Local officials discussed efforts of raising awareness of africanamericans. This took place at the annual conference in denver. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is aster liverman here in denver. It is my pleasure and honor to introduce our speaker for this session wholl present aspects beyond the green book african travel. Ranging from a personal colorado stories to sites across the country. To the far left, let me welcome our colorado native, gary jackson who grew up in denver before attending the university of redland and california, he earned his doctorate at boulder. He was assigned to the civil division, district of colorado before entering private practice in 1976. In 1982, he cofounded the firm of demana and jackson, a partnership that continues to the Denver County court bench of january of 2013. Gary has been recognized as a colorados super lawyer. Colorado Bar Association award of merit and among others. In 2018, the institute recognized gary for excellence county court ju
Exchange, we bring a market moving news from around the world. Kong ifus from hong enda curran, we have Annmarie Hordern and emma chandra, and Michael Mckee joining us in new york. I want to show the slowdown. Bloombergs enda curran has more. Enda . Enda i think it was quite weak across the board, alex. The worst single month meeting retail002, which saw the sales side of things confirming that even though a lot of it was due to the slowdown in the car market, the auto market, there is a feeling that consumers are starting to track as well. The activeixed, investors side of it, we saw that lacking, pretty soft reading, setting up the economy for a pretty slow in to the year. Putting pressure on the government to respond. Alix thanks so much, enda curran come in hong kong. Saudi Oil Facilities were attacked. Annmarie hordern have the latest. Tomarie that is right here 5 of global supply, 5. 7 Million Barrels a day, but half of the kingdoms net exports. The biggest infrastructure that d
This conversation with the Bipartisan Policy Center lasts about 45 minutes. Good morning and thank you for joining us for this live discussion on the state of Mental Health in the u. S. According to the most recent data from the nih or more thn 57 million americans are living with a Mental Illness. Thats just over one and five. Despite its prevalence the can remain out of sight. For too many, stigma, and despite medical advances far too often it is left untreated. This week we saw senator John Fetterman return to work on capitol hill after being hospitalized for depression. His candid remarks about the experience restates praise from his colleagues and the public. Reminded us of the toll Mental Illness can take and the stigma that continues to be attached to it. This is not a political issue. It is not defined by your point of view of where you live. At the Bipartisan Policy Center this is one of the many issues we focus on. We publish detailed reports with policy recommendations on a
We cant lose ground. The new treatments can be extremely expensive and cost as much as 1,000 a pill. I understand the v. A. Has been able to negotiate with the Drug Companies to a lower cost. And ive heard estimates that v. A. Is instead paying closer to 600 a bill, is that correct . I you may not have a answer. I would like to not have to answer that question. We work very slowly and collaboratively with the manufacturers of those drugs and have been able to reach attractive arrangements for the continued purchase of those drugs. And we continue to have those conversations. My what im curious about is if maybe our veterans are maybe choosing to go to v. A. As opposed to the private care or tricare or other options because they might get access to this medication more easily and the doctors might be able to get the treatment done in a more timely manner . I think that is certainly the case. If a veteran who is medicare eligible was to go to a private provider, he would wind up with a v