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âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
General Assembly
Senate follows House in making vote unanimous
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – A bipartisan bill reforming law enforcement and addressing racial injustice is headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb s desk after a unanimous vote Tuesday.
The Senate approved House Bill 1006 49-0 after a similar united vote in the House. It is the product of cooperation between legislators, the police community and Black leaders following national unrest last summer.
“This collaboration took a lot of soul searching and commitment from people this summer,” said Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor, who is Black. “With the things we went through in this country to see this type of legislation come down.gives me so much confidence in the future of the state of Indiana.”
Bill reforming law enforcement unanimously passes Indiana Senate
Niki Kelly | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS A bipartisan bill reforming law enforcement and addressing racial injustice is headed to Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk after a unanimous vote Tuesday.
The Senate approved House Bill 1006 49-0 after a similar united vote in the House. It is the product of cooperation between legislators, the police community and Black leaders following national unrest last summer.
“This collaboration took a lot of soul-searching and commitment from people this summer,” said Senate Democratic Leader Greg Taylor, a Black man. “With the things we went through in this country, to see this type of legislation come down…gives me so much confidence in the future of the state of Indiana.”
In all, 316 legislative proposals have made it to the second half of the session out of the 1,031 measures introduced back in January. Items that passed the House now