Time for action | Safe batteries | Republican mistakes. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Oct. 24, 2025.

Two health care industry players propose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires to offset federal cuts to Medi-Cal, education.

The proposal, which could appear on the June 2026 ballot, would levy a $5,000 per-bedroom tax on most vacation rentals and on ...

Bond has been set at $50,000 for a man arrested for injury to two young children after an elementary school nurse reported ...

Days after a group of around 50 protestors at Catholic University of America disrupted an event featuring two Israeli Defense ...

Supporters of Proposition 50 have reported $129 million in contributions while opponents have reported just $46 million.

The school district has had to cut approximately $10 million from its budget over the past couple of years due to funding ...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is announcing that it will sit on the country's first national council on nurse-to-patient ratios. The council is being formed by the Canadian Federation of ...

There might be only one thing the socialist alt-weekly The Stranger and the libertarian think tank the Washington Policy ...

When virtual nursing first gained traction during the pandemic, hospitals saw it as a lifeline — a way to maximize staff members time when stretched thin, keep patients connected and maintain safety ...

The Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) expressed disappointment with a recent court ruling where a man found guilty of ...

Doctors and nurses with depressive symptoms were up to 40% more likely to take sick leave in the past year, worsening staff ...