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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10693697/Nottingham-Forest-continue-Championship-playoff-push-seal-2-0-win-Coventry.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Nottingham Forest continue their Championship playoff push as they seal 2-0 win over Coventry thanks to homegrown talent Brennan Johnson's opener and James Garner's second-half strike
- Nottingham Forest beat Coventry 2-0 at the City Ground on Wednesday
- Brennan Johnson opened the scoring as he turned in Jack Colback's cross
- Man United loanee James Garner doubled Forest's lead in the second half
- The result saw Steve Cooper's side climb up to fifth in the Championship
Brennan Johnson has been listening. Fifteen goals for the season is the result.
Forest’s homegrown talent enhances his reputation every time he steps on to the pitch and now he has added scoring to the repertoire.
Manager Steve Cooper is a specialist in the art of bringing on promising youngsters and it is not just Johnson who is benefitting.
Nottingham Forest secured a 2-0 win over Coventry in the Championship on Wednesday
Homegrown talent Brennan Johnson (No 20) opened the scoring for the home side
Manchester United loanee James Garner has also blossomed and when Keinan Davis gave him the opportunity, blasted Forest’s second.
Johnson’s opener last night will not win any awards for appearance but he was still in the right place at the right time.
A match full of pretty patterns at the start – mainly from Coventry - burst into life thanks to a triple combination of Keinan Davis, Jack Colback and Johnson.
Davis found Colback, whose cross was turned in by Johnson from close range although he needed a second attempt before it crossed the line.
The breakthrough had the knock-on effect of a release of tension and suddenly Forest were swarming all over their Midlands rivals.
James Garner’s free kick fed Djed Spence but his low shot was cleared and it needed Simon Moore to save from Zinckernagel and Dom Hyam to block another Zinckernagel effort.
Forest started the night in eighth but their play-off push has been gathering impressive momentum in recent weeks.
As well has having games in hand, Cooper’s team have built up a plus 21 goal difference which is far superior to their rivals and almost worth another point.
Add 11 goals in the last three matches to the mix and a packed City Ground gathered last night in excited anticipation.
Coventry have gone off the boil, winless in three since beating Sheffield United, and face a tough run-in including a trip to Fulham and a home fixture against Bournemouth.
They certainly did not look like a side with a run like that and kept home goalkeeper Brice Samba on his toes. Even after the goal, they were looking to break at every opportunity.
The first half also saw an incident of a laser being used by a fan with referee Tim Robinson alerting the fourth official and security staff.
Manchester United loanee James Garner (left) doubled the lead for Steve Cooper's side
Back to the action and Forest showed no signs of shutting up shop, bringing on Joe Lolley and looking for a second killer. Shots were of the long-range variety and no real threat.
Then the impressive Davis shook off his marker, teed up Garner and his finish was explosive.
Davis had a couple of penalty claims turned down and left the pitch to a standing ovation. The striker, on loan from Aston Villa, has added a presence to the team and is a master at bringing team-mates into the action. | 1 | 101,428 | 0.527384 | https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/sport/4142426/nottingham-forest-battle-past-coventry-to-move-into-play-off-places/ | 2022-04-07 17:38:39+00:00 | Nottingham Forest battled to a fourth consecutive Sky Bet Championship win and climbed into the play-off places with a 2-0 victory over Coventry at the City Ground.
Steve Cooper’s side had to work hard for their win but Brennan Johnson’s 15th goal of the season and a well-taken strike from James Garner, either side of half-time, put them on course for a precious three points.
Coventry made it an even contest and Mark Robins will feel his side deserved more as their own top-six ambitions were dealt a blow after a fourth game without a win.
Forest made the brighter start but it was Victor Gyokeres who had the first sight of goal, shooting wide from Coventry’s first meaningful attack.
When space opened up in front of Forest full-back Djed Spence, he surged into the penalty area but his attempted cut-back to Philip Zinckernagel was cut out.
Callum O’Hare tested Forest keeper Brice Samba with a low shot that was well held, with Coventry continuing to look a threat on the break.
Zinckernagel appealed for handball when Jake Bidwell slid in to block his shot on the edge of the box, but it would have been harsh on the defender. O’Hare then lofted a clever effort narrowly over the bar.
Forest took the lead in the 24th minute after Keinan Davis found Jack Colback on the left. His cross was fired right across the face of goal and, just as Coventry looked as though they would keep it out at the far post, Johnson dragged the ball back and lifted it high into the back of the net from close range.
Goalkeeper Simon Moore took two attempts to hold a driven shot from Zinckernagel as Forest looked to extend their lead.
Zinckernagel then attempted a spectacular volley that was always off target, before Davis did brilliantly to leave two Coventry defenders in his wake on a 20-yard run only to miss the target by some distance with a shot.
Samba was forced to make a strong save to keep out a long-range effort from Ben Sheaf as Coventry sought a leveller.
Yates shot wide as Forest pushed again – and the second goal was not long in coming. More brilliant work from Davis saw him lay the ball into the path of the rampaging Garner, who lashed an emphatic finish beyond Moore to make it 2-0 in the 61st minute.
Forest wanted a penalty when Fankaty Dabo appeared to obstruct Davis in the area, but referee Tim Robinson was not convinced.
Sub Lewis Grabban lashed wide as Forest looked to make certain of the win. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10693697/Nottingham-Forest-continue-Championship-playoff-push-seal-2-0-win-Coventry.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Nottingham Forest continue their Championship playoff push as they seal 2-0 win over Coventry thanks to homegrown talent Brennan Johnson's opener and James Garner's second-half strike
- Nottingham Forest beat Coventry 2-0 at the City Ground on Wednesday
- Brennan Johnson opened the scoring as he turned in Jack Colback's cross
- Man United loanee James Garner doubled Forest's lead in the second half
- The result saw Steve Cooper's side climb up to fifth in the Championship
Brennan Johnson has been listening. Fifteen goals for the season is the result.
Forest’s homegrown talent enhances his reputation every time he steps on to the pitch and now he has added scoring to the repertoire.
Manager Steve Cooper is a specialist in the art of bringing on promising youngsters and it is not just Johnson who is benefitting.
Nottingham Forest secured a 2-0 win over Coventry in the Championship on Wednesday
Homegrown talent Brennan Johnson (No 20) opened the scoring for the home side
Manchester United loanee James Garner has also blossomed and when Keinan Davis gave him the opportunity, blasted Forest’s second.
Johnson’s opener last night will not win any awards for appearance but he was still in the right place at the right time.
A match full of pretty patterns at the start – mainly from Coventry - burst into life thanks to a triple combination of Keinan Davis, Jack Colback and Johnson.
Davis found Colback, whose cross was turned in by Johnson from close range although he needed a second attempt before it crossed the line.
The breakthrough had the knock-on effect of a release of tension and suddenly Forest were swarming all over their Midlands rivals.
James Garner’s free kick fed Djed Spence but his low shot was cleared and it needed Simon Moore to save from Zinckernagel and Dom Hyam to block another Zinckernagel effort.
Forest started the night in eighth but their play-off push has been gathering impressive momentum in recent weeks.
As well has having games in hand, Cooper’s team have built up a plus 21 goal difference which is far superior to their rivals and almost worth another point.
Add 11 goals in the last three matches to the mix and a packed City Ground gathered last night in excited anticipation.
Coventry have gone off the boil, winless in three since beating Sheffield United, and face a tough run-in including a trip to Fulham and a home fixture against Bournemouth.
They certainly did not look like a side with a run like that and kept home goalkeeper Brice Samba on his toes. Even after the goal, they were looking to break at every opportunity.
The first half also saw an incident of a laser being used by a fan with referee Tim Robinson alerting the fourth official and security staff.
Manchester United loanee James Garner (left) doubled the lead for Steve Cooper's side
Back to the action and Forest showed no signs of shutting up shop, bringing on Joe Lolley and looking for a second killer. Shots were of the long-range variety and no real threat.
Then the impressive Davis shook off his marker, teed up Garner and his finish was explosive.
Davis had a couple of penalty claims turned down and left the pitch to a standing ovation. The striker, on loan from Aston Villa, has added a presence to the team and is a master at bringing team-mates into the action. | 2 | 82,325 | 0.578994 | https://talksport.com/football/efl/1109491/nottingham-forest-sheffield-united-brennan-johnson-premier-league-championship-play-off/ | 2022-05-15 01:20:27+00:00 | Nottingham Forest have taken a 2-1 advantage in their play-off tie with Sheffield United thanks to their Premier League-bound starlet Brennan Johnson.
The 20-year-old, who looks certain to be in the top-flight next term amid links with Leeds, Newcastle and Brentford, scored the second goal of the match to give Steve Cooper’s side a real advantage following Jack Colback’s opener inside the first 10 minutes.
The Blades had chances of their own and were the dominant side early on in both halves, and got their reward with an injury goal from Jack Robinson to keep the tie alive going into Tuesday’s second leg at the City Ground.
It was a lively start to the match as Ryan Yates played a wonderful ball to Forest star Johnson who forced an awkward clearance from Chris Basham inside four minutes.
While the Blades settled into the game, the opener came just five minutes later as Sam Surridge squeezed a cross into the penalty area which Colback converted after an unfortunate slip from Ben Osborne.
Forest smelled blood as they continued to flood forward with Surridge, Philip Zinckernagel and Johnson all having opportunities to double their lead inside the first quarter of the match.
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Both sides pushed forward in what was a truly entertaining first half at Bramall Lane, however it was Forest who peppered the Sheffield United goal in the last 10 minutes of the half, forcing Wes Foderingham into a spectacular double save late in the half.
Going into the break, talkSPORT co-commentator, Chris Iwelumo, baffled as to how Cooper’s side weren’t further ahead at the break.
He said: “Nottinham Forest could have had two or three more goals. They had massive chances.
“There’s a lot of football to be played, but Steve Cooper has to keep them going.”
While the Blades certainly weren’t outclassed in the first half, they managed to up their game in the second period they caused problems for Forest with five efforts in the first 15 minutes of the half.
However Forest managed to double their lead about 70 minutes when Joe Lolley laid it back to Johnson who slammed the ball into the top corner of the net to make it 2-0.
That effort really took the wind out of the home side, however they managed to get a late consolation in the shape of a Robinson header that ensured that the Blades are well and truly in the mix going into the return leg at the City Ground on Tuesday night.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Richardson-Electronics-Fiscal-Q3-Earnings-17062311.php | LAFOX, Ill. (AP) _ Richardson Electronics Ltd. (RELL) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.9 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Richardson-Electronics-Fiscal-Q3-Earnings-17062311.php | LAFOX, Ill. (AP) _ Richardson Electronics Ltd. (RELL) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.9 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Richardson-Electronics-Fiscal-Q3-Earnings-17062311.php | LAFOX, Ill. (AP) _ Richardson Electronics Ltd. (RELL) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.9 million in its fiscal third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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On a per-share basis, the Lafox, Illinois-based company said it had profit of 21 cents.
The electronic components and communication products company posted revenue of $55.3 million in the period.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/organ-donation-in-a-first-three-green-corridors-created-on-a-single-day/article65296910.ece/amp/ | Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day
Bengaluru April 06, 2022 21:18 ISTCadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night - one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
Another two green corridors were created late on Tuesday evening, when there was an alert about a potential 19-year-old male donor at KMC Manipal, Udupi. The donor’s vital organs – liver, kidneys, corneas, and skin – had been harvested. While a first zero-traffic green corridor was created from Manipal Hospital, Udupi, to Mangaluru airport (on Tuesday evening), another was created from Bengaluru airport to Aster RV hospital,” said Lijamol Joseph, Jeevasarthakathe Chief Transplant Coordinator.
Pointing out that Wednesday’s donation is the fifth this month, Ms. Joseph said a total of 32 donations have happened since January. This includes a donation by a 97-year-old male donor in the city. While 10 donations were recorded in January and seven in February, 10 were recorded in March.
Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, there has been a steady rise in the last few months. However, the number of donations are still way below those that happened during pre-COVID-19 days.
Jeevasarthakathe had recorded 35 donations in 2020, retrieving 167 organs and tissues (including corneas and heart valves). In 2021, 70 cadaveric donations had been recorded retrieving 284 organs and tissues. Likewise, in 2019 as many as 105 cadaveric donations were facilitated through Jeevasarthakathe (wherein 511 organs and tissues were retrieved).
Elaborating on the efforts involved in facilitating every transplant, Ms. Joseph said: “Apart from our team of transplant coordinators, many others were instrumental in ensuring the donations happened. We are grateful to Bopanna K.P., airport manager at Mangaluru International Airport, for enabling a delay of six minutes in the departure of the flight to ensure proper positioning of the organ box on the designated seat.”
“The organ transportation was made seamless by Roopa Sreeram, manager (Airport Operations and Customer Services) at Bengaluru international airport, who ensured there was an ambulance ready at the airport to safely transport the organ via the green corridor,” she added.
Demand-supply gap
Although there has been a steady rise in the number of donations, the number of patients in need of organ transplantation is also increasing.
With as many as 5,309 patients waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka (including 4,065 for kidneys and 1,069 for liver) as of Wednesday, the demand-supply gap in organ transplantation in the State is only widening, according to Jeevasarthakathe . | 0 | 15,183 | 0.094909 | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/organ-donation-in-a-first-three-green-corridors-created-on-a-single-day/article65296910.ece | 2022-04-06 21:27:14+00:00 | Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day
Cadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night - one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
Another two green corridors were created late on Tuesday evening, when there was an alert about a potential 19-year-old male donor at KMC Manipal, Udupi. The donor’s vital organs – liver, kidneys, corneas, and skin – had been harvested. While a first zero-traffic green corridor was created from Manipal Hospital, Udupi, to Mangaluru airport (on Tuesday evening), another was created from Bengaluru airport to Aster RV hospital,” said Lijamol Joseph, Jeevasarthakathe Chief Transplant Coordinator.
Pointing out that Wednesday’s donation is the fifth this month, Ms. Joseph said a total of 32 donations have happened since January. This includes a donation by a 97-year-old male donor in the city. While 10 donations were recorded in January and seven in February, 10 were recorded in March.
Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, there has been a steady rise in the last few months. However, the number of donations are still way below those that happened during pre-COVID-19 days.
Jeevasarthakathe had recorded 35 donations in 2020, retrieving 167 organs and tissues (including corneas and heart valves). In 2021, 70 cadaveric donations had been recorded retrieving 284 organs and tissues. Likewise, in 2019 as many as 105 cadaveric donations were facilitated through Jeevasarthakathe (wherein 511 organs and tissues were retrieved).
Elaborating on the efforts involved in facilitating every transplant, Ms. Joseph said: “Apart from our team of transplant coordinators, many others were instrumental in ensuring the donations happened. We are grateful to Bopanna K.P., airport manager at Mangaluru International Airport, for enabling a delay of six minutes in the departure of the flight to ensure proper positioning of the organ box on the designated seat.”
“The organ transportation was made seamless by Roopa Sreeram, manager (Airport Operations and Customer Services) at Bengaluru international airport, who ensured there was an ambulance ready at the airport to safely transport the organ via the green corridor,” she added.
Demand-supply gap
Although there has been a steady rise in the number of donations, the number of patients in need of organ transplantation is also increasing.
With as many as 5,309 patients waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka (including 4,065 for kidneys and 1,069 for liver) as of Wednesday, the demand-supply gap in organ transplantation in the State is only widening, according to Jeevasarthakathe .
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/organ-donation-in-a-first-three-green-corridors-created-on-a-single-day/article65296910.ece/amp/ | Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day
Bengaluru April 06, 2022 21:18 ISTCadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night - one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
Another two green corridors were created late on Tuesday evening, when there was an alert about a potential 19-year-old male donor at KMC Manipal, Udupi. The donor’s vital organs – liver, kidneys, corneas, and skin – had been harvested. While a first zero-traffic green corridor was created from Manipal Hospital, Udupi, to Mangaluru airport (on Tuesday evening), another was created from Bengaluru airport to Aster RV hospital,” said Lijamol Joseph, Jeevasarthakathe Chief Transplant Coordinator.
Pointing out that Wednesday’s donation is the fifth this month, Ms. Joseph said a total of 32 donations have happened since January. This includes a donation by a 97-year-old male donor in the city. While 10 donations were recorded in January and seven in February, 10 were recorded in March.
Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, there has been a steady rise in the last few months. However, the number of donations are still way below those that happened during pre-COVID-19 days.
Jeevasarthakathe had recorded 35 donations in 2020, retrieving 167 organs and tissues (including corneas and heart valves). In 2021, 70 cadaveric donations had been recorded retrieving 284 organs and tissues. Likewise, in 2019 as many as 105 cadaveric donations were facilitated through Jeevasarthakathe (wherein 511 organs and tissues were retrieved).
Elaborating on the efforts involved in facilitating every transplant, Ms. Joseph said: “Apart from our team of transplant coordinators, many others were instrumental in ensuring the donations happened. We are grateful to Bopanna K.P., airport manager at Mangaluru International Airport, for enabling a delay of six minutes in the departure of the flight to ensure proper positioning of the organ box on the designated seat.”
“The organ transportation was made seamless by Roopa Sreeram, manager (Airport Operations and Customer Services) at Bengaluru international airport, who ensured there was an ambulance ready at the airport to safely transport the organ via the green corridor,” she added.
Demand-supply gap
Although there has been a steady rise in the number of donations, the number of patients in need of organ transplantation is also increasing.
