Q&A: How COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Can Improve PUBLISHED 6:14 PM ET Jan. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:14 PM EST Jan. 07, 2021
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The distribution of the first COVID-19 vaccines has not gone as quickly as planned. Nationally, the goal of 20 million doses by the end of 2020 did not meet the target.
So far, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported Thursday 430,000 doses have been administered as frontline health care workers and nursing home residents and staff receive the first batch of the vaccinations.
The number of shots each day has been steadily increasing this week, Cuomo said in a conference call with reporters. And more than 6,000 sites ranging from pharmacies to public college campuses, have been identified as sites for mass vaccinations once larger pools of people are eligible.
Renewed Calls for Texit Are Growing. Will They Go Anywhere? By Sabra Ayres Texas
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TEXAS Secessionist talk in Texas makes news about once a year, and each time it does, Daniel Miller, the president of the state’s loudest independence movement, is surprised by the media’s alarmist headlines.
“Folks kinda freak out when we pop up, and it s like. guys, we ve been at this a long time,” said Miller, the head of the Texas Nationalist Movement. “We ve been at this as an organization since 2005. We’re in it for the long haul.”
But this year’s calls for a “Texit,” a localized play on the term for Britain’s exit from the European Union, came with a bit more heft, thanks to some big state and national Republican figures weighing in on the idea on the heels of a presidential election that saw President Donald Trump refuse to concede to his Democratic challenger, J
By Mitch Perry Tampa
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Current, previous and potentially future office holders from the Tampa Bay area gave their thoughts to Spectrum Bay News 9 about the mob violence that took place at the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters on Wednesday.
What You Need To Know
Local leaders are outraged by what happened Wednesday at the Capitol
They blame President Trump and his divisive rhetoric
St. Pete’s mayor says the police response exposes a racial double standard
St. Petersburg Democratic state Senator Darryl Rouson called it “shameful” and “disgraceful” and said it gave a clear picture of how divided the country is.
Kentucky Lawmakers Condemn Violence on Capitol Hill UPDATED 2:12 PM ET Jan. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:00 PM ET Jan. 06, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:00 PM EST Jan. 06, 2021
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LEXINGTON, Ky. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., turned violent during Wednesday’s certification of the Electoral College after protesters supporting President Donald Trump, many armed, clashed with police and Secret Service agents before breaching the House and Senate chambers.
Several buildings were evacuated, and Vice President Mike Pence, who presides over the certification process, was escorted off the property. The protesters’ actions are in response to President-elect Joe Biden winning the Nov. 3 General Election. Trump and his allies have routinely made unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in key swing states. In some cases, his supporters have alluded to resorting to acts of violence to keep Trump in offic
Florida Politicians React to Violent Protests in Washington
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FLORIDA As chaos reigns in our nation’s capital in the wake of a pro-Trump protest that turned into a violent assault on the Capitol Building where lawmakers had gathered to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win Florida lawmakers are weighing in on the violence that gripped the city this afternoon.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor called the protests in Washington Un-American, saying “We are a nation that welcomes peaceful protests, they move our country forward and have shaped legislation throughout our history. What is happening right now is an attack on our democratic process and institutions.