April 21– The top procurement official for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has resigned– the fifth departure from the agency as it answers to multiple contracting flaps this month. Agency officials did not provide a reason for his departure and a copy of his resignation letter to the American-Statesman was redacted. A $90 million contract…
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April 21– Teri O’Donnell doesn’t want the birds to leave. Every few days the Maria Carrillo High School teacher returns to her burned property in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park. The Tubbs fire claimed four lives and 1,200 homes around Coffey Park– among 40 people killed and nearly 6,200 homes destroyed that month in North Bay infernos.
April 21– Delaware State Police are investigating a carjacking that took place after an intentional vehicle collision involving a victim from Middletown. The incident occurred Wednesday, April 18 at about 9:31 p.m., on Red Lion Road near Old Summit Road, Bear. A 30- year-old Middletown woman was driving east on Red Lion Road at the posted speed limit when she saw…
April 21– Lisa Carlton served in the Florida Legislature for 14 years, but the former GOP state senator from Sarasota believes the work she did over the last year as member of the state Constitution Revision Commission could have a bigger impact than her entire legislative career. “These proposals offer Floridians more change than I was ever able to do in…
April 21– Though four weeks shy of graduation, Washington University senior Ingrid Archibald is not coasting to the finish line. In other words, they want the university to sell any stakes it has in companies such as ExxonMobil or Peabody. U. and spend our entire careers fighting climate change, “Archibald said at a recent on-campus demonstration that delivered to…
April 21– TRAVERSE CITY– Requiring able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work could have an impact on northern Michiganders who rely on the government program for health care coverage. A Senate fiscal analysis estimates the exemptions could mean that up to half of Michigan’s 1 million traditional and expanded Medicaid– called the Healthy Michigan Plan–…
Rick Scott supported drilling off Florida’s coasts even after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, 2010, tragically killing 11 crewmembers and causing one of the largest oil spills in United States history. “Rick Scott has led an eight-year assault on the environment including supporting drilling in Florida waters even after the Deepwater…
Environment New Jersey issued the following statement by Director Doug O’Malley on the signing by Gov. This bipartisan chorus of opposition has been fierce in New Jersey, where the state has worked to protect our 127 miles of beaches along the Jersey Shore, from myriad threats from medical waste to our ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy.
The secretaries of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Transportation joined City of Chester officials, residents, and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful at Sun Village Park for beautification activities to celebrate the community’s cleanup of the park and the positive impact of state partnership and investment.
April 21– Hurricane Harvey didn’t just break levees as it swamped several Gulf states last summer; it broke the bank, leaving the National Flood Insurance Program $20.5 billion in debt, even after the Trump administration and Congress forgave $16 billion of the program’s debt. Now, with hurricane season on the near horizon, Congress will take up the flood…
Jeanne Shaheen, D- N.H., has introduced legislation to “limit the level of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to agricultural producers.” Jeff Flake, R- Ariz., and Patrick Toomey, R- Pa. It was referred to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. Jeanne Shaheen, 506 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/…
Today, Sentor Dianne Feinstein joind Senator Maria Cantwell to introduce the Clean Coast Act that codifies rules that were finalized by the Department of the Interior in 2016 to address key safety recommendations made after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The legislation is cosponsored by Senators Markey, Menendez, Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Wyden, Shaheen,…
The resolution comes in response to Pruitt’s repeated ethics violations, misuse of taxpayer dollars, and actions that fundamentally undermine the mission of the EPA- favoring big polluters at the expense of science, the environment, and the health of children and families. “Time and time again at the EPA, Pruitt has put polluters’ profits ahead of public health,…
Edward J. Markey, D- Massachusetts, issued the following news release:. On the 8th anniversary of the start of the deadly BP oil spill, Senator Edward J. Markey joined Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell and their colleagues in introducing the Clean Coasts Act, legislation that will prevent future offshore drilling injuries,…
April 20– SCHENECTADY– An Albany man faces fraud charges for allegedly convincing another man to crash his car for insurance money, authorities said. Joseph J. Van Antwerp, 24, of Myrtle Avenue, was arrested this week on one count of fourth-degree insurance fraud, a felony, and fifth-degree conspiracy, a misdemeanor. Van Antwerp is accused of conspiring with…
April 21– Outgoing U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday said he sees an expanded federal role for regulating big technology companies, but that Congress must proceed cautiously in doing so. Ryan, R- Janesville, also touted new GOP laws to rewrite the tax code and boost military funding. They were his first in public in his home state since he revealed last week that…
Sens. Murray, Cantwell Introduce Legislation to Protect American Coasts From Catastrophic Oil Spills
Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell introduced the Clean Coast Act, legislation that codifies rules that were finalized by the Department of the Interior in 2016 to address key safety recommendations made after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. “Communities in Washington state and across the country who depend on our healthy coasts for…
The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:. While the Gulf Coast is still recovering from this disaster, it could have been much worse without our country’s landmark environmental laws, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. BP paid $100 million-dollars in criminal fines under this Act that supported wetland and migratory bird…
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America issued the following news release:. As fire crews in Oklahoma continue to battle several wildfires, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America urges homeowners and renters to evacuate if instructed to do so and contact your insurance company or agent immediately if you have damage.