With as many as 5,309 patients waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka (including 4,065 for kidneys and 1,069 for liver) as of Wednesday, the demand-supply gap in organ transplantation in the State is only widening, according to Jeevasarthakathe . | 1 | 76,169 | 0.639488 | https://www.news18.com/news/india/delhi-polices-green-corridor-facilitates-transportation-of-liver-saves-army-mans-life-5294263.html | 2022-06-02 06:02:28+00:00 | Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday created a green corridor to transport a liver for transplant. According to the police, the traffic headquarters control room requested that a green corridor be created between the JP Trauma Centre at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the RR Hospital at Dhaula Kuan to ease organ transportation.
Forty-two-year old Rakesh, who was taken to the JP Trauma Centre in AIIMS in a brain-dead condition following a vehicle accident on the Noida Expressway, was the donor. According to a senior police official, his kin decided to donate his liver to a 38-year-old Army personnel who was admitted to the RR Hospital.
The liver was to be transported to the hospital at 8:15 am. Due to the peak hour, there was a lot of traffic on the road, for which the Delhi Traffic Police created the Green Corridor.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Ankit Chauhan, the information was received around 8:15 am, following which a green corridor from the JP Trauma Centre, AIIMS to the RR Hospital was provided and the organ was transported successfully.
The ambulance covered a distance of 8 kilometres in just 7 minutes, as opposed to the usual period of 40 to 50 minutes on this route. The ambulance carrying the organ started from the Trauma Centre at 9.24 am and reached the RR hospital at 9.31 am. The doctors at the RR hospital too appreciated the effort as the journey was completed in the minimum time possible.
The first green corridor, the special route managed by police officers for an ambulance carrying organs for transplant, was created in January 2015 when an ambulance covered a distance of 32km in 29 minutes from a Gurgaon hospital to one in south Delhi’s Okhla.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/organ-donation-in-a-first-three-green-corridors-created-on-a-single-day/article65296910.ece/amp/ | Organ donation: In a first, three green corridors created on a single day
Bengaluru April 06, 2022 21:18 ISTCadaveric organ donation got a boost in the city on Wednesday with three zero-traffic green corridors created on a single day to transport vital organs from different hospitals.
Authorities from Jeevasarthakathe, the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which is the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, said this is the first time that three green corridors had been created on a single day. There were back-to-back organ donations since Tuesday evening and two green corridors were also created on Tuesday night - one in Mangaluru and another in Bengaluru.
“We placed the requests for three green corridors with the Bengaluru traffic police in a gap of 30 minutes. While one green corridor was created at 10 a.m. on Wednesday from Manipal Hospitals on Old Airport Road to BGS Global Hospitals in Mysuru (to transport a liver), another was created at 10.30 a.m. from Aster RV hospital to MS Ramaiah-Narayana Hrudayalaya (to transport a heart). At 11 a.m., another corridor was created from the same hospital (Aster RV) to Bengaluru International airport to transport donated lungs to KIMS, Secunderabad
Another two green corridors were created late on Tuesday evening, when there was an alert about a potential 19-year-old male donor at KMC Manipal, Udupi. The donor’s vital organs – liver, kidneys, corneas, and skin – had been harvested. While a first zero-traffic green corridor was created from Manipal Hospital, Udupi, to Mangaluru airport (on Tuesday evening), another was created from Bengaluru airport to Aster RV hospital,” said Lijamol Joseph, Jeevasarthakathe Chief Transplant Coordinator.
Pointing out that Wednesday’s donation is the fifth this month, Ms. Joseph said a total of 32 donations have happened since January. This includes a donation by a 97-year-old male donor in the city. While 10 donations were recorded in January and seven in February, 10 were recorded in March.
Although cadaveric organ donations had almost come to a halt during the pandemic, there has been a steady rise in the last few months. However, the number of donations are still way below those that happened during pre-COVID-19 days.
Jeevasarthakathe had recorded 35 donations in 2020, retrieving 167 organs and tissues (including corneas and heart valves). In 2021, 70 cadaveric donations had been recorded retrieving 284 organs and tissues. Likewise, in 2019 as many as 105 cadaveric donations were facilitated through Jeevasarthakathe (wherein 511 organs and tissues were retrieved).
Elaborating on the efforts involved in facilitating every transplant, Ms. Joseph said: “Apart from our team of transplant coordinators, many others were instrumental in ensuring the donations happened. We are grateful to Bopanna K.P., airport manager at Mangaluru International Airport, for enabling a delay of six minutes in the departure of the flight to ensure proper positioning of the organ box on the designated seat.”
“The organ transportation was made seamless by Roopa Sreeram, manager (Airport Operations and Customer Services) at Bengaluru international airport, who ensured there was an ambulance ready at the airport to safely transport the organ via the green corridor,” she added.
Demand-supply gap
Although there has been a steady rise in the number of donations, the number of patients in need of organ transplantation is also increasing.
With as many as 5,309 patients waiting for various organ transplants in Karnataka (including 4,065 for kidneys and 1,069 for liver) as of Wednesday, the demand-supply gap in organ transplantation in the State is only widening, according to Jeevasarthakathe . | 2 | 77,381 | 0.639488 | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/india/delhi-polices-green-corridor-facilitates-transportation-of-liver-saves-army-mans-life-5294263.html | 2022-06-02 06:12:32+00:00 | Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday created a green corridor to transport a liver for transplant. According to the police, the traffic headquarters control room requested that a green corridor be created between the JP Trauma Centre at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the RR Hospital at Dhaula Kuan to ease organ transportation.
Forty-two-year old Rakesh, who was taken to the JP Trauma Centre in AIIMS in a brain-dead condition following a vehicle accident on the Noida Expressway, was the donor. According to a senior police official, his kin decided to donate his liver to a 38-year-old Army personnel who was admitted to the RR Hospital.
The liver was to be transported to the hospital at 8:15 am. Due to the peak hour, there was a lot of traffic on the road, for which the Delhi Traffic Police created the Green Corridor.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Ankit Chauhan, the information was received around 8:15 am, following which a green corridor from the JP Trauma Centre, AIIMS to the RR Hospital was provided and the organ was transported successfully.
The ambulance covered a distance of 8 kilometres in just 7 minutes, as opposed to the usual period of 40 to 50 minutes on this route. The ambulance carrying the organ started from the Trauma Centre at 9.24 am and reached the RR hospital at 9.31 am. The doctors at the RR hospital too appreciated the effort as the journey was completed in the minimum time possible.
The first green corridor, the special route managed by police officers for an ambulance carrying organs for transplant, was created in January 2015 when an ambulance covered a distance of 32km in 29 minutes from a Gurgaon hospital to one in south Delhi’s Okhla.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10693649/Burnley-point-opponents-Everton-comeback-win.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Burnley move within a point of opponents Everton with comeback win
Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful. | 0 | 27,306 | 0 | https://www.newschainonline.com/sport/mens-sport/football/burnley-move-within-a-point-of-opponents-everton-with-comeback-win-263757 | 2022-04-06 22:18:26+00:00 | Burnley move within a point of opponents Everton with comeback win
Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful.
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Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful. | 1 | 36,652 | 0.199107 | https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/burnley-move-within-a-point-of-opponents-everton-with-comeback-win-1649277419000 | 2022-04-06 23:01:19+00:00 | Burnley move within a point of opponents Everton with comeback win
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Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦 🙌 #BUREVE | #UTCpic.twitter.com/GSDBmXIPRI— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) April 6, 2022
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10693649/Burnley-point-opponents-Everton-comeback-win.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Burnley move within a point of opponents Everton with comeback win
Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful. | 2 | 101,235 | 0.292441 | https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/sport/4142390/burnley-move-within-a-point-of-opponents-everton-with-comeback-win/ | 2022-04-07 17:38:17+00:00 | Maxwel Cornet struck five minutes from time to give Burnley a potentially vital 3-2 win over relegation rivals Everton in a frantic match which swung from end to end.
Burnley had taken an early lead through Nathan Collins’ first goal for the club but then fell behind as Richarlison twice scored from the penalty spot before the break.
And the game swung again in the second half as Jay Rodriguez levelled in the 56th minute before Cornet’s first goal since his return from the Africa Cup of Nations in January gave Burnley their first win in six games, moving them to within a point of Everton in 17th place.
A soaked and dejected Frank Lampard trudged off the pitch at full-time, his side now having lost six straight away from home in the league, sucked ever deeper into trouble.
Burnley had lost their last four without scoring a goal, being urged unceremoniously by Sean Dyche to simply “kick it in the goal”, and the manager chose an attacking side as Rodriguez came in and Cornet replaced Dwight McNeil on the left.
Both managers had sought to downplay the idea of this as a relegation decider but there was a real sense of tension inside Turf Moor at kick-off.
Burnley were first to feed on that, with Charlie Taylor and Ashley Westwood both threatening before Collins broke the deadlock with 12 minutes gone.
It was another one for the defensive horror show reel at Everton. Cornet sent in a corner which floated over a crowd of Everton defenders for Collins to hook it back in for his first Burnley goal.
The goal was met with a huge roar from the home faithful, but within minutes they turned to groans.
Everton had barely made it out of their own half before Collins’ strike, but when Anthony Gordon broke into the box he got on the wrong side of Westwood, who clumsily hauled him to the ground, and Richarlison’s exaggerated, stuttering run-up did the trick as goalkeeper Nick Pope went the wrong way.
Everton were now on top. Richarlison’s bending shot took a nick to bend just over after Abdoulaye Doucoure powered forward, then the Brazilian and Dominic Calvert-Lewin got in a muddle after Alex Iwobi’s pass split the Burnley defence.
It was another Iwobi pass that released Vitaliy Mykolenko into the box and as the Ukrainian span away from Aaron Lennon he was caught by an out-stretched boot.
Referee Mike Dean initially looked away despite the Everton man’s exaggerated response, but VAR Darren England sent the referee to the screens with the inevitable outcome of a second penalty. Again Richarlison sent Pope the wrong way.
Burnley drew level 11 minutes after the restart as Taylor cut in from the left and drilled a low cross through a crowd of Everton defenders for Rodriguez to hammer home from close range.
Everton sought an immediate response but Pope was alert to shovel to safety Richarlison’s overhead kick before Calvert-Lewin headed over.
As rain swept over the ground, James Tarkowski made a vital block on Gordon’s goal-bound shot with Jarrad Branthwaite, in for the suspended Michael Keane, heading over from the resulting corner.
Cornet then stumbled to the floor inside the box and turned to look at Dean, though the contact from Gordon had been soft.
Cornet was lively, getting back to defend but providing a constant threat. Ben Godfrey did well to turn away his low cross in front goal, then his curling shot was palmed over by Jordan Pickford.
But the Ivorian’s efforts paid off with five minutes to go thanks to yet another defensive howler.
Godfrey got it all wrong trying to deal with Taylor’s cross, and the ball spun for substitute Matej Vydra to drill a cross into Cornet’s path, his strike sparking huge celebrations among the home faithful. |
https://www.entrepreneur.com/listen/action-and-ambition/423770 | Action and Ambition
Timothy Gerst Helps Bridge The Gap Between Businesses and Consumers By Building Long-lasting Relationships
In this episode, we are joined by Timothy Gerst, Co-Founder and CEO of Thinkswell, a Digital Marketing Agency based in Nashville. It focuses on Social Media Management, Social Media Strategy, Content Development and Curation, and Brand Development. Their clients include Brad Paisley, Olivia Newton-John, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Chris Young, Vince Gill, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Gerst is also the CMO of Solo Music. Solo Music is committed to creating a long-term blockchain strategy specifically for the music industry. They offer artists, agencies, labels, and publishing companies a solution to maximize how blockchains will impact artist careers and the overall industry. Tune in to learn more! | 0 | 105,718 | 0.874754 | https://allhiphop.com/music/g-bens-music-influence-is-solidified-with-base-builders/ | 2022-07-12 03:57:26+00:00 | Sometimes, to elevate your career, you need to diversify among the movers and shakers within a particular industry or you won’t get the expected benefit. With the power to attract millions from everywhere, G Ben Israel, of Base Builders, is the musician of the new generation. His track is drawing the ears of millions, now that YouTube and his personal channel are becoming a new trend for growing live exposure.
Among the many challenges in the music industry is how to share your music in an impactful way. G Ben paves the way, and his music and ideas influence the lives of people looking for a change.
The new concept of digital marketing in his music arena has changed the creative process of his powerhouse marketing business, Base Builders Co. But the legacy of G Ben and his family has turned the table upside down, and many fans are now looking forward to the online promotions his channel is popularizes.
G Ben has been helping others by using his company to offer a variety of artists placements and services on their playlists and has truly become the master of the music industry game. G Ben has been the dynamic force behind many newcomers in the music industry through his inspiration of others to envision a future in the industry and turn those dreams into reality.
The online momentum is gathering and creating numerous engagements on social media platforms, and G Ben has been artfully using the analytics to become the top-notch hub for new artists to be on the playlist of the hottest websites and blogs. The road toward this aspect of the music horizon was not easy for G Ben. Still, the expansion and connection of his music legacy with the improvisation of his followers provided a chance to rule his life. |
https://www.entrepreneur.com/listen/action-and-ambition/423770 | Action and Ambition
Timothy Gerst Helps Bridge The Gap Between Businesses and Consumers By Building Long-lasting Relationships
In this episode, we are joined by Timothy Gerst, Co-Founder and CEO of Thinkswell, a Digital Marketing Agency based in Nashville. It focuses on Social Media Management, Social Media Strategy, Content Development and Curation, and Brand Development. Their clients include Brad Paisley, Olivia Newton-John, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Chris Young, Vince Gill, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Gerst is also the CMO of Solo Music. Solo Music is committed to creating a long-term blockchain strategy specifically for the music industry. They offer artists, agencies, labels, and publishing companies a solution to maximize how blockchains will impact artist careers and the overall industry. Tune in to learn more! | 1 | 126,643 | 0.91568 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/falonfatemi/2022/09/14/how-web3-is-uprooting-the-relationship-between-brands-and-creators/ | 2022-09-14 18:19:29+00:00 | For years, the relationship between brands and creators has been rife with power struggles, with brands typically wielding enormous power over creators. In 2019, Taylor Swift penned a fuming Tumblr essay where she called out her record label for selling the rights to her music to another record label owner without giving her a say in the transaction—or the chance to own her own music. Brands have frequently taken advantage of creators and limited the ownership rights they have over their content.
But times are changing with Web3—the next iteration of the internet that is characterized by decentralized apps and blockchain technology. As a decentralized web, Web3, provides a more direct link between creators and their fans. This means that individuals own and govern parts of the internet and consumers no longer need to access the internet through intermediary behemoths like Google and Facebook. Because creators can issue their own social tokens to build and reward their audience, they can gain control and decision-making rights that have been traditionally held by brands.
If brands are going to succeed, they’ll need to prioritize their relationships with creators more than they have in the past. Brands need to recognize the importance of their relationships with content creators and acknowledge that they need to invest much more effort into forging strong relationships with creators than they have in the past.
Creators gain power
In the past, creators have been at the mercy of media giants, often having little power to negotiate terms or own their content. Even the large media giants that have outwardly expressed a desire to put creators first, don’t always walk the talk. Consider personal finance influencer and TikToker, Preston Seo. As Business Insider has reported, despite having 2.1 million followers, Seo earned just $1,664 from TikTok’s Creator Fund from January 2021 to May 2021.
With Web3’s decentralized web, creators can exert power over platforms in new ways. Creators can now sell their work directly to their fans and audience members with much more ease and autonomy. Thanks to blockchain technology, creators can sell their creations, merchandise, and other products and experiences. Artists, for example, can bypass record labels who rob them of fair payment and, instead, sell directly to consumers and retain more royalties.
With brands no longer in the power seat, they’ll need to win back the trust and appetite of creators. Creators have more power than ever before when working with brands and can negotiate terms with more autonomy and leverage.
Developing more fluid employment relationships
In part because of these new power dynamics, Web3 is changing the employment relationship between brands and creatives to become more fluid and flexible. No longer being tethered to specific platforms or specific brands, creators have more power to work with multiple brands on multiple projects. Many are beginning to shift more towards a mindset of thinking in terms of individual projects, without needing to be tethered to a brand.
This new flexibility means that creators are empowered to act more like entrepreneurs, and this further changes the power dynamics. Christian Catalini, the founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, has said that, ultimately, creators will be able to operate more like entrepreneurs: “Entrepreneurs will have a completely new tool. So, when you hear about Web3, you should think about people, entrepreneurs, creators, and developers being able to play with different Lego blocks and build new types of things. And that’s what makes this space exciting.”
Increasing ownership rights
With power and more autonomy comes more ownership and protection of content rights. In the past, creators have often been forced to give up ownership over their content, and disputes over copyright have been relatively common. For example, when creators post on Instagram, Meta—Instagram’s parent company—retains the right to use all the content on its platform for advertising purposes. If these large platforms and brands want to win the hearts and minds of creators, they’ll need to develop new approaches that grant creators more ownership over how their content is used and distributed.
NFTs help empower creators with more ownership and protection of content rights. Because NFTs function as smart contracts on the blockchain, there’s a record of every transaction. And that means that creators are compensated with each transaction and also can maintain their rightful ownership over their creations.
