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NH lawmakers push claim of disability over in-person legislating during COVID-19
Modified: 4/5/2021 9:15:47 PM
CONCORD Federal appellate judges on Monday questioned whether the New Hampshire House has undermined the Americans With Disabilities Act by insisting on in-person sessions during the coronavirus pandemic, while also suggesting that vaccinations have made the issue moot.
Seven Democratic lawmakers sued Republican House Speaker Sherm Packard in February arguing that holding in-person sessions without a remote option for medically vulnerable lawmakers violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and has forced them to either risk their lives or abandon their duties as elected officials.
A U.S. District Court judge in Concord later ruled that the speaker can’t be sued for enforcing House rules, prompting an appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which held oral arguments Monday. Because of coronavirus precautions, only an audio recording of the hear
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Good morning. I’m Rachel Schnalzer, the L.A. Times business section’s audience engagement editor. In looking at mental health among U.S. workers, my colleague Roger Vincent recently found that many employees are
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Ultimately, though, the COVID-19 pandemic which has added tremendous stress to our lives may result in more awareness in the importance of mental health care, experts say.
“Everyone is just a lot more open about mental health in general,” says Anna Naify, consulting psychologist at California’s
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Between 2016 and 2018, Lisa Irving and her guide dog, Bernie, were refused rides or endured alleged verbal abuse by drivers a total of 14 times, according to her attorney, Adam Wolf.
Uber has been ordered to dole out $1.1 million to a visually impaired San Francisco woman and her guide dog, who were denied rides by the popular ride-sharing app on more than a dozen occasions. The amount paid may be the largest award ever issued to a blind ride-share passenger for repeated driver violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), according to a published report.
Between 2016 and 2018, Lisa Irving and her guide dog, Bernie, were refused rides or endured alleged verbal abuse by drivers a total of 14 times, according to her attorney, Adam Wolf. At various times, Wolf said, Irving feared for her safety and was left in potentially life-threatening situations. On Thursday, Wolf filed a petition to affirm the award in San Francisco Su
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