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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 6, 2021, the comment period for the proposed modification to regulations implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“ HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“ HITECH”) closed.  The Office for Civil Rights (“ OCR”) at the Department of Health and Human Services (“ HHS”) issued its initial request for information in December 2018, subsequently released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ NPRM”) to the public on...

A bill that would outlaw abortion on the basis of race or Down syndrome advanced in North Carolina on Tuesday,

The Pueblo Chieftain Many rural Coloradans still cringe at the mention of EAGLE-Net – a broadband initiative launched a decade ago to bring fiber broadband networks to schools and libraries in unconnected rural areas of our state. Instead, the program started its buildout in Denver, promising to eventually “spiderweb out” into unserved areas – but the money ran out long before the spider’s silk reached our roads. Schools in Denver’s wealthy Cherry Creek district were among the first connected, while schools on the Western Slope were left out in the cold. Meanwhile, EAGLE-Net’s m...

The Pueblo Chieftain Let me be clear. I stand in strong support of the Pueblo community and the bright future that I believe you are on track for. It is highly unlikely, however, that attempting to burn coal at Pueblo Unit 3 (a.k.a. “Comanche 3”) for another 19 years will be a successful strategy. In short, the US coal industry is in structural decline and Xcel or anyone else who suggests that coal will just “fall out of the sky” until 2040 is not paying attention. Knowledge is power. Facts matter. Here are a few facts to consider. First of all, there is no indication that the Comanch...

CSU Pueblo Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusions Victoria Obregon writes the new bill is needed to help those facing barriers due to immigrant status.