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The same regulators failed to pay attention when Prospect sold hospital assets and paid themselves the proceeds, leaving the hospitals finances increasingly precarious.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
The question of whether that model can scale, and whether homeowners, HOAs, and regulators will approve it, is up for debate.
Moving the Department of Education under the governor’s control just gives even more power to the same Sacramento insiders who have turned our schools into some of the worst in the country.
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Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
As Polis has discovered, firm Democratic control doesn’t translate into a unified vision for the state.