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Northam on Va. vaccine rollout: "No question that we need to speed the process up" RICHMOND — In the last few weeks of a harrowing year, Virginia’s vaccination campaign was met with a gaping mismatch of supply and demand, fluctuating federal estimates and inconsistent messaging that left it trailing behind the majority of states. For now, its troubled rollout doesn’t reflect the optimistic mass mobilization imagined by state officials. Yet as Virginia continues to grapple with...

Connecticut lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol building — at least physically for opening day — to kick off a new legislative session that's expected to focus on the continuing...

© press People illegally residing in the U.S state will now be able to apply for driver privilege cards Virginia will offer illegal immigrants the chance to apply for legal driving permits on 1 January 2021, the states Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced. People illegally residing in the U.S state will now be able to apply for “driver privilege cards.” It is now expected that 300,000 illegal immigrants will apply for Virginias permits, The Washington Post reported. A list of req...

Connecticut is in deep trouble. Very deep trouble. From 1997 to 2008, Connecticut arguably had the strongest economy in the nation, growing in real terms 3% compounded annually; on a per capita basis expanding 30% faster than the national rate. But since 2008, Connecticut has had the worst state economy, shrinking 9.1% before a modest recovery; in Feb. 2020, before the pandemic, the state’s economy was below its 2006 level, and employment 17,000 under its previous peak. Image Fred Carstensen,...

705 The record higher number of sittings, volume of work and major reforms under the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic have culminated in the adoption of the principle by Parliament that Private Members’ Bills should be allowed to fill in the gaping gaps in the country’s laws and meet the needs of the times. With seven PrivateMembers’ Bills being worked on and two laid before the House, the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, believes the legislature is on the path...

  The record higher number of sittings, volume of work and major reforms under the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic have culminated in the adoption of the principle by Parliament that Private Members’ Bills should be allowed to fill in the gaping gaps in the country’s laws and meet the needs of the times. With seven PrivateMembers’ Bills being worked on and two laid before the House, the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, believes the legislature is on the path ...