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By Niv Elis - 04/13/21 07:54 PM EDT   The House on Tuesday approved a bill that would put off automatic cuts to Medicare provider payments until the end of the year. The bill passed with a strong bipartisan majority of 384-38. Technically, the House vote comes nearly two weeks after the cuts were set to take effect, but the delay came with knowledge that action could be postponed until Congress returned from recess and passed the legislation. ADVERTISEMENT The automatic cuts were originall...

Center MP and chair of the Riigikogus legal affairs committee Jaanus Karilaid (Center) says that mistakes were made in risk assessments during a recent anti-lockdown protest in Tallinn. At the same time, the MP said public trust in the police remained high, while government communication issues also played their part, as did the spread of misinformation by those hell-bent on fomenting discord. Appearing on ERR discussion show "Otse uudistemajast" Wednesday, Kariland said that: "Without a doubt...

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says the recent actions of the police during demonstrations against amendments to an act which would boost the authoritys scope to enforce COVID-19 restrictions did not constitute an unreasonable show of force. Responding to questions at the Riigikogu Wednesday, Kallas said that while demonstrating is legal, the dispersal requirement applies, as it does to all large gatherings, which means the Police and Border Guard (PPA) did not exercise undue force in ensuring rest...

People are bad at calculating risk and might skip the vaccine because of it.

Two proposed constitutional amendments that could limit the length of disaster emergencies are among four statewide ballot questions on May 18.

The Conservative Peoples Party of Estonia (EKRE) is ready to reach compromise on legislation which it has opposed up to now, that partys leader, Martin Helme, says. The Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Act (NETS)  is currently at the Riigkogu ready for its first reading (of three) and subsequent vote. While yesterday it was looking as if the bill – the focal point of recent protests over an interpretation of its intent as being to boost police powers excessively – might be stil...

Apr 14, 2021 HARRISBURG (AP) — A pandemic power struggle that has raged for a year between Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters’ laps next month in the form of two proposed constitutional amendments that could limit the length of disaster emergencies. There are four statewide ballot questions being decided during the May 18 primary. The others would put anti-discrimination language into the state constitution and give paid fire and resc...

Last week, we said something on television that the usual chorus of hyperaggressive liars is now pretending was somehow highly controversial.

University of Tartu criminology professor Jaan Ginter said the use of force by police at recent protests in Tallinn has been excessive. Former interior minister Ain Seppik assessed that the situation cannot be resolved with police.

The pandemic power struggle that’s raged for a year between Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters’...