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From left, Democratic presidential candidates, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, businessman Tom Steyer, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro stand on stage for a photo before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) OHDC216 OHDC216 — Democratic candidates take the stage for tonight's presidential debate at Otterbein University in Ohio.

Presidential Election 2020

Watch live: Democratic presidential debate kicks off

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St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., charged Ashley Pintos $839 for emergency care in 2016. She couldn’t pay the bill and no one gave her an application for charity care. Instead, the hospital sent her bill to collections. (Dan DeLong for KHN)

Health

Nonprofit hospitals are required to provide charity care when patients can’t pay. What’s going wrong?

A look into the system reveals cases in which aid applications weren't provided and patients were pressured to pay. Locally, St. Joseph's in Tacoma has come under scrutiny for its tactics.

Chris Petersen and his team react to the injury to M.J. Tafisi in the 2nd half. The Washington Huskies played the Arizona Wildcats in Pac-12 football Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ. 211801

Pac-12 Hotline | Jon Wilner

Pac-12 midseason report: Top players, coach, storylines and all-conference teams

The story of the first half of the Pac-12 football season has been one of parity — and a rising South division. The Hotline's Jon Wilner checks in with his annual midseason report.

** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JULY 28 – FILE ** A section of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, is shown in this aerial photo taken in 1990. The patches of bare land in the center of the photo show where clear-cutting has occurred. The roadless rule, a Clinton-era policy that blocks development on nearly a third of national forests, may be at a dead end. The rule remains on the books, but a federal judge earlier in July, 2003, struck it down, pending appeal. The ruling case came one day before the Bush administration formally proposed exempting the nation’s two largest federal forests from the rule. Critics say the plan would open up vast areas of Alaska’s Tongass and Chugach forests for logging. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Hall Anderson, File)

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Environment

Administration moves to expand logging on Alaska's Tongass National Forest

The president instructed officials to reverse long-standing logging limits on the grounds that it will boost the economy. But critics say "roadless rule" protections are critical to the region's lucrative salmon fishery and tourism.