A forever changed relationship
Prior to Web3, brands were generally laser-focused on their relationships not with creators, but with end consumers. They were comfortable forging these customer relationships rather insularly from the comforts of large marketing departments. The shift to Web3 is exciting because it is transforming this relationship. To succeed and thrive, brands will need to put their relationships with creators first. |
https://www.entrepreneur.com/listen/action-and-ambition/423770 | Action and Ambition
Timothy Gerst Helps Bridge The Gap Between Businesses and Consumers By Building Long-lasting Relationships
In this episode, we are joined by Timothy Gerst, Co-Founder and CEO of Thinkswell, a Digital Marketing Agency based in Nashville. It focuses on Social Media Management, Social Media Strategy, Content Development and Curation, and Brand Development. Their clients include Brad Paisley, Olivia Newton-John, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Chris Young, Vince Gill, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Gerst is also the CMO of Solo Music. Solo Music is committed to creating a long-term blockchain strategy specifically for the music industry. They offer artists, agencies, labels, and publishing companies a solution to maximize how blockchains will impact artist careers and the overall industry. Tune in to learn more! | 2 | 72,193 | 0.917162 | https://jewishinsider.com/2022/08/indieflow-omer-matz-elad-panlovski/ | 2022-08-03 00:30:16+00:00 | The one-stop shop where independent musicians build their careers
The Israeli startup was born of its founders’ struggles to gain a foothold in the creative arts
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When Omer Matz, the CEO of IndieFlow, started writing and releasing music, he felt alone in the music industry. Without a record label to support him or a publicity team to promote his work, it would have been easier for Matz to give up. No one knew of the music he was working tirelessly to create or the streaming services he was posting his music on.
Matz may have felt like the lone wolf “howling at the moon” he describes in his debut 2018 song “Hold.”
It was the early struggles of feeling lost in the music industry that led Matz and his partner, Elad Panlovski, to launch the startup IndieFlow, a one-stop shop for artists to build and promote their careers with the help of a software that organizes everything needed to grow a musician’s brand.
Through IndieFlow, musicians can distribute their music, collect royalties, schedule promotions, connect with streaming services, track data, book venues, license their music and collaborate with other musicians without being part of a massive record label.
“The idea came from a personal need along with the previous experiences both Elad and I had,” Matz said.
Both Matz and Panlovski have long been involved in the creative arts. Matz studied music for film in both Tel Aviv and at the University of London’s Goldsmiths’ College while creating music of his own, and Panlovski studied film in Jerusalem, where he created a few films that streamed at international festivals.
But both men felt the need to influence a community broader than either had interacted with during school.
“After I finished my studies, I had this urge to have more impact on a range of people,” Panlovski said. “I was very interested in how the startup world could reach a mass audience in a very quick amount of time.”
Matz and Pankovski both got involved in the Tel Aviv startup community, meeting in 2012 at Splacer, a startup that Matz describes as the “Airbnb of events.”
Matz and Pankovski immediately clicked and began brainstorming ideas for startups of their own. Around this time, Matz released an album, where he experienced firsthand the challenges of being an independent musician.
“Being able to have everything centralized and giving artists a map of information that they can follow instead of looking for it in the jungle of chaos is something I wish I had,” Matz told JI.
After a few years of planning and brainstorming, the company launched in 2020, raising about $500,000 in its pre-seed round of funding before raising another $4 million in 2022.
Any artist can utilize what IndieFlow offers by registering for the platform where they will be given a “workspace.” Depending on what the artist wants to do, whether that be distributing music, creating branded content or booking gigs, the IndieFlow software will guide the user on how to achieve that goal.
“It’s kind of like having a map or checklist of things that a musician can follow, along with actionable stuff you can do right on the platform,” Matz said.
IndieFlow supports a wide variety of musicians, from beginners and emerging artists to more developed artists who want to be their own music manager.
Matz and Pankovski are excited to see how IndieFlow fits into the creator economy of the future.
“IndieFlow makes artists feel like they’re not alone in this world that you can a lot of times get lost in,” Matz said. “With IndieFlow you don’t feel that way because there is the platform that guides you and a community that gives you support.” |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10693597/GRAINS-Chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn, consolidate
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel.
CBOT May wheat fell 4-3/4 cents to end at $10.40-3/4, while the most-active corn fell 3-1/4 cents to $7.56-1/2 per bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; editing by Grant McCool) | 0 | 38,145 | 0.147113 | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/grains-chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate | 2022-04-07 22:41:13+00:00 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn, consolidate
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Sv1 eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel.
CBOT May wheat WK2 fell 4-3/4 cents to end at $10.40-3/4, while the most-active corn Cv1 fell 3-1/4 cents to $7.56-1/2 per bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans SK2 fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores.
(Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; editing by Grant McCool)
((Christopher.Walljasper@thomsonreuters.com; 1 630 269 3072; Reuters Messaging: christopher.walljasper.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10693597/GRAINS-Chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn, consolidate
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel.
CBOT May wheat fell 4-3/4 cents to end at $10.40-3/4, while the most-active corn fell 3-1/4 cents to $7.56-1/2 per bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; editing by Grant McCool) | 1 | 110,297 | 0.192742 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10693039/GRAINS-Chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate-wheat-mixed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-06 18:25:54+00:00 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate; wheat mixed
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The May wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) fell 1-1/4 cent to $10.44 a bushel by 1138 a.m. (1638 GMT), while the July contract added 1-1/4 cents at $10.46-3/4.
CBOT soybeans eased 11-3/4 cents to $16.19-1/4 a bushel while corn fell 5-1/2 cents to $7.54-1/4 a bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Richard Chang) |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10693597/GRAINS-Chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn, consolidate
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel.
CBOT May wheat fell 4-3/4 cents to end at $10.40-3/4, while the most-active corn fell 3-1/4 cents to $7.56-1/2 per bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores. (Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; editing by Grant McCool) | 2 | 38,228 | 0.273821 | https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/grains-chicago-soybeans-corn-consolidate-wheat-mixed | 2022-04-07 22:41:44+00:00 | GRAINS-Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate; wheat mixed
By Christopher Walljasper
April 6 (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine.
The May wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) <WK2> fell 1-1/4 cent to $10.44 a bushel by 1138 a.m. (1638 GMT), while the July contract WN2 added 1-1/4 cents at $10.46-3/4.
CBOT soybeans Sv1 eased 11-3/4 cents to $16.19-1/4 a bushel while corn Cv1 fell 5-1/2 cents to $7.54-1/4 a bushel.
"Given the sharp rallies of the last two days, we're doing some backing and filling," said Tom Fritz, commodity broker at EFG Group.
May soybeans SK2 fell to their 50-day moving average, after closing above it the day prior. Corn held above its 20-day moving average.
U.S. weather is in focus, as less-than-expected corn planting amid soaring fertilizer costs leaves little room for production problems in the Northern hemisphere.
"You have a potentially very tight corn balance sheet for next year, if there's any type of hiccup at all," said Ted Seifried, vice president of Zaner Group.
Weather forecasts showed little rain for the coming two weeks for winter wheat in the parched southwestern U.S. Plains, although northerly spring wheat zones were expected to get some showers.
Financial markets watched for further planned Western measures against Moscow following reports of civilian deaths in Ukrainian territory previously held by Russian forces.
Wheat remains underpinned by global supply fears, as countries continue to restrict exports and protect local food stores.
(Reporting by Christopher Walljasper; Additional reporting by Gus Trompiz in Paris and Enrico Dela Cruz in Manila; Editing by Richard Chang)
((Christopher.Walljasper@thomsonreuters.com; 1 630 269 3072; Reuters Messaging: christopher.walljasper.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. |
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Body-found-in-Ohio-River-in-SW-Indiana-ID-d-as-17062283.php | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. | 0 | 16,679 | 0 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/body-found-in-ohio-river-in-sw-indiana-idd-as-kentucky-man/article_a11036c8-b5e7-11ec-acce-4fb98a989cb0.html | 2022-04-07 11:31:09+00:00 | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. |
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Body-found-in-Ohio-River-in-SW-Indiana-ID-d-as-17062283.php | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. | 1 | 123 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Body-found-in-Ohio-River-in-SW-Indiana-ID-d-as-17062283.php | 2022-04-06 20:22:06+00:00 | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. |
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Body-found-in-Ohio-River-in-SW-Indiana-ID-d-as-17062283.php | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. | 2 | 388 | 0 | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Body-found-in-Ohio-River-in-SW-Indiana-ID-d-as-17062283.php | 2022-04-06 20:23:06+00:00 | NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Human remains found last weekend near an Ohio River dam in southwestern Indiana are those of a Kentucky man who drowned in January while trying to rescue a woman, police said Wednesday.
The Newburgh Police Department said the remains were identified as those of Adam L. Thomas, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. His remains were found near Newburgh Old Lock & Dam, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Evansville.
Newburgh police said Thomas drowned while he was attempting to rescue a woman on Jan. 13 after she jumped into the Ohio River near the area of Louisville’s Historic Wharf.
Neither Thomas nor the woman made it back to shore and they were presumed dead. Thomas' body was found about 90 miles (145 kilometers) downstream from where he was last seen.
Police said the search continues for the woman’s body.
Newburgh police said in a news release that Thomas’ actions in attempting to save the woman were “heroic” and that it “took great courage.” The woman had allegedly been “walking erratically” down the street naked before she jumped into the river, police said. |
https://www.theintelligencer.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 0 | 12,041 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | 2022-04-06 21:14:02+00:00 | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather |
https://www.theintelligencer.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 1 | 13,033 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | 2022-04-06 21:18:44+00:00 | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather |
https://www.theintelligencer.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2 | 14,935 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-LAKE-CHARLES-Warnings-Watches-and-17062421.php | 2022-04-06 21:26:05+00:00 | WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 7, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
354 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
......RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...
.A strong cold front is expected to move in this evening with
northwest winds and very dry air spilling into the region.
Relative humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent during the
afternoon hours tomorrow. Winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Conditions to improve on Friday.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, AND 262...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red
Flag Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM to 6 PM CDT Thursday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 180, 201, 215, 216, 259,
260, 261, and 262.
* WIND...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Afternoon humidity will range from 17 to 26 percent.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather |
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/see-it-arsonist-sets-fire-inside-brooklyn-lgbtq-bar/ | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Surveillance video shows the moment a hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a Bushwick bar Sunday and set it ablaze.
In the footage, which was released by police Wednesday, the man is seen dumping fuel inside the bar — Rash — before kneeling down to light it. The ignition causes obscures the camera briefly before the violent blaze is seen.
“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling. I was in disbelief,” said Rash owner Claire Bendiner told PIX11 News.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police said he is about 5-feet-9 inches tall and about 180 pounds. It is unclear if they are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was. It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure,” Bendiner said.
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vow to rebuild and reopen the bar.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | 0 | 64,040 | 0.324684 | https://www.wkrg.com/crime/flames-up-to-the-ceiling-arsonist-sets-fire-to-bar-in-nyc-after-dumping-gas-on-floor-video-shows/ | 2022-04-07 15:14:55+00:00 | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WPIX) — A hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a New York City bar on Sunday and set it ablaze.
The owner of Rash Bar in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood said the suspect started the fire shortly before 9:30 p.m., sending patrons fleeing the establishment.
“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling,” owner Claire Bendiner told Nexstar’s WPIX. “I was in disbelief.”
Footage released Wednesday by the New York City Police Department shows the suspect dumping fuel inside the bar while another person stands in the background, seemingly unaware. The suspect ignites the fuel with a lighter, sparking a violent blaze.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police say he stands about 5-foot-9 inches and weighs about 180 pounds. It is unclear if police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was,” Bendiner said. “It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure.”
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vowed to rebuild and reopen the bar. |
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/see-it-arsonist-sets-fire-inside-brooklyn-lgbtq-bar/ | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Surveillance video shows the moment a hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a Bushwick bar Sunday and set it ablaze.
In the footage, which was released by police Wednesday, the man is seen dumping fuel inside the bar — Rash — before kneeling down to light it. The ignition causes obscures the camera briefly before the violent blaze is seen.
“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling. I was in disbelief,” said Rash owner Claire Bendiner told PIX11 News.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police said he is about 5-feet-9 inches tall and about 180 pounds. It is unclear if they are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was. It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure,” Bendiner said.
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vow to rebuild and reopen the bar.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | 1 | 16,844 | 0.349703 | https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/watch-arsonist-sets-fire-in-nyc-gay-bar/ | 2022-04-08 22:10:55+00:00 | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a New York City bar on Sunday and set it ablaze. The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police say he stands about 5-feet, 9 inches, and weighs about 180 pounds. It is unclear if police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
The owner of Rash Bar, an LGBTQ bar in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, said the suspect started the fire shortly before 9:30 p.m., sending patrons fleeing the establishment. “All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me, and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling,” owner Claire Bendiner told NEWS10’s sister station in New York City. “I was in disbelief.”
Footage released Wednesday by the New York City Police Department showed the suspect dumping fuel inside the bar while another person stands in the background, seemingly unaware. The suspect ignites the fuel with a lighter, sparking a violent blaze.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vowed to rebuild and reopen the bar. “We’re not really sure what the motive was,” Bendiner said. “It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer.” |
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/see-it-arsonist-sets-fire-inside-brooklyn-lgbtq-bar/ | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Surveillance video shows the moment a hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a Bushwick bar Sunday and set it ablaze.
In the footage, which was released by police Wednesday, the man is seen dumping fuel inside the bar — Rash — before kneeling down to light it. The ignition causes obscures the camera briefly before the violent blaze is seen.
“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling. I was in disbelief,” said Rash owner Claire Bendiner told PIX11 News.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman and 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police said he is about 5-feet-9 inches tall and about 180 pounds. It is unclear if they are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was. It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure,” Bendiner said.
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vow to rebuild and reopen the bar.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | 2 | 65,617 | 0.352602 | https://www.abc27.com/national/flames-up-to-the-ceiling-arsonist-sets-fire-to-lgbtq-bar-in-nyc-after-dumping-gas-on-floor-video-shows/ | 2022-04-07 15:23:24+00:00 | BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WPIX) — A hooded arsonist poured gasoline on the floor of a New York City bar on Sunday and set it ablaze.
The owner of Rash Bar, an LGBTQ bar in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, said the suspect started the fire shortly before 9:30 p.m., sending patrons fleeing the establishment.
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“All the people in the bar suddenly rushed out screaming. I looked behind me … and there were enormous flames up to the ceiling,” owner Claire Bendiner told Nexstar’s WPIX. “I was in disbelief.”
Footage released Wednesday by the New York City Police Department shows the suspect dumping fuel inside the bar while another person stands in the background, seemingly unaware. The suspect ignites the fuel with a lighter, sparking a violent blaze.
Police said two patrons, a 23-year-old woman, and a 25-year-old woman, were injured in the fire. They sustained minor burns and were taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
The suspect is described as a man between the ages of 20 and 30. Police say he stands about 5-foot-9 inches, and weighs about 180 pounds. It is unclear if police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
“We’re not really sure what the motive was,” Bendiner said. “It is a queer bar, so maybe that had something to do with it or maybe it was a disgruntled customer. I’m not really sure.”
The fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, but the owners vowed to rebuild and reopen the bar. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. | 0 | 11,291 | 0 | https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | 2022-04-06 21:10:52+00:00 | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. | 1 | 16,482 | 0 | https://kdvr.com/news/money/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | 2022-04-06 21:33:37+00:00 | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. | 2 | 17,325 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/asia-stocks-decline-amid-worries-over-us-rate-hikes-russia/ | 2022-04-06 21:37:35+00:00 | Stocks closed lower and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after details from last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers showed the central bank intends to be aggressive in its efforts to fight inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 1%, adding to its losses from a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4% and the Nasdaq slid 2.2%.
The minutes from the meeting three weeks ago reveal that Fed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
At the meeting, the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter percentage point, the first increase in three years. The minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to hike rates by an even bigger margin last month, and they still saw “one or more” such supersized increases potentially coming at future meetings.
“Essentially, the Fed has concluded that a good offense is the best defense,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. “We’re likely to experience not only higher short-term interest rates as a result of the Fed’s actions, but also higher long-term rates, which should pressure potential (stock) gains.”
Higher rates tend to reduce the price-to-earnings ratio of stocks, a key valuation barometer. Such a scenario can particularly hurt stocks that are seen as the priciest, which includes big technology companies. That explains why tech stocks were the biggest drag on the benchmark S&P 500 Wednesday. Apple fell 1.8% and Microsoft shed 3.7%.
Communications companies, retailers and others that rely on direct consumer spending also weighed heavily on the index. Amazon fell 3.2% and Facebook parent Meta fell 3.7%.
The S&P 500 ended down 43.97 points to 4,481.15. The Dow slid 144.67 points to 34,496.51, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 315.35 points to 13,888.82.
Smaller company stocks also fell, sending the Russell 2000 index down 29.11 points, or 1.4%, to 2,016.94.
Investors are keenly focused on Fed policy as the central bank moves to reverse low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession.
The Fed’s proposed timetable for allowing billions in bonds and mortgage-backed securities to roll off its balance sheet was hinted at on Tuesday in remarks by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said the process could start as soon as May and proceed at a rapid pace.
The rapid reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet would help push up longer-term rates, but also contribute to higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
“The reality is we are in uncharted waters here and the Fed has a difficult task in unwinding the tremendous monetary support over the past couple years,” said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist at Allianz Investment Management. “Against this backdrop, it is highly conceivable that uncertainty in the path of monetary policy will remain embedded in markets and that is exactly what we have been witnessing with the recent moves in interest rates and risk assets.”
