‘Only those who deserve it’
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim and a number of MPs submitted a bill on granting compensation to the owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the damages they suffered due to the coronavirus crisis.
Al-Ghanim disclosed the bill clearly specifies the beneficiaries to ensure that compensation is granted only to those who truly deserve it. He said another bill is being prepared for employers and expatriate workers to reach an agreement on their situation during the coronavirus crisis. He stressed the need for alternatives to firing a worker or filing a lawsuit against the employer.
Andy Tsubasa Field, Associated Press/Report for America
photo by: Nick Krug
Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, February 2014.
TOPEKA (AP) A House committee has advanced a bill to expand Kansas’ recognition of other states’ concealed carry permits.
The bill is backed by Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who said in a hearing last month that the bill would help the state maintain reciprocity agreements with other states so that Kansans can carry concealed firearms elsewhere.
The House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 14-5 to advance the bill to the full House for a vote.
Schmidt said that when Kansas lawmakers passed a law in 2015 allowing residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit, they removed a provision that required the attorney general to recognize concealed carry permits issued by other jurisdictions. Schmidt said states had since raised concerns with his office about the lack of reciprocity language in Kansas’ law.