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Multiple outlets have reported an all-in “buy and launch” spend of $75 million, and People put the film’s opening weekend at $7.04 million, a rare wide-release result for a non-fiction title. That ...

SACRAMENTO – The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities is an independent, federally funded state agency. It works to ensure people with intellectual and developmental disabilities ...

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(WGTD)---The City of Racine’s population has been sagging in recent years. So when Mayor Cory Mason heard about a program that could help turn things around he jumped at it. The city is expected to ...