Page 103 - Institutes News Today

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed shortcomings in Indiana’s long-term care system, but the Indiana legislature took no action to reform care at the nursing home level this year.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden cautioned critics against being too hasty to repeal the legal shield for information service providers for content posted on their platforms.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to create a commission to investigate how the protests in Washington on Jan. 6 turned into a insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi, like a lot of political figures these days, is a polarizing figure, but her call for a commission should be a unifying moment. It probably won’t be, but it should be — although Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also has called for such a commission, so maybe there’s a rare moment of agreement h...

The authority that then-Gov. Steve Bullock used to allow counties in Montana to conduct all-mail ballot elections in the midst of the pandemic last year would be subject to the Legislature’s approval under a bill proposed by a Conrad lawmaker. “The ability for one individual to unilaterally change the law in elections, when elections matters are critical to this form of government, caused great angst on the ground,” Jones told the House State Administration Committee during the h...

He made the House’s trains run on time and the way he did it required an immense amount of work and control.

ASHLAND With an overwhelmingly positive approval rate, according to Members Choice Credit Union, members of Greenup County Federal Credit Union (GCFCU) voted in favor of the merger with Members Choice.  This was the final step in the approval process and was announced at a special meeting on Feb. 3. The merger will be effective on March 1, with the completion taking place over the weekend of Feb. 26. GCFCU has one location in downtown Russell on the corner of Bellefonte Street and Poplar ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A state senator wants to make some changes in what statues represent Kentucky in the state Capitol in Frankfort and the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced on Feb. 11 that it will host initial consultations with tribal leaders in March regarding honoring and strengthening the nation-to-nation relationships. According to a DOI release, these steps will help ensure that future White House and Interior efforts at addressing the four converging crises – COVID-19, economic security, racial justice and climate change – are inclusive of tribal nations’ priorities and recommen...

Brown County State Park

Saying Gov. Greg Gianforte wants to “have some change in philosophy” at the Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Senate Fish and Game Committee on Thursday voted not to advance Glasgow