1998 in addressing oversight weaknesses. GAO (1) reviewed the trends in nursing home quality from 1999 through January 2005, (2) evaluated the extent to which CMS's initiatives have addressed survey and oversight problems identified by GAO and CMS, and (3) identified key challenges to continued progress in ensuring resident health and safety. GAO reviewed federal data on the results of state nursing home surveys and federal surveys assessing state performance; conducted additional analyses in five states with large numbers of nursing homes; reviewed the status of its prior recommendations; and identified key workforce and workload issues confronting …

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Government Code section 51.961(g), which requires one-half of the family protection fee collected in divorce suits to be deposited in the child abuse and neglect prevention trust account, violates the open courts provision, Texas Constitution article I, section 13 (RQ-0362-GA)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Chamber's County has authority to contract with a bank to invest and manage its permanent school fund (RQ-0364-GA)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether section 693.002 of the Health and Safety Code requires a justice of the peace to allow an organ procurement organization to remove organs of a deceased person before the justice of the peace has determined whether an autopsy should be performed (RQ-0365-GA)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a deputy sheriff is an "individual who acts in any capacity for permitting authority" for purposes of title 30, section 285.50(g) of the Texas Administrative Code, which prohibits such persons from working as an installer for an on-site sewage facility withing the permitting authority's jurisdiction (RQ-0366-GA)

The Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth wants to create substantial change to assist their community in the Metroplex. To make this a reality, Committee President Victor Marroquin (center) with the participation of the board of directors will present their organizational plan for 2006 this Saturday. From left to right: Ana Quezada, Hermilio Morales, Dora Alicia Orellano (secretary), Julio Crus, Yesenia Watters (secretary), Oscar Lopez, Luis Gutierrez (treasurer), Maria Eugenia Morataya, and Ivette Cruz.

Victor Marroquin, President of the Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Victor Marroquin, President of the Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Victor Marroquin, President of the Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth.

The Salvadorian Committee of Dallas-Fort Worth wants to create substantial change to assist their community in the Metroplex. To make this a reality, Committee President Victor Marroquin (center) with the participation of the board of directors will present their organizational plan for 2006 this Saturday. From left to right: Ana Quezada, Hermilio Morales, Dora Alicia Orellano (secretary), Julio Crus, Yesenia Watters (secretary), Oscar Lopez, Luis Gutierrez (treasurer), Maria Eugenia Morataya, and Ivette Cruz.

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Yoakum, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Funeral program for David Ray Batts, born May 12, 1952 and died December 11, 2005. The funeral was held Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Lewis Funeral Chapel. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and he was buried in Southern Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

People are seen through a window in Fort Worth.

Photograph of the bell tower at the First United Methodist Church.

Photograph of a sunset behind the sillouetted ruins of the First United Methodist Church.

Photograph of a view of the destruction on Main St across from the school.

Photograph of the remains of the George R. Jones home.

Photograph of the remains of the Howett Wilson home.