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.61% after the release of the minutes. It had been at 2.59% earlier in the day, up from 2.54% late Tuesday. The yield, which is used to set interest rates on mortgages and many other kinds of loans, is the highest it’s been in three years.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 77% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
“Even though we’ve known about the coming rate hikes, it’s been pretty difficult for long term equity managers across the board,” said William Huston, chief investment officer at Bay Street Capital Holdings.
Inflation is running at a four-decade high and threatens to crimp economic growth. Higher prices on everything from food to clothing have raised concerns that consumers will eventually pull back on spending. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to those worries, pushing energy and commodity prices, including wheat, even higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell 5.6% Wednesday, but are more than 30% higher for the year. That has pushed gasoline prices higher, putting more stress on shipping costs, prices for goods and consumers’ wallets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned a House panel Wednesday that the conflict will have “enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.”
The conflict in Ukraine continued prompting financial pressure against Russia. The White House said Western governments will ban new investmen t in Russia following evidence its soldiers deliberately killed civilians in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury said President Vladimir Putin’s government will be blocked from paying debts with dollars from American financial institutions, potentially increasing the risk of a default.
European governments have resisted appeals to boycott Russian gas, Putin’s biggest export earner, due to the possible impact on their economies.
Wednesday ended up being a mostly quiet day for company news ahead of the latest round of corporate earnings reports. JetBlue Airways fell 8.7% after offering to buy rival budget airline Spirit for $3.6 billion and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with Frontier Airlines. Spirit fell 2.4%. |
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Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
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Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
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Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
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Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
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Film footage of an 11-year-old Prince has been discovered in the archives of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip, filmed during a teacher’s strike in April of that year, captures the future music icon speaking in support of the teachers, and jumping around with his characteristic impish grin on his...
www.sfgate.com | 2 | 117,242 | 0.443545 | https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/wcco-unearths-incredibly-rare-footage-of-prince-as-a-young-boy/ | 2022-04-05 09:53:38+00:00 | WCCO unearths incredibly rare footage of Prince as a young boy
While searching through footage of a 1970 teachers' strike, CBS station WCCO uncovered an incredible "gem": footage of the superstar Prince as a young boy in Minneapolis. WCCO's Jeff Wagner tells us about the incredible stroke of luck that led the station to find the rare footage. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. | 0 | 4,473 | 0 | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | 2022-04-06 20:39:48+00:00 | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. | 1 | 4,817 | 0 | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | 2022-04-06 20:41:21+00:00 | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. | 2 | 5,210 | 0 | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Change-in-GOP-convention-process-possible-after-17062312.php | 2022-04-06 20:43:06+00:00 | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republicans held their best-attended convention ever over the weekend, and one that featured a rare public display of infighting among delegates. The vitriol between rank-and-file Republicans and the far-right faction of the GOP could spur changes to future gatherings, including delaying the conventions and candidate endorsements until after June primary elections.
A move to hold post-primary conventions is not new in North Dakota. The idea is that voters’ preferred candidates would get the automatic backing of the party, instead of candidates fighting it out for the support of GOP activists ahead of the election. Several states already do just that and post-primary conventions have been pushed by GOP Gov. Doug Burgum, party activists say.
In December, the idea for a post-primary convention fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority among leaders in the state’s 47 districts, GOP Chairman Perrie Schafer said.
Schafer said the change hasn’t formally come up in the few days following the convention, but if it does, he’s unlikely to support it. Instead, he said, he’d rather see better behavior than reworking the longstanding convention process.
“I want people to act like they expect their children to act,” Schafer said.
A record 2,321 delegates attended the convention at the Bismarck Event Center Saturday, highlighted by the intraparty fight for delegates’ endorsement for U.S. Senate between incumbent John Hoeven and state Rep. Rick Becker, who heads an ultraconservative wing of the party. In the end, Hoeven narrowly won the endorsement. And Becker has promised that he won't run in the primary.
The mood of the usual good-natured, pep rally-type atmosphere was darkened by a noticeable lack of decorum at the recent GOP convention, with jeers and catcalls at times from Becker supporters.
The convention, advertised as “United as One,” hardly lived up to its billing, former Gov. Ed Schafer said Tuesday.
“It was the most acrimonious convention I’ve seen,” said Schafer, who served from 1992 to 2000.
Schafer said he almost didn’t take the stage to endorse Hoeven in a speech due to the “tough decorum from the splinter and rogue group” of the party, many of whom booed U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer during his endorsement speech of his fellow U.S. Senator.
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats both normally choose their favored statewide candidates at party conventions. Candidates who are endorsed at the political conventions are guaranteed a place on the primary ballot, as well as access to party mailing lists and fundraising resources. However, any candidate may run in either party’s primary by collecting petition signatures from at least 300 North Dakota voters.
The candidate must win the primary to get the Republican or Democratic nomination to run in the November general election.
In most elections, that hasn’t been an issue because the political parties’ respective statewide candidates have run unopposed in the primary.
There have been notable exceptions in both parties. In 1992, when the two Democratic convention rivals for governor, Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth and the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader, William Heigaard of Langdon, squared off in the June primary after Heigaard beat Spaeth for the Democratic convention endorsement.
Spaeth won the primary handily, but went on to lose to Ed Schafer in the November general election. Republicans have held the governor’s office since.
More recently, Burgum is a GOP example of an unendorsed candidate who went on to win both a primary and a general election six years ago. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10693573/Ex-WWE-star-Tammy-Sytch-49-accused-drunk-driving-fatal-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Former WWE star Tammy Sytch, 49, 'crashed her Mercedes into two cars while drunk, killing a 75-year-old man last month'
- Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month
- The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm
- A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona, ultimately died
- The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash
- A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released
- Sytch has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey
- She was also arrested for allegedly trying to stab a lover with scissors this year
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month.
The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm, according to a report provided to DailyMail.com by Ormond Beach Police.
A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, ultimately died.
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month. Sytch is seen, left, during her wrestling days and, right, after a reckless driving arrest in 2016
Sytch is a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch'
Police say Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before slamming into two cars
The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash. A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released.
'The Ormond Beach Police Department Traffic Unit is actively investigating the crash,' read a statement provided to DailyMail.com. 'The investigation may lead to criminal charges, which are pending toxicology results. OBPD has requested an expedited timeframe on the processing of these samples and the results will be made available as soon as the department receives them.
A third car was also involved in the collision, but its passengers did not require medical attention for their injuries.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct.
Sytch has been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations.
This year, she was arrested in New Jersey after allegedly trying to stab a lover with a pair of scissors, according to the Post and Courier. She was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct. Sytch has also been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations | 0 | 112,641 | 0.385198 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10794637/WWE-star-Tammy-Sytch-49-arrested-car-crash-killed-75-year-old-man.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-08 15:29:44+00:00 | WWE star Tammy Sytch, 49, is arrested by Florida police for 'causing car crash that killed man, 75 while she was three-and-a-half-times over the drink drive limit'
- Tammy Sytch, 49, a former WWE wrestler, was arrested Friday in connection to a fatal collision that killed another motorist on March 25
- The New Jersey native crashed her Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento and another vehicle on March 25 at 8:28pm
- Sytch and the other motorist were taken to the hospital, where Julian Lasseter, 75, died from his injuries that same day. A third car was hit but no one was hurt
- The report claimed that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash
- A newly released toxicology report revealed she was three-and-a-half times over the legal blood-alcohol limit
- She is charged with DUI causing death, causing death while driving with a suspended license, DUI causing injury to a person, and DUI causing property damage. She was released on bond
- Sytch has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey
- She was also arrested for allegedly trying to stab a lover with scissors this year
Former WWE star Tammy 'Sunny' Sytch has been arrested and charged with causing a fatal car crash that killed another motorist while she was three-and-a-half times over the legal blood-alcohol limit.
Sytch, 49, a New Jersey native with a history of legal problems, was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash on March 25 in Ormond Beach, Florida, when her 2012 Mercedes struck the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento that was stopped at a red light, Ormond Beach Police said.
Sytch and another motorist, Julian Lasseter, 75, were both taken to the hospital, where Lasseter died from his injuries that same day.
Tammy 'Sunny' Sytch, 49, a former WWE wrestler, was arrested and charged Friday in connection to a fatal collision that killed another motorist back in March
Julian Lasseter, 75, died from his injuries on March 25 following a fatal traffic collision in Ormond Beach, Florida, caused by Sytch, police said
Police released new information on Friday that revealed that Sytch's toxicology results determined her blood-alcohol level to be three and a half times the 0.08 legal limit for operating a motor vehicle.
The wrestler's blood was found to contain 0.28 g/100mL.
The former WWE star is charged with multiple offenses, including DUI causing death, causing death while driving with a suspended license, DUI causing injury to a person, and DUI causing property damage. She was released on bond.
The police report released to DailyMail.com in April claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believed then that she was drunk at the time of the crash.
A third car was also involved in the collision, but its passengers did not require medical attention for their injuries. Their identities were not released.
Florida police offered their heartfelt condolences for the sole victim of the fatal collision.
'Our heartfelt thoughts remain with the Lasseter family as we proceed with this case,' the police said in an updated statement on Saturday. 'This is still a very active and ongoing investigation, and we will continue to pursue any evidence or leads.'
Lasseter, 75, was a business owner, according to his obituary, and, at one point, an accomplished public speaker, giving humorous and motivational speeches, one of which was titled 'If You Ain't Laughin', You Ain't Livin'.'
He was know for his generosity and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest, gave many people a 'leg up' and viewed helping people as his life's mission.
Police say Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before slamming into two cars
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month. Sytch is seen, left, during her wrestling days and, right, after a reckless driving arrest in 2016
Sytch is a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch'
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct.
Sytch has been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations.
This year, she was arrested in New Jersey after allegedly trying to stab a lover with a pair of scissors, according to the Post and Courier. She was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10693573/Ex-WWE-star-Tammy-Sytch-49-accused-drunk-driving-fatal-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Former WWE star Tammy Sytch, 49, 'crashed her Mercedes into two cars while drunk, killing a 75-year-old man last month'
- Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month
- The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm
- A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona, ultimately died
- The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash
- A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released
- Sytch has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey
- She was also arrested for allegedly trying to stab a lover with scissors this year
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month.
The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm, according to a report provided to DailyMail.com by Ormond Beach Police.
A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, ultimately died.
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month. Sytch is seen, left, during her wrestling days and, right, after a reckless driving arrest in 2016
Sytch is a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch'
Police say Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before slamming into two cars
The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash. A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released.
'The Ormond Beach Police Department Traffic Unit is actively investigating the crash,' read a statement provided to DailyMail.com. 'The investigation may lead to criminal charges, which are pending toxicology results. OBPD has requested an expedited timeframe on the processing of these samples and the results will be made available as soon as the department receives them.
A third car was also involved in the collision, but its passengers did not require medical attention for their injuries.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct.
Sytch has been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations.
This year, she was arrested in New Jersey after allegedly trying to stab a lover with a pair of scissors, according to the Post and Courier. She was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct. Sytch has also been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations | 1 | 91,844 | 0.386843 | https://heavy.com/news/tammy-sytch-sunny-former-wwe-wrestler-crash-accident/ | 2022-04-08 17:23:52+00:00 | Tammy Sytch is a former WWE wrestler known as “Sunny” who is accused of being involved in fatal crash in Florida on March 25, 2022, that killed a man.
According to the Ormond Beach Observer, the Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores died in the crash.
The former wrestler’s full name is Tamara Lynn Sytch, and Sytch, 49, was called “Sunny” in the ring.
“Our hearts go out to the Lasseter family that lost their loved one in such a tragic event,” Ormond Beach Police Chief Jesse Godfrey said to the Ormond Beach Observer. “Our goal at the Ormond Beach Police Department is to keep city roadways safe, so if you see a vehicle operating in a manner that leads you to believe the driver may be impaired, please don’t hesitate to call 911. You may just save someone’s life.”
Here’s what you need to know:
Sytch’s Mercedes Crashed Into the Back of a Kia at a Stoplight, Reports Say
According to TMZ, which obtained the traffic crash report in the case, the accident happened on March 25, 2022, along U.S. Highway 1 in Volusia County, Florida, around 8:28 p.m.
The reports say that Sytch’s 2012 Mercedes crashed into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento that was at a stoplight. The Kia then crashed into another vehicle, according to TMZ, which added that witnesses accused Sytch to police of “driving at a high rate of speed.”
The driver died. Sytch was also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. TMZ reported that police wrote that they believed Sytch “was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash,” but tests are pending.”
No records come up for Sytch in Volusia County, Florida’s court record database. Heavy has reached out to the Ormond Beach police chief for further details and for the traffic crash report. Police told TMZ Sports that whether criminal charges are filed against Sytch could depend on the results of toxicology tests.
Sytch Has a Troubled History With the Law
According to TMZ, Sytch was arrested “at least six times for DWI, including back in 2019 in New Jersey.”
She was also accused in 2022 of “threatening to kill a man with scissors,” TMZ reported.
According to a Post and Courier article on March 5, 2022, Sytch’s life was spiraling out of control for some time. On Feb. 24 in Keansburg, New Jersey, she was accused of “a variety of driving offenses” less than six weeks a”fter she was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats and unlawful possession of a weapon,” the newspaper reported. She was accused of OWI, reckless driving, careless driving, and other offenses.
The scissors incident came on January 13 in New Jersey, when she was accused of raising a pair of scissors and threatening to kill her “intimate partner” in front of an officer, while appearing to be “under the influence of drugs and alcohol,” the Post and Courier reported.
The newspaper reported that “since 2018, Sytch has been charged with violation of a domestic violence restraining order, contempt, eluding police, various DUI offenses, and driving a motor vehicle while under a license suspension.”
She was released from prison in June 2021 on charges of eluding a police officer and violating a restraining order. She’s also had previous parole violations, according to Post and Courier.
Lasseter, a Former Math Teacher & Real Estate Appraiser, Was Remembered ‘For His Generosity & Enthusiasm’
Lasseter’s obituary, published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, says that Julian L. (“Fran”) Lasseter, Jr., “died instantly in a traffic accident on March 25, 2022, and is spending a euphoric new life in Heaven.”
Lasseter, 75, “was born on November 21, 1946, in Winter Haven, FL. He graduated from Winter Haven High School and attended one year at USF before transferring to University of Florida, where he pledged Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. At UF, he earned a B.S. in Entomology and a Master’s Degree in Education,” the obit says.
“He taught math at Howard Bishop Junior High in Gainesville and later at Seabreeze HS in Daytona Beach. He started working as a real estate appraiser at Coast Federal then Massey Appraisal Company and in 1980, started his own business, Lasseter Appraisal Company.”
In his earlier years, the obit says, “Fran was a member and president of the Volusia County Gator Club, with season tickets to home football games for decades. After joining a Toastmasters Club, he became an accomplished public speaker, giving humorous and motivational speeches, one of which was titled ‘If You Ain’t Laughin’, You Ain’t Livin’.'”
The obituary says he was “known for his generosity and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest, Fran gave many people a ‘leg up.’ He viewed helping people as his life’s mission. Fran was a member of Unity of Daytona Beach and a believer in Christ. One of his favorite sayings was ‘I’m on God’s plan.'” He is survived by his daughter and multiple grandchildren.
Sytch Is Considered One of the ‘First Divas’ of Professional Wrestling
According to her her IMDb profile, Sytch “was born on December 7, 1972 in Freeport, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WWF Superstars (1986) and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1997).”
She retired from wrestling in 2004 to become a flight attendant, the site reports. She also ran a tanning salon and hosted an adult website, the site reports.
The Pro Wrestling Fandom site says she “is an American professional wrestling manager, personality, and occasional wrestler.”
The site reports:
She achieved her greatest success under the ring name Sunny within the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the 1990s, and is widely considered as one of the first Divas. She also performed under her own name in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Ring of Honor. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10693573/Ex-WWE-star-Tammy-Sytch-49-accused-drunk-driving-fatal-crash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Former WWE star Tammy Sytch, 49, 'crashed her Mercedes into two cars while drunk, killing a 75-year-old man last month'
- Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month
- The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm
- A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona, ultimately died
- The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash
- A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released
- Sytch has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey
- She was also arrested for allegedly trying to stab a lover with scissors this year
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month.
The 49-year-old New Jersey native has not been charged, but she allegedly crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento on March 25 at 8:28pm, according to a report provided to DailyMail.com by Ormond Beach Police.
A 75-year-old man and Sytch were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. The man, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, ultimately died.
Tammy Sytch, a former WWE wrestler with a history of legal problems, has been accused by Florida police of causing a fatal car accident while under the influence of alcohol last month. Sytch is seen, left, during her wrestling days and, right, after a reckless driving arrest in 2016
Sytch is a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch'
Police say Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before slamming into two cars
The report claims that Sytch had been 'driving at a high rate of speed' before the collision, and police believe she was drunk at the time of the crash. A blood sample was taken from Sytch, but the results have not been released.
'The Ormond Beach Police Department Traffic Unit is actively investigating the crash,' read a statement provided to DailyMail.com. 'The investigation may lead to criminal charges, which are pending toxicology results. OBPD has requested an expedited timeframe on the processing of these samples and the results will be made available as soon as the department receives them.
A third car was also involved in the collision, but its passengers did not require medical attention for their injuries.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct.
