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THE STANDARD By Josphat Thiong’o | February 7th 2021 at 14:51:29 GMT +0300 Members of Nairobi County Assembly. [James Mwangi, Standard] The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report will be tabled at the Nairobi County Assembly on Tuesday as the House sittings resume from a two-month-long recess. Assembly Majority leader Abdi Guyo on Sunday revealed that the BBI bill will be the first order of business as a full in-tray awaits the city assembly. “I will be tabling the BBI report at the assembly on Tuesday for consideration by the House so that we can be done with it by the end of the wee...

They wouldn’t fight the fire: 296 days (and counting) of GOP inaction leaves us all burned   Milwaukee, WI – “296 days. That’s how long it’s been since the Republican-controlled legislature last passed a bill that became law. For a full-time legislature like Wisconsin’s it’s pretty hard to believe. One might be forgiven for wondering if George Webb’s has offered some sort of hamburger promotion if they can hit 300. “While the unemployment rate sits 2.4 percentage points above pre-pandemic levels, and over 68,000 more people are out of work compared to March of last year, Re...

02/04/21 WorkersCompensation.com Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Speaker Carl Heastie and Governmental Employees Committee Chair Peter Abbate, Jr. today announced the Assembly has passed legislation to extend the provisions granted last year that ensure families of municipal frontline workers who lost their lives to COVID-19 as a result of their service receive the benefits they deserve (A.3988, Abbate). “Throughout the course of this pandemic, our brave frontline workers have gotten up and gone to work every day despite the tremendous risks to their health,” said Speaker Heastie....

ALBANY — New York will pursue litigation against the federal government if Washington lawmakers do not give the state adequate funding in subsequent coronavirus relief measures, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said

Assemblymember John McDonald Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by words and action Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a visionary, a global figure and an icon whose ideas have influenced people for generations since his untimely death. Dr. King dedicated his life to unifying people of all backgrounds and actualizing his dream of a nation where people thrived together in spite of their differences. Every year since 1983, the third Monday in January has been recognized as a federal holiday to commemorate his life, legacy and accomplishments. Dr. King was instrumental in some of the mos...