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NEW JERSEY Gov. Phil Murphy signed 19 bills into law late Monday, including many designed to strengthen how law enforcement manages sexual assault cases.
Murphy also signed bills aimed at reducing drug overdoses, allowing law enforcement to retire early and assisting LGBTQ+ veterans. He also vetoed medical cannabis and mandatory prison bills
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Murphy vetoed legislation that would have eliminated mandatory prison time for political corruption offenses committed by elected New Jersey officials, as well as crimes committed by bad actors in law enforcement that violate the public trust.
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Federal funding has been approved for the Bemidji veterans home, bringing the facility closer to reality. 7:08 pm, Apr. 1, 2021 ×
An artist s rendering of the new veterans home in Bemidji. (Submitted drawing)
BEMIDJI Federal funding has been approved for the Bemidji veterans home, bringing the facility closer to reality.
For more than a decade, local officials and advocates have been fighting for a new veterans home to fill a major need in the region. There are an estimated 27,000 veterans living in northwest Minnesota, and nearly 75% of them are older than 55.
The effort to create a veterans home in Bemidji began in 2006 and this week, one of the final pieces of the puzzle was put in place. The United States Department of Veteran Affairs announced conditional approval for construction grants toward veterans homes in Bemidji, Montevideo and Preston, totaling more than $80 million.
Mayor clears up confusion on who can get COVID-19 vaccine in Orange County
Veterans can get vaccine at four locations in Central Florida
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Mayor Jerry Demings announced more residents are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in Orange County.
Demings said the Orange County Convention Center will administer vaccines to law enforcement officers of any age, as well as people deemed high risk by their doctor.
Firefighters above the age of 50 and anyone above the age of 65 are also eligible for the vaccine.
Orange County officials said appointments weren’t reaching capacity at the convention center.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) By mid-afternoon Tuesday, water was being pumped out of a flooded section of the Raleigh National Cemetery. Dozens of graves had been sitting underwater.
There was a certain smell in the air at the southeast corner of the Raleigh National Cemetery if you were to walk by Tuesday morning. It was musky. The scent not overpowering, but something you can recognize when water has been sitting there for a while.
More than four dozen tombs were underwater. There were mud marks on graves indicating how the water was ever so slightly receding.
Some of the flooded tombs were for soldiers who fought in the infantry during World War I and an Army captain who led a company in the Vietnam War. Other graves were for service members who served during World War II and Korea.