内容摘要：Inside “El Buen Pastor,” or Good Shepherd, female prison, things look cleaner and less crowded than in the men’s facilities.

Inside “El Buen Pastor,” or Good Shepherd, female prison, things look cleaner and less crowded than in the men’s facilities.

at the University of Chicago found that since the Health Benefits for Immigrants programs started, hospitals’ bad debt — payment owed for services which administrators consider “unlikely or unattainable” — fell by 15%, the equivalent of $1.5 million per year per hospital.“Our findings suggest these programs have the potential to both improve equity in healthcare access and ease the financial burden on hospitals that serve all residents of Illinois,” the study reported.

Talks about putting together a state budget are just warming up, even though the Legislature’s spring session ends May 31. Sen. Elgie Sims of Chicago, the Senate Democrats’ appropriations leader, said the health program is one of many worthy endeavors vying for a place in the spending column.Matthew Lopas, director of state advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center, issued a challenge to Pritzker and the General Assembly to “hold the line and remain committed” during “a time of extremist politicians who are out there scapegoating immigrants.”MIAMI (AP) — Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, attended a hearing in immigration court in Miami on Wednesday for what he thought would be a quick check-in.

The musty, glass-paneled courthouse seesMost last less than five minutes and end with a judge ordering those who appear to return in two years’ time to plead their case against deportation.

So it came as a surprise when, rather than set a future court date, government attorneys asked to drop the case. “You’re free to go,” Judge Monica Neumann told Serrano.

Except he really wasn’t.: Season 2 of “The Walking Dead: Dead City” lumbers into view, RaMell Ross’ shattering movie “Nickel Boys” and country music duo Maddie & Tae return with another album full of good-time anthems.

— Murder, betrayal and martinis are on the menu for “Another Simple Favor,” which brings Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick’s characters to Italy for a wedding, and some mafia intrigue. Paul Feig returned to the director’s chair for the film which got largely favorable reviews out of the South by Southwest Film Festival. “Another Simple Favor” premieres on Prime Video on May 1.— Also coming to Prime Video is one of the best movies of 2024,

which begins streaming on April 29. The adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel employs a first-person point of view to tell the story of two boys at a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South.I wrote that it was “formally and emotionally eye-opening,” a memory piece and “a reconciling of unspeakable traumas and human resilience.” It was Oscar nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay.