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The purpose of the statements is to address what many see as systemic racism in state government by considering whether a proposed new law would help, hurt or have no impact on historically disadvantaged racial populations.

People will get vaccinated, letting out a sigh of relief. and the previous one before that, the one before that, we didnt have vaccines. we were frustrated with the anti-maskers and people threatening to kill our governor over mandates. we didnt have vaccines. now we do. we were caught offguard. we thought we would be better off than this. our county is only 42% vaccinated. the surrounding counties are around 50%. we are lower than the state average, which is lower than the national average. it ...

South Florida's inflation rate is above the national average.

That does not exist under your states laws. the so-called criminal responsibility for a school fight they couldnt stop is infuriating. its not even a law. of course your report contends that was just one instance in rutherford county, not far from nashville, by the way, where essentially you had a filter system where kids were held in detention in some cases on vague charges. and this juvenile court judge, donna scott davenport, in the job since 2000, had been recommending jail for cases sent to...

At&t already required most management employees to be vaccinated by this week, this current week. hewlett packard, all team members, contractors and visitors must be fully vaccinated to enter the work sites. and then american airlines, their statement was, all along, as weve been going through this, weve been considering mandates and may have done so on our own. but we wanted to do everything we could first to encourage everyone to do so. so, i mean, it sounds -- im not sure what happens next, b...

By border patrol agents. about half of them are small children. one of them is still nursing. from here this group will be taken and tested for covid-19. if they test positive, theyll then be taken to a tent thats been put up at a park where there are already thousands of others. 11 miles away inside the park we meet sister norma, who along with the city of mcallen is running a tent camp, home to more than 1,500 migrant families. after complaints from residents about the risk of covid among the ...

In texas with the latest on the dire situation. >> reporter: fredricka, one of the concerns in the community in rio grand valley is covid-19, an issue brought up a few weeks ago, one now being addressed with catholic charities and nonprofit run by sister norma, huge voice in the community and helps migrants, along with world central kitchen who is helping feed them once they cross. there are temporary tents set up for covid-19 testing. migrants are isolated and quarantined, if they test positive...

В Русской православной церкви (РПЦ) готовы помочь с переездом в Россию семье мальчика из Киргизии, которого сверстники избили из-за его вероисповедания, если такое решение будет принято, заявил председатель синодального отдела Московского патриархата по взаимоотношения�...

Cases among teens. the positivity rate is 20.5 and higher for those ages 12 to 19. thats more than the state average. natasha chen joining us with the latest from orlando. those are not the kind of numbers we want to see, natasha. >> >> reporter: no, and over the last week there were more than 13,000 new covid positive cases among kids under 12 here in the state. that is a more than 28% jump since the week before. so as kids are starting to go back into class in person, that is a really troublin...

Population is fully vaccinated and with that, dr. assad offers an ominous warning. >> its just a matter of time before youre going to come across a variant where your vaccines do not provide that degree of protection. so unvaccinated people pose a huge threat to the rest of us, who are vaccinated, because theyre literally a breeding ground for new variants. >> reporter: in reno, where the vaccination rate is higher than the state average, the lines at the main vaccine site have dwindled. at the ...