Panel Eyes Ways to Collect Bail Bucks in Philadelphia

Panel eyes ways to collect bail bucks in Philadelphia
Members of a state Senate panel yesterday heard a host of ideas to improve the city’s bail-collection system – including using private bondsmen to chase after the money, and providing alternatives to cash bail.
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Despite modest start, drug, alcohol abuse center expected to fill great need
On the surface, at least, the newly formed Central Virginia chapter of SAARA (Substance Abuse and Recovery Alliance) is starting out in life clinging to a shoestring.
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Despite modest start, drug, alcohol abuse center expected to fill great need
On the surface, at least, the newly formed Central Virginia chapter of SAARA (Substance Abuse and Recovery Alliance) is starting out in life clinging to a shoestring. Yet as director Sandy Kanehl sees it, that shoestring is attached to a very substantial shoe. Her organization may not have much money …
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