Sytch has been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations.
This year, she was arrested in New Jersey after allegedly trying to stab a lover with a pair of scissors, according to the Post and Courier. She was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats.
Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who wrestled under the names 'Sunny' and 'Lynn Sytch' for much of her career, has at least six other DWI arrests, including a 2019 charge in New Jersey for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. She was also arrested five times in less than a month in 2012 for a variety of charges, including third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct. Sytch has also been in and out of jail in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for several parole violations | 2 | 104,464 | 0.410251 | https://news.yahoo.com/wrestling-legend-tammy-sytch-involved-165804717.html | 2022-04-07 17:50:33+00:00 | Wrestling legend Tammy Sytch involved in fatal car crash of 75-year-old, police say
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- Tammy Lynn SytchAmerican professional wrestling manager and actress
Former WWE wrestling star Tammy Sytch allegedly caused a fatal car crash last month in Florida during which a 75-year-old man died, according to a police report first obtained by TMZ.
In the police report from Ormond Beach Police Department, the authorities claim Ms Sytch’s vehicle was the cause of a three-car pile-up that resulted in one man dying on 25 March.
The report notes that witnesses at the scene of the crash on US Highway 1 in Volusia County saw Ms Sytch, 49, driving at a “high rate” speed before she crashed her Mercedes into the car parked ahead at a traffic light.
After the initial crash, the report continues, it was then a devastating case of dominoes, where the car that the 49-year-old hit then proceeded to crash into the Yukon parked in front at the same traffic light.
A 75-year-old man was reportedly behind the wheel of the first car that Ms Sytch made contact with and he was transported to hospital, but later died from the injuries he incurred, the report says.
The report identifies the man as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, Florida.
“Our hearts go out to the Lasseter family that lost their loved one in such a tragic event” said Jesse Godfrey, Ormond Beach police chief.
The police report notes that shortly after authorities received a search warrant, they were able to obtain a sample of the former wrestler’s blood for “investigation of impairment”.
The results of from that toxicology report are pending, they noted, and they may lead to criminal charges.
“Our goal at the Ormond Beach Police Department is to keep city roadways safe, so if you see a vehicle operating in a manner that leads you to believe the driver may be impaired, please don’t hesitate to call 911. You may just save someone’s life,” Chief Godfrey was quoted as saying in the report.
The Independent reached out to Ms Sytch for comment.
The former WWE Hall of Famer has been arrested for driving while intoxicated at least six times, with the most recent arrest arriving in February 2019 when TMZ Sports reported that she was caught after getting pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and missing a stop sign.
The 49-year-old has had several stints in jail over the past several years, serving prison sentences in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania for parole violations and other charges. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. | 0 | 1,547 | 0 | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | 2022-04-06 20:27:32+00:00 | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. | 1 | 2,258 | 0 | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | 2022-04-06 20:30:25+00:00 | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. | 2 | 2,298 | 0 | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/School-official-accused-of-sending-threats-lying-17062286.php | 2022-04-06 20:30:36+00:00 | CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — The superintendent of schools in a Massachusetts city was charged Wednesday with lying to federal agents investigating threats made by text messages to a candidate for police chief, who eventually withdrew from consideration.
Lynn Clark, the superintendent of Chicopee schools, was arrested on a charge of making false statements, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Boston. She was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No defense attorney was listed in court records and a message seeking comment was sent to her work email.
Chicopee, a city of about 55,000 residents roughly 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, was in the process of hiring a new police chief late last year when law enforcement received a report that a candidate for the position had received texts from unknown numbers that seemed intended to force them to withdraw their application, federal authorities said.
The texts threatened to expose information that would cause the candidate reputational harm, and as a result, that person withdrew their candidacy, authorities said. They did not disclose any information about the candidate's identity or any other information about the alleged threats.
According to FBI affidavit in the case, Clark sent 99 messages “that were threatening in nature” to the candidate, the candidate’s spouse and to herself, using an app that allowed her to hide her cellphone number.
Clark, who lives in Belchertown, eventually admitted she sent the messages, but not before pointing the finger at others, authorities said.
The affidavit said Clark believed that if the candidate was named chief, it would “negatively impact" her position as superintendent and she wanted the candidate to get “knocked down a peg.”
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau in a statement called the allegations disheartening.
“The mayor’s office is aware of the situation and we are working to ensure that school department operations continue smoothly through this transition as the education of children remains paramount," the statement said.
The school committee has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday night to discuss Clark’s future. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/supreme-court-reinstates-trump-era-water-rule-for-now-2/ | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
EPA spokesman Tim Carroll said in an email that the agency is reviewing the Supreme Court’s order as well as “moving forward with rulemaking to restore state and Tribal authority to protect water resources that are essential to public health, ecosystems, and economic opportunity.”
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas.
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Associated Press reporter Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report. | 0 | 77,111 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-reinstates-Trump-era-water-rule-for-17061466.php | 2022-04-06 16:18:44+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/supreme-court-reinstates-trump-era-water-rule-for-now-2/ | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
EPA spokesman Tim Carroll said in an email that the agency is reviewing the Supreme Court’s order as well as “moving forward with rulemaking to restore state and Tribal authority to protect water resources that are essential to public health, ecosystems, and economic opportunity.”
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas.
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Associated Press reporter Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report. | 1 | 77,222 | 0 | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-reinstates-Trump-era-water-rule-for-17061466.php | 2022-04-06 16:19:32+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas. |
https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/supreme-court-reinstates-trump-era-water-rule-for-now-2/ | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
EPA spokesman Tim Carroll said in an email that the agency is reviewing the Supreme Court’s order as well as “moving forward with rulemaking to restore state and Tribal authority to protect water resources that are essential to public health, ecosystems, and economic opportunity.”
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas.
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Associated Press reporter Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report. | 2 | 78,572 | 0 | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Supreme-Court-reinstates-Trump-era-water-rule-for-17061466.php | 2022-04-06 16:24:18+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated for now a Trump-era rule that curtails the power of states and Native American tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that can pollute rivers, streams and other waterways.
In a decision that split the court 5-4, the justices agreed to halt a lower court judge’s order throwing out the rule. The high court’s action does not interfere with the Biden administration’s plan to rewrite the rule. Work on a revision has begun, but the administration has said a final rule is not expected until the spring of 2023. The Trump-era rule will remain in effect in the meantime.
The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The court’s other conservative justices, including three nominated by President Donald Trump, voted to reinstate the rule.
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Elena Kagan said the group of states and industry associations that had asked for the lower court’s ruling to be put on hold had not shown the extraordinary circumstances necessary to grant that request.
Kagan said the group had failed to demonstrate their harm if the judge’s decision were left in place. She said the group had not identified a “single project that a State has obstructed” in the months since the judge’s decision and had twice delayed making a request, indicating it was not urgent.
Kagan said the court’s majority had gone “astray” in granting the emergency petition and was misusing the process for dealing with such requests. That process is sometimes called the court’s “shadow docket” because the court provides a decision quickly without the full briefing and argument. The liberal justices have recently been critical of its use.
As is typical, the justices in the majority did not explain their reasoning.
Kagan wrote that her colleagues’ decision “renders the Court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all.”
The Biden administration had told the justices in a court filing that it agreed that the U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup lacked the authority to throw out the rule without first determining that it was invalid. But the administration had urged the court not to reinstate the rule, saying that in the months since the Alsup’s ruling, officials have adapted to the change, reverting to regulations in place for decades. Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
Alsup was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton.
The section of federal law at issue in the case is Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. For decades, it had been the rule that a federal agency could not issue a license or permit to conduct any activity that could result in any discharge into navigable waters unless the affected state or tribe certified that the discharge was complied with the Clean Water Act and state law, or waived certification.
The Trump administration in 2020 curtailed that review power after complaints from Republicans in Congress and the fossil fuel industry that state officials had used the permitting process to stop new energy projects. The Trump administration said its actions would advance then-President Donald Trump’s goal to fast-track energy projects such as oil and natural gas pipelines.
States, Native American Tribes and environmental groups sued. Several mostly Republican-led states, a national trade association representing the oil and gas industry and others have intervened in the case to defend the Trump-era rule. The states involved in the case are: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming and Texas. |
https://www.times-news.com/opinion/editorials/crop-up-farmers-are-vital-and-often-underappreciated/article_ccaf8e80-b51c-11ec-b8f2-cf9a993ef871.html | Appreciate the farmer.
The food we eat, the agrarian lifestyle we live, the cities we reside in are all made possible by the efforts of farmers.
“Neolithic age” farmers lead to the birth of larger communities and humanity’s move away from hunter-gatherer societies. Farming is the bedrock on which culture is built.
To state the obvious, it’s a hard job with long hours and considerably more variables to juggle when done successfully.
So it’s nice to see the farm facility program on Crellin Elementary School’s campus thrive. The Garrett County school started it several years ago and it teaches students skills surrounding sustainability, practical math for real world issues and environmentally beneficial practices like rain water collection and composting to fertilize vegetables.
“The farm was a huge part of my elementary school experience,” said Kira Rinker, an 11th grade student. “It is a passion of mine. Showing and winning at the fair has been a rewarding experience for me and an experience I want the girls to have.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, net farm income increased by $23.9 billion in 2021 but is expected to decrease by $5.4 billion in 2022 due to inflation. The government is lowering cash payments, while production costs increase. And, the average net farm income of $91,500 is expected to remain consistent.
Farm debt, a persistent problem in the industry, is expected to get slightly better; however, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, both farm assets and debt are both set to increase, but when adjusted for inflation decrease $76.2 billion and $3.4 billion respectively.
Animals are fickle and each is different and has different needs. Crop yields can vary due to any number of things — unexpected events, unseasonable weather, pests, diseases and more.
At a desk job, a computer can fail or a day can be unproductive due to unforeseen circumstance, but a couple of bad outings won’t sink a company.
In our region, the prescription to our employment-related ills is always more tech — to, as President Joe Biden told a crowd of coal miners in 2020, learn to code.
The small program at Crellin allows students to do the daily chores required to run a farm. If even one student develops a passion for farming after the experience, we’ll all be better off for it. | 0 | 37,869 | 0.635164 | https://www.daily-jeff.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/new-142-acre-research-farm-coming-to-noble-schools/65396951007/ | 2022-08-16 15:58:54+00:00 | New research farm will grow opportunities for Noble Local students
When COVID-19 shut down parts of the state, schools in Noble County did what rural Ohioans do best. They adapted. Students and teachers couldn’t be in the classroom together, creative ways were found to keep students learning at home.
Buses delivered school lunches along their routes so students wouldn’t go hungry. When schools reopened, Noble Local School District (NLSD) invested federal relief dollars to improve schools’ air quality and keep students healthy. But for Noble Local School District, it wasn’t just about returning to normal after COVID shutdowns. It was about pushing forward and dreaming big for the students.
As American Rescue Plan Act funds became available, the district seized the opportunity to pursue anthe idea that had been under consideration for years and decided to invest in developing a 142-acreresearch farm for students.
Research farms blend hands-on technology with real-life economics lessons. They bridge thetheoretical and the practical, boosting both students’ knowledge and their skill sets. In most cases,only large-scale universities have the means to develop research farms. We’re excited that NLSD soon will be able to offer one for our students.
The research farm continues the district's excellence in agricultural education. Justlast year, the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation awarded Noble schools a Youth Pathwaysfor Careers in Agriculture grant. That award supports programming that prepares students forpostsecondary training or direct placement in food, agricultural and environmental sciencesindustries. A research farm will equip NLSD to take even more steps forward.
The research farm project also demonstrates the district's ongoing commitment toscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics. NLSD is a STEM-designated school district with a track record of prioritizing student learning opportunities in these areas.
The research farm can offer Noble County a lot, but it’s the prospect of success stories that excite the district the most. Students will find confidence through the research farm, whether it’s planting, weeding, harvesting, or exploring the supply and demand of farm outputs, students can get their hands dirty in the best possibleway.The farm is poised to equip students to meet the growing need for farm labor in Ohio and acrossthe country. The U.S. Farm Bureau reports a gap in the agricultural workforce that’s 90,000 peoplewide. Those openings can, with the help of a strong education, become opportunities for NLSD students.
Opportunities aren’t the only thing on the rise at Noble Local School District. So is hope. In 2013,a survey of students showed only 30% thought their futures could look better than their past.Today, that number has risen to 83%. Our students believe in their futures and NLSD believes in them.
With the help of innovative new initiatives like the research farm, Noble Local School District iscommitted to empowering kids with education, skills, and hands-on experiences. Together, we’reworking to make our kids’ bright future a reality.
Todd Herman is the superintendent of Noble Local School District and Dan Leffingwell is the former superintendent. |
https://www.times-news.com/opinion/editorials/crop-up-farmers-are-vital-and-often-underappreciated/article_ccaf8e80-b51c-11ec-b8f2-cf9a993ef871.html | Appreciate the farmer.
The food we eat, the agrarian lifestyle we live, the cities we reside in are all made possible by the efforts of farmers.
“Neolithic age” farmers lead to the birth of larger communities and humanity’s move away from hunter-gatherer societies. Farming is the bedrock on which culture is built.
To state the obvious, it’s a hard job with long hours and considerably more variables to juggle when done successfully.
So it’s nice to see the farm facility program on Crellin Elementary School’s campus thrive. The Garrett County school started it several years ago and it teaches students skills surrounding sustainability, practical math for real world issues and environmentally beneficial practices like rain water collection and composting to fertilize vegetables.
“The farm was a huge part of my elementary school experience,” said Kira Rinker, an 11th grade student. “It is a passion of mine. Showing and winning at the fair has been a rewarding experience for me and an experience I want the girls to have.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, net farm income increased by $23.9 billion in 2021 but is expected to decrease by $5.4 billion in 2022 due to inflation. The government is lowering cash payments, while production costs increase. And, the average net farm income of $91,500 is expected to remain consistent.
Farm debt, a persistent problem in the industry, is expected to get slightly better; however, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, both farm assets and debt are both set to increase, but when adjusted for inflation decrease $76.2 billion and $3.4 billion respectively.
Animals are fickle and each is different and has different needs. Crop yields can vary due to any number of things — unexpected events, unseasonable weather, pests, diseases and more.
At a desk job, a computer can fail or a day can be unproductive due to unforeseen circumstance, but a couple of bad outings won’t sink a company.
In our region, the prescription to our employment-related ills is always more tech — to, as President Joe Biden told a crowd of coal miners in 2020, learn to code.
The small program at Crellin allows students to do the daily chores required to run a farm. If even one student develops a passion for farming after the experience, we’ll all be better off for it. | 1 | 48,879 | 0.656824 | https://thebrunswicknews.com/opinion/daily_editorial/despite-advances-the-world-will-always-need-farmers/article_068d40cd-4060-52b1-801e-1d95348d0eb7.html | 2022-07-13 10:00:53+00:00 | In a world where almost everything you could ever want or need is available with the push of a button, we don’t always think about where the stuff we buy comes from. We know logistically that farms of various types are responsible for many of the goods we consume — be it meats, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, etc. — but that thought doesn’t enter into the minds of many when we add it to our carts and check out all from our cellphones.
The move from a pastoral to a technological society is no doubt partly responsible for there being fewer farms in the United States. According to the Department of Agricultural, there were just over 2.01 million farms across the U.S. in 2021. That number is down from the 2.2 million farms that existed in 2007.
While the number of farms appears to be decreasing, it is doing so at a slower rate than previously. At its peak in 1935, there were 6.8 million farms across America. There was a rapid decline in the number of farms in the 1970s, according to the department.
No matter how technologically advanced our society becomes, we will always need farmers to provide the goods that sustain our lives. We have seen the last couple of years between the global COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine how fragile the global food chain is. The future will need farmers to continue to produce the food that sustains the lives of all of us around the globe.
That is what makes the Georgia Ag Experience a key tool for securing future farmers. The state’s mobile exhibit set up shop recently at the Boys and Girls Club to give students a glimpse of what modern farming is like.
The students got a chance to experience what it is like to be a farmer today through digital learning and interactive experiences. The program also teaches students where Georgia’s agricultural products come from and how they get to market.
Farming is suffering from the same problem other industries are dealing with — experienced workers are retiring but there aren’t enough younger people to replace what they are losing. That’s why it is important to show students at a young age just what it means to be a farmer. Exposure today may kick-start their curiosity tomorrow and when the time comes, it could even lead to a career path.
The world will always need farmers. Now is the time to help young people make that connection and see that a potential future they wouldn’t have otherwise considered is within their reach. |
https://www.times-news.com/opinion/editorials/crop-up-farmers-are-vital-and-often-underappreciated/article_ccaf8e80-b51c-11ec-b8f2-cf9a993ef871.html | Appreciate the farmer.
The food we eat, the agrarian lifestyle we live, the cities we reside in are all made possible by the efforts of farmers.
“Neolithic age” farmers lead to the birth of larger communities and humanity’s move away from hunter-gatherer societies. Farming is the bedrock on which culture is built.
To state the obvious, it’s a hard job with long hours and considerably more variables to juggle when done successfully.
So it’s nice to see the farm facility program on Crellin Elementary School’s campus thrive. The Garrett County school started it several years ago and it teaches students skills surrounding sustainability, practical math for real world issues and environmentally beneficial practices like rain water collection and composting to fertilize vegetables.
