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PHARMA, MANUFACTURERS BLAST ADMINISTRATION OVER VACCINE PATENT WAIVERS: The Biden administration on Wednesday reversed course and said it supports waiving patent and other intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines in a bid to ramp up production of the shots around the globe a victory for progressives who had pressured the administration and potentially a major blow for the pharmaceutical industry, which had lobbied heavily against the waiver.
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net
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Come June, Independence Mayor Eileen Weir says, she plans to fly the rainbow-colored pride flag outside her office window at City Hall for LGBTQ Pride Month, just as she has the past couple years.
Weir asked the City Council this week to support flying the flag in front of City Hall in June, but the council voted 6-1 against that.
Right now, the flags of the city, Missouri and the United States, along with the National League of Families POW/MIA flag, are the only four allowed at City Hall and other municipal facilities. Any additional flag requires council approval.
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Pat Roberts is joining Capitol Counsel as a partner, making the longtime Ag Committee chair the latest former pol to go through the revolving door since leaving Congress last month. Roberts, who was first elected to the House in 1981 before winning election to the Senate in 1997, is the longest-serving member of Congress from Kansas. Roberts helped shepherd multiple farm bills through Congress, most recently in 2018, and also served on the Finance, HELP, Ethics and Rules committees.