Just as you believe that maybe, perhaps, the tide is turning and the government that is charged with the responsibility and care of those most in need — the severely mentally ill who are hospitalized — actually “gets” it, you read a story like this one. Raquel Padilla was dis...

Just sat through the back-to-back budget briefings on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first one, which looked at revenue, was bleak. The second, which looked at the state health care plan, was bleaker. The plan will be broke by March 31 and needs $300 million to get through this year. Over the next two y...