“The farm was a huge part of my elementary school experience,” said Kira Rinker, an 11th grade student. “It is a passion of mine. Showing and winning at the fair has been a rewarding experience for me and an experience I want the girls to have.”
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, net farm income increased by $23.9 billion in 2021 but is expected to decrease by $5.4 billion in 2022 due to inflation. The government is lowering cash payments, while production costs increase. And, the average net farm income of $91,500 is expected to remain consistent.
Farm debt, a persistent problem in the industry, is expected to get slightly better; however, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, both farm assets and debt are both set to increase, but when adjusted for inflation decrease $76.2 billion and $3.4 billion respectively.
Animals are fickle and each is different and has different needs. Crop yields can vary due to any number of things — unexpected events, unseasonable weather, pests, diseases and more.
At a desk job, a computer can fail or a day can be unproductive due to unforeseen circumstance, but a couple of bad outings won’t sink a company.
In our region, the prescription to our employment-related ills is always more tech — to, as President Joe Biden told a crowd of coal miners in 2020, learn to code.
The small program at Crellin allows students to do the daily chores required to run a farm. If even one student develops a passion for farming after the experience, we’ll all be better off for it. | 2 | 113,549 | 0.681955 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/the-future-of-agriculture-in-columbia-county/ | 2022-05-24 01:47:31+00:00 | NORTH CENTRE TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Farmers are battling the rising costs of things like gas and fertilizer alongside labor shortages.
Eyewitness News stopped by farms and schools across our area to answer the question, who is the future of agriculture in the commonwealth?
“It’s about 125 acres. It lies here in North Centre Township,” said Delroy Artman, 3rd generation farmer.
“My grandfather and grandmother Clarke and Caroline Artman moved here in 1910. My dad was born here in the farmhouse around 1916. And they actually bought the farm in 1919,” said Artman.
3rd generation farmer Delroy Artman says Pennsylvanian agriculture is changing by the minute.
“We used to be able to just plow the field, and work it down that has completely changed now,” Artman said.
Eyewitness News asked, so if a young person wanted to buy a farm today how much it cost?
“Probably around $2 million at least,” Artman said.
The 25-year-old student male or female, purchases land that they need, to ensure that land. It’s devastating. It’s almost impossible to do,” explained Doug Brown, Agricultural Science instructor, Central Columbia High School.
But today’s students and tomorrow’s farmers are hopeful.
“I believe in the future of agriculture,” one student said.
However, only 150 of Pennsylvania’s 501 public schools offer agricultural education, and Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Columbia County is one of them.
“I never would have thought what I’d end up doing was driving tractors in the middle of school,” said Owen Berlin, 12-grade student.
So why is agriculture just as important to learn about as reading or math?
“Without it, we won’t survive as a society,” said Brown.
Students are the learning the answers to questions everyone should know about.
“Imagine this. You’re walking through the grocery store looking for container steaks to purchase. Reading the labels, you find steaks labeled as all-natural, organic, and grass-fed. Which one do you choose,” said Becca Lehman, 11-grade student.
In an ever-changing field, today’s ag students will be tomorrow’s problem solvers.
Research, problem-solving, and new issues every day in agriculture just like in society. There are concerns that we have that pop-up. What was a concern 10 years ago might not be a concern today,” Brown said.
Who is the future of agriculture in the commonwealth?
Brent Sokol, Becca Lehman, Owen Berlin, and thousands of students across the state who might be the next Clarke and Caroline Artman.
A bright future across the Pennsylvania farming horizon. |
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/IQWiG-highlights-weak-evidence-on-the-use-of-two-innovative-high-risk-medical-devices.aspx | Apr 6 2022
When assessing new examination and treatment methods involving high-risk medical devices in accordance with §137h of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V), the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examines the data submitted by the hospital and the manufacturer. If a benefit of the new invasive (and particularly expensive) method can be inferred from these data, it may continue to be used. If it is shown that the new procedure is ineffective or even harmful for those treated, it is excluded from health care. If it is not possible to make a reliable conclusion on benefit, harm or ineffectiveness, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is required by law to set up and also fund a testing study. IQWiG usually has only six weeks to assess methods involving high-risk medical devices.
IQWiG has now published its assessment for two 137h procedures commissioned by the G-BA: "endoscopic ultrasound-guided 32P microparticle implantation for unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic tumors" and "transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance for uterine fibroids". For both methods, neither benefit nor harm nor ineffectiveness can be determined on the basis of the documents submitted.
³²P-labeled microparticles for pancreatic cancer
With this method, patients with surgically unresectable, locally advanced tumors in the pancreas are injected with radioactive microparticles directly into the malignant tissue using a puncture needle. The invasive procedure is intended to be used in addition to first-line chemotherapy and to help reduce the size of the tumor so that it can potentially be completely removed surgically.
For the assessment of the method, the hospital and the manufacturer had submitted a total of six studies, all with results on relatively few patients and completely without (or without a suitable) control group. On the basis of these documents, no robust conclusions on benefit or harm could be inferred.
In order to be able to demonstrate an advantage for the method "implantation via injection under endoscopic ultrasound guidance of ³²P-labeled microparticles" in the composite outcome of treatment failure, in IQWiG's opinion a medium-sized randomized controlled trial (RCT) should be set up to compare this new method with first-line chemotherapy or (chemo)radiotherapy alone.
Transcervical radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids
With this method, benign tumors of the muscular uterine wall are localized by ultrasound probe and obliterated (ablated) by radiofrequency energy. This is to relieve heavy bleeding and pain associated with symptomatic uterine fibroids.
IQWiG had results from five case series for the assessment of this method. In addition, the hospital and the manufacturer referred to an RCT in the planning stage. On the basis of the documents submitted, no conclusions on benefit, ineffectiveness or harm could be inferred.
In order to gain the necessary knowledge on the potential benefit of transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance (TRFA) for uterine fibroids, IQWiG considers two medium-sized testing studies to be necessary. This is because different control interventions are relevant, depending on the location of the fibroids: for women with fibroids at the outer edge or in the middle of the muscular uterine wall, a comparison with surgical removal of the fibroids via laparoscopy (laparoscopic myomectomy or enucleation) would be relevant. If, in contrast, the fibroids are located only at the inner edge of the uterine muscle directly below the endometrium (submucosal), hysteroscopic myomectomy (surgical removal via the vagina and uterus) would be an important control treatment. A second study would be useful for this purpose.
Legal framework makes testing studies difficult in some cases
Since it is not possible to draw any reliable conclusion on the benefits, harms or ineffectiveness of the two new high-risk methods on the basis of the documents submitted, the law obliges the G-BA to set up and also fund testing studies.
Julia Kreis, Division Head in IQWiG's Department of Non-Drug Interventions, critically notes that "in this context, the recruitment of study participants for such studies is made more difficult for the G-BA by the fact that the new treatment methods are also available outside of testing studies as a service provided by statutory health insurance. This is because precisely those hospitals that have introduced a new method obviously want to use it in routine practice and in some cases are already advertising it. Many eligible patients then do not participate in the study, but directly receive the new treatment method already commonly used in the hospital in question. It is, again and again, surprising for us to see the weak evidence on which the use of innovative high-risk medical devices in hospitals is often based. We think that the current regulations in §137h SGB V should be reconsidered." | 0 | 42,186 | 0.801744 | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/569121429/tumor-ablation-market-radiofrequency-ablation-segment-is-estimated-to-account-for-the-largest-share-mdc-research-study | 2022-04-20 09:01:27+00:00 | Tumor Ablation Market - Radiofrequency Ablation Segment is Estimated to Account for the Largest Share | MDC Research Study
The prominent players in the global tumor ablation market are Medtronic, Integra LifeSciences Corporation, AngioDynamics, Boston Scientific Corporation, NeuWave Medical, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.), Galil Medical Inc. (BTG International Ltd), Misonix, HealthTronics, Inc., Sonacare Medical, MERMAID MEDICAL A/S among others.
/EIN News/ -- Pune, April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tumor ablation is referred to as a minimally invasive technique that is commonly used in the treatment of tumors of the liver, kidney, bone, and lung among others. It can be used as a first-line treatment or in cases of failed chemotherapy or radiotherapy or for any non-surgical candidates. Ablation systems in general comprise of a generator and a needlelike device that delivers the energy directly to the targeted tissue to cause acute cellular necrosis.
The global Tumor Ablation Market is estimated to be valued over USD 3.28 Bn by 2030, It is anticipated to reach a CAGR over 14.1% during the forecast period from 2022 to 2030.
Tumor Ablation Market by Region
The global tumor ablation market can be segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World (ROW). North America dominated the market of tumor ablation, followed by Europe and Asia Pacific. North America will continue to dominate the global tumor ablation market in the forecast period owing to factors such advanced healthcare infrastructure, the rising number of cancer patients specially lung and breast cancer cases, availability of wide range of treatment options, and technological advancements among others. However, Asia Pacific is expected to witness the highest CAGR, with the growth in this market centered in China, Japan and India. Factors such as increasing prevalence of various types of cancers, rising adoption of minimally invasive surgical procedures by patients for treatment, increasing research & development in healthcare sector and advancement in technologies of tumor ablation devices are the factors that play an important role in boosting the tumor ablation market in this region.
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COMPANY PROFILES (Business Overview, Products Offered, Financial Performance*, Recent Developments)
- Medtronic
- Integra LifeSciences Corporation
- AngioDynamics
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- NeuWave Medical, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.)
- Galil Medical Inc. (BTG International Ltd)
- Misonix
- HealthTronics, Inc.
- Sonacare Medical
- MERMAID MEDICAL
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Table of Contents:
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INTRODUCTION
- Market Definition
- Market Ecosystem
- Market Classification
- Geographic Scope
- Years Considered for the Study: Historical Years – 2017 & 2020 ; Base Year – 2021 ; Forecasted Years – 2022 to 2030
- Currency Used
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Research Framework
- Data Collection Technique
- Data Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Primary Sources
- Market Estimation Methodology
- Bottoms Up Approach
- Top Down Approach
- Data Validation and Triangulation
- Market Forecasting Model
- Limitations/Assumptions of the Study
- ABSTRACT OF THE STUDY
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MARKET DYNAMICS ASSESMENT
- Overview
- Drivers
- Barriers/Challenges
- Opportunities
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UNIQUE SELLING PROPOSITIONS (USPs)
- Epidemiological Assessment
- Technological Advancements
- Application Horizon Assessment
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GLOBAL TUMOR ABLATION MARKET - ANALYSIS & FORECAST, BY TECHNOLOGY
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Microwave Ablation
- Cryoablation
- High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
- Other Technologies
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GLOBAL TUMOR ABLATION MARKET - ANALYSIS & FORECAST, BY MODE OF TREATMENT
- Surgical Ablation
- Laparoscopic Ablation
- Percutaneous Ablation
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Vendor Assessment
Vendor assessment includes a deep analysis of how vendors are addressing the demand in the Tumor Ablation Market. The MDC CompetetiveScape model was used to assess qualitative and quantitative insights in this assessment. MDC's CompetitiveScape is a structured method for identifying key players and outlining their strengths, relevant characteristics, and outreach strategy. MDC's CompetitiveScape allows organizations to analyze the environmental factors that influence their business, set goals, and identify new marketing strategies. MDC Research analysts conduct a thorough investigation of vendors' solutions, services, programs, marketing, organization size, geographic focus, type of organization and strategies.
Technology Assessment
Technology dramatically impacts business productivity, growth and efficiency.Technologies can help companies develop competitive advantages, but choosing them can be one of the most demanding decisions for businesses. Technology assessment helps organizations to understand their current situation with respect to technology and offer a roadmap where they might want to go and scale their business. A well-defined process to assess and select technology solutions can help organizations reduce risk, achieve objectives, identify the problem, and solve it in the right way. Technology assessment can help businesses identify which technologies to invest in, meet industry standards, compete against competitors.
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Business Ecosystem Analysis
Advancements in technology and digitalization have changed the way companies do business; the concept of a business ecosystem helps businesses understand how to thrive in this changing environment. Business ecosystems provide organizations with opportunities to integrate technology in their daily business operations and improve research and business competency. The business ecosystem includes a network of interlinked companies that compete and cooperate to increase sales, improve profitability, and succeed in their markets. An ecosystem analysis is a business network analysis that includes the relationships amongst suppliers, distributors, and end-users in delivering a product or service.
Regions and Countries Covered
North America (US, Canada), Europe (Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (Japan, China, Australia, India, Rest of Asia-Pacific), and Rest of the World (RoW)
Report Coverage
Tumor Ablation Market Dynamics, Covid-19 Impact on the Tumor Ablation Market, Vendor Profiles, Vendor Assessment, Strategies, Technology Assessment, Product Mapping, Industry Outlook, Economic Analysis, Segmental Analysis, Tumor Ablation Market Sizing, Analysis Tables.
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Vendor Profiles Covered
All Major Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 companies are covered in this Tumor Ablation Market report (25 Vendor Profiles)
Key Questions Answered in This Report:
- What is the potential of the Tumor Ablation Market?
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on the global Tumor Ablation Market?
- What are the top strategies that companies adopting in Tumor Ablation Market?
- What are the challenges faced by SME’s and prominent vendors in Tumor Ablation Market?
- Which region has the highest investments in Tumor Ablation Market?
- What are the latest research and activities in Tumor Ablation Market?
- Who are the prominent players in Tumor Ablation Market?
- What is the potential of the Tumor Ablation Market?
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/IQWiG-highlights-weak-evidence-on-the-use-of-two-innovative-high-risk-medical-devices.aspx | Apr 6 2022
When assessing new examination and treatment methods involving high-risk medical devices in accordance with §137h of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V), the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examines the data submitted by the hospital and the manufacturer. If a benefit of the new invasive (and particularly expensive) method can be inferred from these data, it may continue to be used. If it is shown that the new procedure is ineffective or even harmful for those treated, it is excluded from health care. If it is not possible to make a reliable conclusion on benefit, harm or ineffectiveness, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is required by law to set up and also fund a testing study. IQWiG usually has only six weeks to assess methods involving high-risk medical devices.
IQWiG has now published its assessment for two 137h procedures commissioned by the G-BA: "endoscopic ultrasound-guided 32P microparticle implantation for unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic tumors" and "transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance for uterine fibroids". For both methods, neither benefit nor harm nor ineffectiveness can be determined on the basis of the documents submitted.
³²P-labeled microparticles for pancreatic cancer
With this method, patients with surgically unresectable, locally advanced tumors in the pancreas are injected with radioactive microparticles directly into the malignant tissue using a puncture needle. The invasive procedure is intended to be used in addition to first-line chemotherapy and to help reduce the size of the tumor so that it can potentially be completely removed surgically.
For the assessment of the method, the hospital and the manufacturer had submitted a total of six studies, all with results on relatively few patients and completely without (or without a suitable) control group. On the basis of these documents, no robust conclusions on benefit or harm could be inferred.
In order to be able to demonstrate an advantage for the method "implantation via injection under endoscopic ultrasound guidance of ³²P-labeled microparticles" in the composite outcome of treatment failure, in IQWiG's opinion a medium-sized randomized controlled trial (RCT) should be set up to compare this new method with first-line chemotherapy or (chemo)radiotherapy alone.
Transcervical radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids
With this method, benign tumors of the muscular uterine wall are localized by ultrasound probe and obliterated (ablated) by radiofrequency energy. This is to relieve heavy bleeding and pain associated with symptomatic uterine fibroids.
IQWiG had results from five case series for the assessment of this method. In addition, the hospital and the manufacturer referred to an RCT in the planning stage. On the basis of the documents submitted, no conclusions on benefit, ineffectiveness or harm could be inferred.
In order to gain the necessary knowledge on the potential benefit of transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance (TRFA) for uterine fibroids, IQWiG considers two medium-sized testing studies to be necessary. This is because different control interventions are relevant, depending on the location of the fibroids: for women with fibroids at the outer edge or in the middle of the muscular uterine wall, a comparison with surgical removal of the fibroids via laparoscopy (laparoscopic myomectomy or enucleation) would be relevant. If, in contrast, the fibroids are located only at the inner edge of the uterine muscle directly below the endometrium (submucosal), hysteroscopic myomectomy (surgical removal via the vagina and uterus) would be an important control treatment. A second study would be useful for this purpose.
Legal framework makes testing studies difficult in some cases
Since it is not possible to draw any reliable conclusion on the benefits, harms or ineffectiveness of the two new high-risk methods on the basis of the documents submitted, the law obliges the G-BA to set up and also fund testing studies.
Julia Kreis, Division Head in IQWiG's Department of Non-Drug Interventions, critically notes that "in this context, the recruitment of study participants for such studies is made more difficult for the G-BA by the fact that the new treatment methods are also available outside of testing studies as a service provided by statutory health insurance. This is because precisely those hospitals that have introduced a new method obviously want to use it in routine practice and in some cases are already advertising it. Many eligible patients then do not participate in the study, but directly receive the new treatment method already commonly used in the hospital in question. It is, again and again, surprising for us to see the weak evidence on which the use of innovative high-risk medical devices in hospitals is often based. We think that the current regulations in §137h SGB V should be reconsidered." | 1 | 38,947 | 0.823938 | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/24/2448996/0/en/Tumor-Ablation-Therapy-Devices-Global-Market-Report-2022.html | 2022-05-24 08:57:39+00:00 | New York, May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Tumor Ablation Therapy Devices Global Market Report 2022" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06280915/?utm_source=GNW
The global tumor ablation therapy devices market is expected to grow from $0.49 billion in 2021 to $0.56 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.1%. The market is expected to grow to $0.97 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%.
The tumor ablation therapy devices market consists of sales of tumor ablation devices and related services that are used in hospitals and oncology clinics. Tumor ablation is the technique used to extract the tumors using a needle, to insert them in the tumor organ using imaging techniques.
The main technologies in the tumor ablation therapy devices are radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, cryoablation, irreversible electroporation ablation, and others.Irreversible electroporation (IRE) in tumor ablation therapy is a new tissue ablation method in which micro to millisecond electrical pulses are supplied to undesirable tissue to produce cell necrosis by irreversible cell membrane permeabilization.
The treatments included are surgical, laparoscopic, and percutaneous that are used in various applications such as kidney cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and others. The various end-users of tumor ablation therapy devices are hospitals, oncology clinics, and others.
North America was the largest region in the tumor ablation therapy devices market in 2021.Asia Pacific was the second largest region in the tumor ablation therapy devices market.
The regions covered in this report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa.
The increasing prevalence of cancer is a key factor driving the growth of the tumor ablation therapy devices market.Cancer is considered to be the second major cause of death, with around 1 in 6 deaths due to cancer worldwide.
Tumor ablation is a minimally invasive procedure widely used in the treatment of lung, liver, kidney, and bone tumors. For instance, in 2020, according to the American Institute of cancer research, there were an estimated 18.1 million cancer cases around the world. It was estimated that 9.3 million cases were in men and 8.8 million in women. Among them, lung and breast cancers are the most common cancers in the world, and about 12.5% and 12.2% of the new cases are diagnosed in 2020. The procedure is an effective method for patients who have failed chemotherapy or radiotherapy, thereby supporting the growth of the tumor ablation therapy devices market.
Product recalls of tumor ablation devices due to technical issues are expected to hinder the growth of the tumor ablation therapy devices market.The companies are retrieving their products from the market due to safety concerns.
For instance, Covidien Emprint Long Percutaneous Antenna with Thermosphere Technology, a tumor ablation device from Medtronic had recalled its devices due to the disengagement of ceramic trocar tip of the Emprint ablation from the needle shaft post-ablation.Similarly, in June 2018, Accurian RF Ablation by Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc was recalled due to the difficulty in insertion.
The product recalls caused a financial burden on the companies hindering the tumor ablation therapy devices market.
Major companies operating in the tumor ablation therapy devices are focusing on technology advancements for shorter procedures, increased safety, lower exposure to radiation, faster learning curves, and improved outcomes J&J medicals have released a microwave ablation system called NEUWAVE, which is the first minimally invasive device to put electrodes into cancer cells and thereby increase the temperature around them for burning the cancer cells. In June 2020, Boston Scientific has launched a technology called DirectSense technology, a tool used for monitoring the effect of radiofrequency (RF) now for cardiac procedures, which may be further employed for tumors.
In June 2019, Varian Medical Systems acquired Endocare for an undisclosed amount.This acquisition will help Varian Medical Systems strengthen its portfolio by adding cryoablation and microwave ablation therapies and embolic beads to its cancer care solutions portfolio.
Endocare is a leading provider of hardware and software solutions supporting cryoablation and microwave ablation.
The countries covered in the tumor ablation therapy devices market are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, and USA.
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Tumor Ablation Therapy Devices Global Market Report 2022
Major players in the tumor ablation therapy devices market are Galil Medical Inc, Misonix Inc, HealthTronics, Angiodynamics, Boston Scientific Corporation, Medtronic Plc, EDAP TMS S. A, Neuwave Medical Inc, BVM Medical Limited, and Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH.
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/IQWiG-highlights-weak-evidence-on-the-use-of-two-innovative-high-risk-medical-devices.aspx | Apr 6 2022
When assessing new examination and treatment methods involving high-risk medical devices in accordance with §137h of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V), the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examines the data submitted by the hospital and the manufacturer. If a benefit of the new invasive (and particularly expensive) method can be inferred from these data, it may continue to be used. If it is shown that the new procedure is ineffective or even harmful for those treated, it is excluded from health care. If it is not possible to make a reliable conclusion on benefit, harm or ineffectiveness, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is required by law to set up and also fund a testing study. IQWiG usually has only six weeks to assess methods involving high-risk medical devices.
IQWiG has now published its assessment for two 137h procedures commissioned by the G-BA: "endoscopic ultrasound-guided 32P microparticle implantation for unresectable, locally advanced pancreatic tumors" and "transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance for uterine fibroids". For both methods, neither benefit nor harm nor ineffectiveness can be determined on the basis of the documents submitted.
³²P-labeled microparticles for pancreatic cancer
With this method, patients with surgically unresectable, locally advanced tumors in the pancreas are injected with radioactive microparticles directly into the malignant tissue using a puncture needle. The invasive procedure is intended to be used in addition to first-line chemotherapy and to help reduce the size of the tumor so that it can potentially be completely removed surgically.
For the assessment of the method, the hospital and the manufacturer had submitted a total of six studies, all with results on relatively few patients and completely without (or without a suitable) control group. On the basis of these documents, no robust conclusions on benefit or harm could be inferred.
In order to be able to demonstrate an advantage for the method "implantation via injection under endoscopic ultrasound guidance of ³²P-labeled microparticles" in the composite outcome of treatment failure, in IQWiG's opinion a medium-sized randomized controlled trial (RCT) should be set up to compare this new method with first-line chemotherapy or (chemo)radiotherapy alone.
Transcervical radiofrequency ablation for uterine fibroids
With this method, benign tumors of the muscular uterine wall are localized by ultrasound probe and obliterated (ablated) by radiofrequency energy. This is to relieve heavy bleeding and pain associated with symptomatic uterine fibroids.
IQWiG had results from five case series for the assessment of this method. In addition, the hospital and the manufacturer referred to an RCT in the planning stage. On the basis of the documents submitted, no conclusions on benefit, ineffectiveness or harm could be inferred.
In order to gain the necessary knowledge on the potential benefit of transcervical radiofrequency ablation with intrauterine ultrasound guidance (TRFA) for uterine fibroids, IQWiG considers two medium-sized testing studies to be necessary. This is because different control interventions are relevant, depending on the location of the fibroids: for women with fibroids at the outer edge or in the middle of the muscular uterine wall, a comparison with surgical removal of the fibroids via laparoscopy (laparoscopic myomectomy or enucleation) would be relevant. If, in contrast, the fibroids are located only at the inner edge of the uterine muscle directly below the endometrium (submucosal), hysteroscopic myomectomy (surgical removal via the vagina and uterus) would be an important control treatment. A second study would be useful for this purpose.
Legal framework makes testing studies difficult in some cases
Since it is not possible to draw any reliable conclusion on the benefits, harms or ineffectiveness of the two new high-risk methods on the basis of the documents submitted, the law obliges the G-BA to set up and also fund testing studies.
Julia Kreis, Division Head in IQWiG's Department of Non-Drug Interventions, critically notes that "in this context, the recruitment of study participants for such studies is made more difficult for the G-BA by the fact that the new treatment methods are also available outside of testing studies as a service provided by statutory health insurance. This is because precisely those hospitals that have introduced a new method obviously want to use it in routine practice and in some cases are already advertising it. Many eligible patients then do not participate in the study, but directly receive the new treatment method already commonly used in the hospital in question. It is, again and again, surprising for us to see the weak evidence on which the use of innovative high-risk medical devices in hospitals is often based. We think that the current regulations in §137h SGB V should be reconsidered." | 2 | 84,565 | 0.830302 | https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/01/25329122/interventional-oncology-global-market-global-industry-trends-market-size-forecast-up-to-2030 | 2022-08-20 09:43:40+00:00 | Japan, Japan, Tue, 01 Feb 2022 03:13:08 / Comserve Inc. / -- Ablation global market by product type, it is segmented into radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, cryoablation and others (irreversible electroporation and MRI-guided laser ablation).
Interventional Oncology (IO) is a rapidly growing field in cancer care that uses minimally invasive procedures performed under image guidance to diagnose and treat patients with liver, kidney, lung, and other cancers. Rather than removing tumors through open surgical procedures, these image-guided procedures can be performed in place of or in combination with other cancer treatments to provide truly comprehensive care. The advantage of these methods is that I.O. has much less effect on the body compared to conventional procedures.
An estimated by IQ4I Research, the interventional oncology global market is expected to grow a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026 to reach $2,119.4 million by 2026. Some of the factors driving the market are increasing prevalence of cancer cases, growing adoption of minimally invasive procedures, increasing geriatric population, technological advancements in the field of interventional oncology, and expansion in the emerging markets.
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The interventional oncology market by product is segmented as ablation and embolization. The embolization segment holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The ablation segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026.
Ablation global market by product type, it is segmented into radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, cryoablation and others (irreversible electroporation and MRI-guided laser ablation). Among ablation, microwave ablation holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The other segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high double digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. Embolization global market by product type, it is segmented into Radio-embolization and non-radioembolization. Among embolization, non-radioembolization holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a mid single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The radio-embolization segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The embolization global market by procedure, it is segmented into trans-arterial radioembolization (TARE)/selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), transcranial chemo-embolization (TACE), drug-eluting beads transcranial chemo-embolization (DEB-TACE) and transcranial embolization (TAE)/bland embolization. Among procedures, TARE/SIRT segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026.
Interventional Oncology (I.O.) global market by application is segmented into liver cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, brain & spine cancer, prostate cancer, uterine fibroid and others. Among interventional oncology applications, the liver cancer segment holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The brain & spine cancer segment is the fastest-growing segment with a low double digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026.
Ablation global market by application is segmented into liver cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, brain & spine cancer, prostate cancer, and others. Among ablation applications, the liver cancer segment holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The brain & spine cancer segment is the fastest-growing segment with a low double digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. Embolization global market by application is segmented into liver cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, uterine fibroid and other. Among embolization applications, the liver cancer segment holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The uterine fibroid segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026.
Interventional Oncology global market by end-users is segmented into hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers (ASC), academics & research institutes. Among end-users, the hospital segment holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026. The ambulatory surgical center segment is the fastest-growing segment with a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026.
Interventional oncology market by region is segmented as North America (U.S. and Rest of North America), Europe (Germany, France, Italy and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Australia and Rest of APAC) and Rest of the world (Brazil, Rest of LATAM and Middle East & Others). North America holds the highest revenue in 2019 and it is expected to grow at a high single digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026 due to adoption of the technological advancements, increasing incidences of cancer, increased training institutes for interventional oncology, increasing demand for minimally invasive surgeries, favorable reimbursement, product launches, skilled personnel, and strong product pipeline. The Asia-Pacific region is the fastest-growing region with a low double digit CAGR from 2019 to 2026 due to increasing geriatric population, increased healthcare facilities, increasing incidence of cancer, increasing awareness about interventional oncology and low-cost for the surgery are driving the market.
The interventional oncology global market is a consolidated market with top 5 players occupying major share of the market hence all the existing players in this market are involved in developing new and advanced therapeutics to maintain their market shares. Some of the major players in interventional oncology market include Medtronic Plc (Ireland), Sirtex Medical (Australia), Boston Scientific Corporation (U.S.), Guerbet (France), Merit Medical System (U.S.), Varian Medical System, Inc. (U.S.), Terumo Corporation (Japan), Johnson & Johnson (U.S.), AngioDynamics, Inc. (U.S.), and Monteris Medical (U.S.).
The report provides an in-depth market analysis of the above-mentioned segments across the following regions:
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o Germany
o France
o Italy
o Rest of Europe
• Asia-Pacific
o Japan
o China
o Australia
o Rest of APAC
• Rest of the World (RoW)
o Brazil
o Rest of LATAM
o Middle East and Others.
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 0 | 24,183 | 0 | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | 2022-04-06 22:04:36+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. |
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 1 | 24,663 | 0 | https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-biden-signs-postal-bill/J4TLXLB6HNGFLJ56VQBQF37IMI/ | 2022-04-06 22:06:39+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency's board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service's finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices' hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 2 | 25,581 | 0 | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | 2022-04-06 22:11:35+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony — and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law also requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-61008962?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | Council elections 2022: Welsh Conservatives launch campaign
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The Welsh Conservatives will promise to build "stronger, safer communities", when they launch their local election campaign on Thursday.
At an event in Llandudno, party Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies will announce the Tories are fielding their highest number of candidates - 669 - on 5 May.
They were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections, in 2017, and have more to defend now.
Five years ago the Conservatives took majority control of Monmouthshire.
They have cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham and Conwy as well as Denbighshire, where they became the largest group in 2017.
They also became the biggest group of councillors in Vale of Glamorgan, leading the authority for two years.
But Labour returned to power there in 2019, as head of a coalition, after internal rows resulted in eight councillors, including six cabinet members, quitting the Tory group.
In the 2017 local elections, the Conservatives increased their number of councillors across 12 of Wales' 22 authorities, including notably better performances in Cardiff and Bridgend and raising their total number of Welsh council seats by 80 to 184.
On Thursday, Mr Davies will describe the last decade as one in which there has been "incredible growth in the number of Welsh Conservatives standing up for Wales at a local, Senedd and Westminster level".
"This year will see that expansion continue to thrive, with the Welsh Conservative fielding the most candidates ever at Welsh local elections," he will say.
"Across Wales, local Welsh Conservative councillors are working hard delivering for their communities.
"I'm delighted that more people than ever before will be able to vote for local champions that will deliver stronger, safer communities."
Whatever the issues are in their patch, you can rarely divorce local parties' electoral fortunes from the bigger political story across the UK.
How voters might see Boris Johnson's prime ministership in relation to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the continuing developments over Westminster parties held during Covid restrictions could be crucial.
The leader of Conservative Monmouthshire council even called for Mr Johnson to resign, a few months ago.
'Well-paid, long-term jobs'
Commenting on Thursday's local elections launch, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP said the UK Conservative government was "delivering for Wales, investing hundreds of millions of pounds into creating jobs, safeguarding community assets, and boosting infrastructure".
"Just last year, ten projects across Wales benefitted from more than £120m, including regenerating Aberystwyth's old college and marina, making visitor improvements at Haverfordwest Castle, and dualling part of the A4119 at Coed-Ely," he said.
"It is only by working together can we ensure that Wales bounces back from the pandemic, delivering well-paid, long-term jobs for everyone."
Wales will be electing councillors in each of its 22 local authorities next month.
There are also elections taking place in parts of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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- Published
The Welsh Conservatives will promise to build "stronger, safer communities", when they launch their local election campaign on Thursday.
At an event in Llandudno, party Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies will announce the Tories are fielding their highest number of candidates - 669 - on 5 May.
They were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections, in 2017, and have more to defend now.
Five years ago the Conservatives took majority control of Monmouthshire.
They have cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham and Conwy as well as Denbighshire, where they became the largest group in 2017.
They also became the biggest group of councillors in Vale of Glamorgan, leading the authority for two years.
But Labour returned to power there in 2019, as head of a coalition, after internal rows resulted in eight councillors, including six cabinet members, quitting the Tory group.
In the 2017 local elections, the Conservatives increased their number of councillors across 12 of Wales' 22 authorities, including notably better performances in Cardiff and Bridgend and raising their total number of Welsh council seats by 80 to 184.
On Thursday, Mr Davies will describe the last decade as one in which there has been "incredible growth in the number of Welsh Conservatives standing up for Wales at a local, Senedd and Westminster level".
"This year will see that expansion continue to thrive, with the Welsh Conservative fielding the most candidates ever at Welsh local elections," he will say.
"Across Wales, local Welsh Conservative councillors are working hard delivering for their communities.
"I'm delighted that more people than ever before will be able to vote for local champions that will deliver stronger, safer communities."
Whatever the issues are in their patch, you can rarely divorce local parties' electoral fortunes from the bigger political story across the UK.
How voters might see Boris Johnson's prime ministership in relation to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the continuing developments over Westminster parties held during Covid restrictions could be crucial.
The leader of Conservative Monmouthshire council even called for Mr Johnson to resign, a few months ago.
'Well-paid, long-term jobs'
Commenting on Thursday's local elections launch, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP said the UK Conservative government was "delivering for Wales, investing hundreds of millions of pounds into creating jobs, safeguarding community assets, and boosting infrastructure".
"Just last year, ten projects across Wales benefitted from more than £120m, including regenerating Aberystwyth's old college and marina, making visitor improvements at Haverfordwest Castle, and dualling part of the A4119 at Coed-Ely," he said.
"It is only by working together can we ensure that Wales bounces back from the pandemic, delivering well-paid, long-term jobs for everyone."
Wales will be electing councillors in each of its 22 local authorities next month.
There are also elections taking place in parts of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- POSTCODE SEARCH: Is there an election in my area?
- WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WALES: A really simple guide
- ELECTIONS ACROSS THE UK: Find out more |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-61008962?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | Council elections 2022: Welsh Conservatives launch campaign
- Published
The Welsh Conservatives will promise to build "stronger, safer communities", when they launch their local election campaign on Thursday.
At an event in Llandudno, party Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies will announce the Tories are fielding their highest number of candidates - 669 - on 5 May.
They were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections, in 2017, and have more to defend now.
Five years ago the Conservatives took majority control of Monmouthshire.
They have cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham and Conwy as well as Denbighshire, where they became the largest group in 2017.
