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by David Jacobs, The Center Square  | April 29, 2021 09:00 AM Print this article Three measures meant to hold employer taxes and worker benefits steady despite the state’s empty unemployment trust fund were approved Wednesday by the Louisiana Senate. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state fund that pays for unemployment benefits had a balance of more than $1 billion. The fund has been tapped out, however, by the unprecedented demand during the pandemic, for...

Oregons state song awaits an official makeover April 18 2021 A House resolution, which moves to the Senate, changes a few words that some argue reflect a racist past. Oregons official state song, nearly a century old, is about to get a makeover to remove words that advocates of change say reflect a racist past. The Oregon House has adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution that changes some of the words to "Oregon, My Oregon," which the Legislature approved as the state song in 19...

PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau Oregons official state song, nearly a century old, is about to get a makeover to remove words that advocates of change say reflect a racist past. The Oregon House has adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution that changes some of the words to "Oregon, My Oregon," which the Legislature approved as the state song in 1927. House Concurrent Resolution 11, which passed 47-6 on Friday, replaces the first verse by J.A. Buchanan: "Land of the Empire Builde...

Oregons state song awaits an official makeover April 18 2021 House resolution, which moves to the Senate, changes a few words that some argue reflect a racist past. Oregons official state song, nearly a century old, is about to get a makeover to remove words that advocates of change say reflect a racist past. The Oregon House has adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution that changes some of the words to "Oregon, My Oregon," which the Legislature approved as the state song in 1927...

American Council of Life Insurers Issues Public Comment on IRS Proposed Rule Targeted News Service Mandana Parsazad, vice president for taxes and retirement security, at the American Council of Life Insurers have issued a public comment on the Internal Revenue Service proposed rule entitled "Guidance: Passive Foreign Investment Companies and the Treatment of Qualified Improvement Property under the Alternative Depreciation System". The comment was written on April 14, 2021, and posted on Ap...

Lawmakers aim to make April Beach Safety and Rip Current Awareness Month The resolution was filed in honor of Jesani Smith, a King High School student who died two years ago after getting caught in a powerful rip current. Author: Bill Churchwell Updated: 10:23 PM CDT April 14, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A South Texas lawmaker is pressing to make more Texans aware about the potential dangers that folks from out of town can face while swimming in our coastal wa...

I have often contemplated how I would define good leadership. A good leader knows how to surround themselves with trusted experts from many fields, consider their thoughts and suggestions, and formulate a plan of action. This type of leadership is lacking in Pennsylvania. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, all we see is a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach from Governor Wolf’s administration. Those experts around the table should be medical experts, emergency management person...

Oklahoma lawmakers file resolution challenging President Biden’s gun reform measures Share Updated: 1:35 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 1:35 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript I dont need to wait another minute, let alone an hour to take. Common sense steps will save the lives in the future. Its a commitment President Joe Biden made after the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and in Boulder. The White House says Biden...

West Virginia Legislative Photography Delegates join Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw at the podium during a floor session on Thursday, April 8, 2021. A bill to rewrite the state’s criminal code won’t go into effect this year. Senators agreed on Thursday to pass an amended version of House Bill 2017. That new version reversed course and requested that a newly established sentencing commission weigh in on the bills provisions. House leadership decided Thursday afternoon to refer the bil...

North Dakota Senate Kills Online Poker Referendum on 47-0 Vote 3 Min read The North Dakota State Senate has unanimously voted down an opportunity to allow the state’s voters to decide via referendum whether the state should add legalized online poker to its short list of approved gambling activities. On Tuesday, by a 47-0 count, as reported by the Grand Forks Herald, the state’s Senate rejected House Concurrent Resolution No. 3012, which would have placed the legalization of online poker o...