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Thank you Chairman John Carter, Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard, and members of this esteemed committee for providing this opportunity for all members to speak about priorities in the Department of Homeland Security, specifically concerning disaster relief in FEMA. Last year, Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast endured one of the toughest years it’s ever…

This morning, every single House Republican voted against covering 100 percent of aid for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the California wildfires- leaving states and local communities to come up with 25 percent of the tab for FEMA services, including Public Assistance, Debris Removal, and Individual Assistance. This is critical because many states- like…

Eldar Mirzayev, deputy minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, said on April 28 no casualties were reported and it was unclear what caused the fire in Baku. Many streets in Baku are currently blocked as the city hosts the Formula-1 Grand Prix. The Trump Organization canceled its licensing deal for the planned hotel in December 2016, one month after…

April 29– COLUMBUS– In 2006, Mary Taylor ran against the policies of a sitting Republican governor and landed upright in the state auditor’s office, the only survivor of an Ohio massacre of Republicans. A key difference this time is she must first get past the party’s endorsed candidate, Mike DeWine, on May 8. GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE PROFILES: Richard Cordray–…

Locally, HCR ManorCare operates post-acute care nursing and rehabilitation centers under the name Heartland in Beavercreek, Centerville, Kettering, Greenville, Miamisburg, Piqua, Springfield and Fairfield. ProMedica said in a press release that it teamed up with Welltower, a real estate investment firm also based in Toledo, to make a deal Wednesday to buy HCR…

April 29– Brandon Segotta thought it would be funny to make “ipromisetoneverbuystarbucksagain” the Wi-Fi password at Verona Coffee Co., a new coffee shop in downtown Collinsville. Verona opened April 10 in the front half of a storefront building at 101 E. Main St. The back half is occupied by Bert’s Chuckwagon, a popular restaurant specializing in barbecue and…

April 29– Tennessee’s biggest health insurer is helping to insure both the physical health of the state’s residents and the fiscal health of Tennessee’s economy, especially in its hometown of Chattanooga, a new study shows. The Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee estimates that in 2017 the Chattanooga- based…

April 29– While a student at Redwood Adventist Academy, Eric Ritz liked talk a lot in class, frequently landing him in lunch detention out by the lamppost on the east end of campus. Ritz had not been on the 23- acre Mark West Springs Road campus since October’s Tubbs fire barreled down the ridge and leveled the private K-12 school north of Santa Rosa.

“Tippett Moorhead& Haden’s expertise in executive benefits and high net worth life insurance strategies are a wonderful compliment to Alera Group’s existing capabilities,” said Alan Levitz, CEO of Alera Group. “We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding firm to Alera Group as their core values align extremely well with Alera Group’s culture.”

Dear Mary, My siblings and I have gradually taken on more and more of a caregiving role with our elderly parents, and we know we need help. I thought Medicare covered some sort of respite care and was shocked to find it doesn’t. How do people pay for care?

Larry Bucshon for the Republican nomination in Indiana’s 8th District. He touts success in advocating for “common-sense policies” reflecting the values of the 8th District and he would like the opportunity to continue his work in Congress. As health care costs continue to rise, Bucshon said his expertise is an important voice in Congress as he and fellow…

April 28– DENMARK– A historic octagon barn was destroyed by a windblown fire Thursday afternoon at a farm near Denmark in north Lee County. The barn, known historically as the Houston Octagon Barn, was located at 1561 320th Ave., on Iowa 16, a few miles east of Denmark. Lorelei Titus-Hooper and Brad Hooper, the owners of the farm on which the 40- foot-tall barn was…

That’s according to recently released county-level health rankings compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The 2018 report showed Reno County ranking worse than state averages on 20 of the 34 health outcomes measured, with the overall quality of life in the county ranking 80th overall…

April 29– “Our history is still being written,” begins the’ Our history “page on the HCR ManorCare website. Then came the announcement Thursday that ProMedica had reached a deal to buy the nursing home and rehabilitation care chain with real estate investment trust Welltower Inc.– which acquired HCR ManorCare’s landlord, Quality Care Products, as part of the deal.

WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called “false” allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who’d been in line to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump stepped up his criticism of Montana’s Jon Tester, the top Democrat…

A SECRET LOCATION OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C.- From the outside, it looks like an ordinary commercial warehouse, only much bigger, about the size of two super Walmarts. The need for biodefense has become clearer in the wake of outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa, Zika in the Americas, devastating wildfires and hurricanes, and the poisonings of the North Korean leader’s…

The fourth Quarterly InsurTech Briefing, produced by Willis Towers Watson Securities and Willis Re, in collaboration with CB Insights, highlights the key InsurTech trends of 2017. “Investments have picked up especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, automation, process enhancement and customer engagement as companies hope to drive further…