LINCOLN – Today, Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed an Executive Order aimed at “Securing America’s Critical Supply Chains.”
“For the sake of our economic and national security, it’s important to locate key industries, such as PPE and pharmaceutical drug production, here in America,” said Governor Ricketts. “Nebraska is uniquely positioned to help our country secure critical supply chains. Needles and syringes for coronavirus vaccines are already manufactured in our state. We have the potential to mine rare earth metals in southeast Nebraska. And our family farmers help supply the food that feeds the world. I applaud the Biden Administration for continuing this important focus on securing critical supply chains.”
Some clinics in the Chicago area are now cut off from getting any more shipments of first doses of COVID-19. They are being punished for breaking the rules.
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20,000 day cares may have closed in the pandemic. What happens when parents go back to work?
Caroline Kitchener, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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Denise Rogers, front, the director of Sunshine Early Learning Center and Latisha Ibraheem, background, a teacher at the pre-school, on Feb. 16, 2021, in Washington D.C.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu.
WASHINGTON - Darnita Lawrence is the kind of mom who likes to pop in and say hello to her toddler. For years, she could: Her 2 year-old son, and her 7-year-old daughter before him, went to day care at Southeast Children s Fund, one floor up from her office. She could drop off a juice box at lunch time or spend a few minutes watching them nap.