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Kat Stromquist

(She/Her)
New Orleans
As seen in: Medium, MSN, NPR, Associated Press, U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo, Gambit, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Richmond Times-Dispatch and
Covers:  Prisons, jails, incarceration, parole, reentry, police accountability, criminal-justice legislation, etc.
Doesn't Cover: Classic "cops beat" coverage of individual crimes.
Idealist, cat person. "I'm not brave, but I won't fear pain."
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Reports describe misuse of restraints at 2 state-run homes

Reports describe misuse of restraints at 2 state-run homes

Arkansas Democrat Gazette — Before covid-19 outbreaks threatened two state-run homes for people with disabilities, records show regulators flagged the centers for endangering clients while using physical restraints -- a controversial yet common practice to defuse tense situations.
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Data: 62 Arkansas counties miss safety target

Data: 62 Arkansas counties miss safety target

Arkansas Democrat Gazette — Weeks before Arkansas schools are required to reopen in-person for students, most counties fail a measure that federal officials say is key to returning safely in the covid-19 pandemic, an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette analysis of public data has found.
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Arkansans recollect frightening cruise-ship rescue in Norway

Arkansans recollect frightening cruise-ship rescue in Norway

Associated Press — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - It was his 45th wedding anniversary, but when the emergency signal sounded, the Little Rock man feared it was his last. Six short blasts and one long blast of the Viking Sky cruise ship's whistle had summoned Dennis Ferra, 66, to one of its muster points.
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Outbreak at central Arkansas clinic a mystery at first; files show how agencies tracked bacteria

Outbreak at central Arkansas clinic a mystery at first; files show how agencies tracked bacteria

Arkansas Democrat Gazette — Robert Mingo used to travel once a week from his home in Dumas for chemotherapy treatments at Arkansas Cancer Institute.
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As Arkansas hospital struggles, workers, residents on edge

As Arkansas hospital struggles, workers, residents on edge

Arkansas Democrat Gazette — De QUEEN -- It's quiet in the hallways of De Queen Medical Center.
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Shift change: How New Orleans hospitality workers are organizing their industry

Shift change: How New Orleans hospitality workers are organizing their industry

Gambit Weekly — On a chilly evening just before Thanksgiving, about a dozen New Orleans Hospitality Workers Committee (NOHWC) members were gathered around a long table in a well-worn Claiborne Avenue meeting room papered with signs from other activist projects ("Reproductive Rights Are Not for Sale," "Homes for People, Not for Profits").
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Is New Orleans worth it?

Is New Orleans worth it?

Gambit Weekly — At the end of one sticky month during the summer of 2017, Elizabeth Bolles will have finished packing the contents of her Riverbend apartment. She, her partner, their two young sons and two dogs will then pile into her Subaru and drive 350 miles to Houston, where her partner will start a new job.
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