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Mar 11, 2021 Mike Coleman CHARLESTON – A decorated former West Virginia correctional officer, who worked his way up the ranks to acting commissioner, is now leading the newest agency within the Department of Homeland Security. Mike Coleman, formerly executive assistant to the warden at Mount Olive Correctional Complex, has been appointed director of the Division of Administrative Services by Homeland Security Secretary Jeff Sandy. Administrative Services was created when the st...

President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion pandemic recovery plan, which won final approval on Wednesday with the support of Oregons four Democrats and opposition from its lone Republican in the U.S. House. In descending order, the largest shares go toward economic stimulus payments to individuals, aid to state and local governments, extensions of unemployment benefits, childcare and other aid to families, reopening schools and COVID-19 vaccinations and other health care. Biden signed the bil...

Lawmakers from both parties said that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from

Close A bill speeding through the Legislature would further weaken landmark chemical tank safety rules — passed after the 2014 spill at Freedom Industries near Charleston that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people (pictured) — by excluding the natural gas industry from the regulation. Another measure moving through the legislative process would update pollution standards to allow industries to release higher amounts of some types of chemicals. File photo By Er...

CONCORD — As Carroll County towns prepare to vote this town meeting season on creating a Broadband Communications District planning committee, the New Hampshire Senate has passed a bill designed to increase access to broadband internet. Prime Sponsor and Majority Leader Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) called SB 85 an important step, saying, “The pandemic has revealed that we need significantly more broadband access, especially for New Hampshire residents who are working from home, attending...

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February 22, 2021: The City of Ithaca and Tompkins County jointly released a draft report on their process to reimagine public safety in the community. Before that rollout had been shared with the Common Council or IPD, though, an interview of Mayor Svante Myrick appeared in GQ outlining the plan and quoting His Honor as saying it involved “abolishing the city’s police department as currently constructed and replacing it with a reimagined city agency.” The plan proposes replac...

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Today Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours will give way to occasional showers in the afternoon. High 58F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.. Tonight Showers in the evening with some clearing overnight. Low 33F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Updated: April 4, 2021 @ 2:34 am

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that includes extended unemployment benefits, direct funding to states and municipalities, and $1,400