They also became the biggest group of councillors in Vale of Glamorgan, leading the authority for two years.
But Labour returned to power there in 2019, as head of a coalition, after internal rows resulted in eight councillors, including six cabinet members, quitting the Tory group.
In the 2017 local elections, the Conservatives increased their number of councillors across 12 of Wales' 22 authorities, including notably better performances in Cardiff and Bridgend and raising their total number of Welsh council seats by 80 to 184.
On Thursday, Mr Davies will describe the last decade as one in which there has been "incredible growth in the number of Welsh Conservatives standing up for Wales at a local, Senedd and Westminster level".
"This year will see that expansion continue to thrive, with the Welsh Conservative fielding the most candidates ever at Welsh local elections," he will say.
"Across Wales, local Welsh Conservative councillors are working hard delivering for their communities.
"I'm delighted that more people than ever before will be able to vote for local champions that will deliver stronger, safer communities."
Whatever the issues are in their patch, you can rarely divorce local parties' electoral fortunes from the bigger political story across the UK.
How voters might see Boris Johnson's prime ministership in relation to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the continuing developments over Westminster parties held during Covid restrictions could be crucial.
The leader of Conservative Monmouthshire council even called for Mr Johnson to resign, a few months ago.
'Well-paid, long-term jobs'
Commenting on Thursday's local elections launch, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP said the UK Conservative government was "delivering for Wales, investing hundreds of millions of pounds into creating jobs, safeguarding community assets, and boosting infrastructure".
"Just last year, ten projects across Wales benefitted from more than £120m, including regenerating Aberystwyth's old college and marina, making visitor improvements at Haverfordwest Castle, and dualling part of the A4119 at Coed-Ely," he said.
"It is only by working together can we ensure that Wales bounces back from the pandemic, delivering well-paid, long-term jobs for everyone."
Wales will be electing councillors in each of its 22 local authorities next month.
There are also elections taking place in parts of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- POSTCODE SEARCH: Is there an election in my area?
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- ELECTIONS ACROSS THE UK: Find out more | 1 | 16,547 | 0.458658 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61203058 | 2022-04-24 22:13:17+00:00 | Local elections: Wales' last full week of council campaigning
By Cemlyn Davies
BBC Wales political reporter
- Published
As the final full week of campaigning for the local elections gets under way, Welsh political parties are ramping up their efforts to win votes.
Voting will take place in each of Wales' 22 local authorities on Thursday, 5 May with a total of 1,234 councillors to be elected.
For the first time at a council election level 16 and 17-year-olds are also eligible to vote.
Counting will take place the day after the elections rather than overnight.
'We are focusing on the issues which matter'
Despite losing more than 100 seats at the last council elections in 2017, Welsh Labour has the largest number of councillors heading into the elections and has majority control of seven local authorities.
The party, led by First Minister Mark Drakeford, is hoping to build on its strong performance at last year's Senedd election when it won half the seats in Cardiff Bay.
With 10 days to go until polling day, Mr Drakeford said: "As we enter the final days of the local government election campaign we are focusing on the issues which matter to the people - the cost of living crisis and creating a stronger, fairer and greener Wales.
"We will be speaking to people throughout Wales to earn every vote. You know what you get with a Welsh Labour councillor - they are standing on a clear set of Welsh values and will work hand in hand with Welsh government, Welsh Labour MSs in the Senedd and Welsh Labour MPs in Parliament.
"Tory politicians are more concerned about protecting the prime minister's position and reputation than they are about helping people with the cost of-living crisis.
"Our Welsh Labour Party is focused on returning as many Welsh Labour councillors as possible, for stronger communities."
'Our candidates have best plans for their areas'
Welsh Conservatives were the big winners in 2017, increasing their representation on more than half of Wales' councils and securing a majority in Monmouthshire.
Last year the party won its highest ever number of Senedd seats.
But these elections come at a difficult time for the Tories, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains under pressure over Covid rule-breaking in Downing Street.
"With only ten days to go, Welsh Conservative candidates are fighting hard to earn the votes of residents the length and breadth of the country," said Welsh Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies.
"Our candidates have the best plans for their own areas.
"They will build on the progress already made by Welsh Conservatives in local government - and undo the damage done by arrogant Labour, complacent Plaid and ineffective independents.
"These elections are about what is happening in your local area, the things that matter to you, and only the Welsh Conservatives have a plan to deliver safer and stronger communities," he added.
'Voting Plaid Cymru makes a difference'
Plaid Cymru go into the elections leading four councils, having made modest gains in 2017.
But a disappointing set of results for the party last May saw Plaid finish third at the Senedd election.
Since then, Plaid has reached a co-operation deal with Labour in Cardiff Bay, which has allowed it to get some of its policies through, including free school meals for all primary school children.
"Over the past few weeks local Plaid Cymru teams have been out day and night in communities across Wales with one message: voting Plaid Cymru makes a difference," said party leader Adam Price.
"Plaid Cymru councillors have a strong track record of standing side by side with people they represent - from running food banks to leading on the clean-up after floods.
"And over the past two years, Plaid Cymru's four council leaders and their teams have gone above and beyond to protect public health in their communities by ensuring children could continue to learn, businesses could continue to trade, and key services such as rubbish collections could continue to function," he said.
'People simply don't feel listened to'
The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost ground in 2017 but were pleased to hold on to their single Senedd seat last May.
Party leader Jane Dodds said: "These elections are an opportunity to send a message to councils that they can't afford to take people for granted any longer.
"Across Wales, we are finding that people simply don't feel listened to.
"We are going door to door to hear people's real concerns and making their priorities our priorities." |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-61008962?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA | Council elections 2022: Welsh Conservatives launch campaign
- Published
The Welsh Conservatives will promise to build "stronger, safer communities", when they launch their local election campaign on Thursday.
At an event in Llandudno, party Senedd leader Andrew RT Davies will announce the Tories are fielding their highest number of candidates - 669 - on 5 May.
They were the biggest gainers in the previous Welsh local elections, in 2017, and have more to defend now.
Five years ago the Conservatives took majority control of Monmouthshire.
They have cabinet members in ruling coalitions in Powys, Wrexham and Conwy as well as Denbighshire, where they became the largest group in 2017.
They also became the biggest group of councillors in Vale of Glamorgan, leading the authority for two years.
But Labour returned to power there in 2019, as head of a coalition, after internal rows resulted in eight councillors, including six cabinet members, quitting the Tory group.
In the 2017 local elections, the Conservatives increased their number of councillors across 12 of Wales' 22 authorities, including notably better performances in Cardiff and Bridgend and raising their total number of Welsh council seats by 80 to 184.
On Thursday, Mr Davies will describe the last decade as one in which there has been "incredible growth in the number of Welsh Conservatives standing up for Wales at a local, Senedd and Westminster level".
"This year will see that expansion continue to thrive, with the Welsh Conservative fielding the most candidates ever at Welsh local elections," he will say.
"Across Wales, local Welsh Conservative councillors are working hard delivering for their communities.
"I'm delighted that more people than ever before will be able to vote for local champions that will deliver stronger, safer communities."
Whatever the issues are in their patch, you can rarely divorce local parties' electoral fortunes from the bigger political story across the UK.
How voters might see Boris Johnson's prime ministership in relation to the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the continuing developments over Westminster parties held during Covid restrictions could be crucial.
The leader of Conservative Monmouthshire council even called for Mr Johnson to resign, a few months ago.
'Well-paid, long-term jobs'
Commenting on Thursday's local elections launch, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart MP said the UK Conservative government was "delivering for Wales, investing hundreds of millions of pounds into creating jobs, safeguarding community assets, and boosting infrastructure".
"Just last year, ten projects across Wales benefitted from more than £120m, including regenerating Aberystwyth's old college and marina, making visitor improvements at Haverfordwest Castle, and dualling part of the A4119 at Coed-Ely," he said.
"It is only by working together can we ensure that Wales bounces back from the pandemic, delivering well-paid, long-term jobs for everyone."
Wales will be electing councillors in each of its 22 local authorities next month.
There are also elections taking place in parts of England, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- POSTCODE SEARCH: Is there an election in my area?
- WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WALES: A really simple guide
- ELECTIONS ACROSS THE UK: Find out more | 2 | 17,715 | 0.458658 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-61203058 | 2022-04-24 22:21:47+00:00 | Local elections: Wales' last full week of council campaigning
By Cemlyn Davies
BBC Wales political reporter
- Published
As the final full week of campaigning for the local elections gets under way, Welsh political parties are ramping up their efforts to win votes.
Voting will take place in each of Wales' 22 local authorities on Thursday, 5 May with a total of 1,234 councillors to be elected.
For the first time at a council election level 16 and 17-year-olds are also eligible to vote.
Counting will take place the day after the elections rather than overnight.
'We are focusing on the issues which matter'
Despite losing more than 100 seats at the last council elections in 2017, Welsh Labour has the largest number of councillors heading into the elections and has majority control of seven local authorities.
The party, led by First Minister Mark Drakeford, is hoping to build on its strong performance at last year's Senedd election when it won half the seats in Cardiff Bay.
With 10 days to go until polling day, Mr Drakeford said: "As we enter the final days of the local government election campaign we are focusing on the issues which matter to the people - the cost of living crisis and creating a stronger, fairer and greener Wales.
"We will be speaking to people throughout Wales to earn every vote. You know what you get with a Welsh Labour councillor - they are standing on a clear set of Welsh values and will work hand in hand with Welsh government, Welsh Labour MSs in the Senedd and Welsh Labour MPs in Parliament.
"Tory politicians are more concerned about protecting the prime minister's position and reputation than they are about helping people with the cost of-living crisis.
"Our Welsh Labour Party is focused on returning as many Welsh Labour councillors as possible, for stronger communities."
'Our candidates have best plans for their areas'
Welsh Conservatives were the big winners in 2017, increasing their representation on more than half of Wales' councils and securing a majority in Monmouthshire.
Last year the party won its highest ever number of Senedd seats.
But these elections come at a difficult time for the Tories, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains under pressure over Covid rule-breaking in Downing Street.
"With only ten days to go, Welsh Conservative candidates are fighting hard to earn the votes of residents the length and breadth of the country," said Welsh Conservative Senedd group leader Andrew RT Davies.
"Our candidates have the best plans for their own areas.
"They will build on the progress already made by Welsh Conservatives in local government - and undo the damage done by arrogant Labour, complacent Plaid and ineffective independents.
"These elections are about what is happening in your local area, the things that matter to you, and only the Welsh Conservatives have a plan to deliver safer and stronger communities," he added.
'Voting Plaid Cymru makes a difference'
Plaid Cymru go into the elections leading four councils, having made modest gains in 2017.
But a disappointing set of results for the party last May saw Plaid finish third at the Senedd election.
Since then, Plaid has reached a co-operation deal with Labour in Cardiff Bay, which has allowed it to get some of its policies through, including free school meals for all primary school children.
"Over the past few weeks local Plaid Cymru teams have been out day and night in communities across Wales with one message: voting Plaid Cymru makes a difference," said party leader Adam Price.
"Plaid Cymru councillors have a strong track record of standing side by side with people they represent - from running food banks to leading on the clean-up after floods.
"And over the past two years, Plaid Cymru's four council leaders and their teams have gone above and beyond to protect public health in their communities by ensuring children could continue to learn, businesses could continue to trade, and key services such as rubbish collections could continue to function," he said.
'People simply don't feel listened to'
The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost ground in 2017 but were pleased to hold on to their single Senedd seat last May.
Party leader Jane Dodds said: "These elections are an opportunity to send a message to councils that they can't afford to take people for granted any longer.
"Across Wales, we are finding that people simply don't feel listened to.
"We are going door to door to hear people's real concerns and making their priorities our priorities." |
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Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. | 0 | 12,464 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17062451.php | 2022-04-06 21:16:03+00:00 | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. |
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17062451.php | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. | 1 | 13,792 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17062451.php | 2022-04-06 21:21:55+00:00 | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. |
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17062451.php | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. | 2 | 15,069 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17062451.php | 2022-04-06 21:26:34+00:00 | WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Swift Current 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
Spokane 4 Vancouver 1
Tuesday's results
Brandon 5 Regina 4
Saskatoon 4 Medicine Hat 0
Kelowna 1 Prince George 0 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Edmonton, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7 p.m.
Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Kelowna, 4:05 p.m.
Everett at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. |
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 0 | 31,680 | 0 | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | 2022-04-06 22:37:30+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. |
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 1 | 31,685 | 0 | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | 2022-04-06 22:37:31+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. |
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. | 2 | 31,872 | 0 | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-17062567.php | 2022-04-06 22:38:20+00:00 | WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said. |
https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/06/i-see-barren-fields-ukrainian-civil-society-leaders-discuss-wartime-agriculture-disruptions/ | ‘I see barren fields’: Ukrainian Civil Society leaders discuss wartime agriculture disruptions
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
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Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. |
https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/06/i-see-barren-fields-ukrainian-civil-society-leaders-discuss-wartime-agriculture-disruptions/ | ‘I see barren fields’: Ukrainian Civil Society leaders discuss wartime agriculture disruptions
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
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Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. |
https://www.1011now.com/2022/04/06/i-see-barren-fields-ukrainian-civil-society-leaders-discuss-wartime-agriculture-disruptions/ | ‘I see barren fields’: Ukrainian Civil Society leaders discuss wartime agriculture disruptions
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
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Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine is one of the top exporters of grain in the world.
The ongoing war is expected to cut trade drastically. Some economists fear the war will disrupt the global food chain, leading to famine in parts of the East and higher domestic commodity costs.
“Ukraine basically exports to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who told Gray DC his department is monitoring the situation. “These are developing countries. These are countries that rely a great deal on that wheat supply to be able to feed their people.”
Wheat growers in the U.S are already facing high operating costs and drought conditions. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says it’s unlikely the U.S will be able to fill any gap that might be created by the war.
“Even if America does everything we can to grow more wheat, it’s not going to be enough to replace what comes through the Black Sea right now,” said Marshall.
During a Wednesday press conference, Marshall and fellow GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the issue with members of the Ukrainian Civil Society.
Ukrainian Military volunteer Maria Berlinska says Russia is using food as a quiet weapon, starving residents into submission and targeting farmland and agriculture infrastructure.
“We have less and less fields, and we have less and less opportunities,” said Berlinska.
During the discussion, she pleaded for additional aid in the form of weapons, sanctions, and international pressure on Russia.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. |
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/state-news/dec-proposes-changes-to-wild-turkey-hunting-regulations/ | NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations.
The suggested changes were announced by DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on April 5 in an effort to give hunters more turkey hunting opportunities. If enacted one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
Commissioner Seggos highlighted the positive impacts the hunting season has on the environment.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Commissioner Seggos said. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across New York state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5. | 0 | 26,725 | 0 | https://www.informnny.com/abc50-now/dec-proposes-changes-to-wild-turkey-hunting-regulations/ | 2022-04-06 22:16:16+00:00 | NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations.
The suggested changes were announced by DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on April 5 in an effort to give hunters more turkey hunting opportunities. If enacted one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
Commissioner Seggos highlighted the positive impacts the hunting season has on the environment.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Commissioner Seggos said. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across New York state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5. |
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/state-news/dec-proposes-changes-to-wild-turkey-hunting-regulations/ | NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations.
The suggested changes were announced by DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on April 5 in an effort to give hunters more turkey hunting opportunities. If enacted one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
Commissioner Seggos highlighted the positive impacts the hunting season has on the environment.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Commissioner Seggos said. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across New York state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5. | 1 | 31,235 | 0.11196 | https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/dec-proposes-changes-to-wild-turkey-hunting-regulations/ | 2022-04-06 22:35:31+00:00 | NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations in an effort to give hunters more opportunities. If enacted, one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” said Seggos. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across the state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5. |
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/state-news/dec-proposes-changes-to-wild-turkey-hunting-regulations/ | NEW YORK (WWTI) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed changes to wild turkey hunting regulations.
The suggested changes were announced by DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on April 5 in an effort to give hunters more turkey hunting opportunities. If enacted one of the proposals would establish a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023, with a season limit of one bearded bird.
Commissioner Seggos highlighted the positive impacts the hunting season has on the environment.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Commissioner Seggos said. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premiere destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
According to the DEC, the existence of wild turkeys on Long Island is a relatively recent phenomenon, with populations growing to more than 3,000 birds. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island was a five-day fall season in 2009 with a one-bird bag limit.
After DEC established the season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season, turkey populations in the area continued to increase. Their populations can now reportedly support additional hunting opportunities in the form of a spring season from May 1 through May 31 with a bag limit of one bearded bird.
Additionally, the DEC proposed a change that is scheduled to take effect in the fall that would affect hunters statewide. The proposal would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting across New York state, to account for advances in shotshell technology.
Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to humanely harvest a turkey. Recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron, or bismuth.
According to the DEC, these heavier shot types, sometimes referred to as “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to humanely harvest a turkey. In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed changes by emailing their thoughts to wildliferegs@dec.ny.gov with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line or by mail to Joshua Stiller at NYSDEC at 625 Broadway in Albany before June 5. | 2 | 63,412 | 0.260054 | https://www.danspapers.com/2022/04/dec-spring-wild-turkey-hunting-season/ | 2022-04-09 03:06:52+00:00 | Springtime might get a lot worse for the East End wild turkey population. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed new changes to wild turkey hunting regulations this week, including adding a spring hunting season for the birds in Suffolk County.
If adopted, the spring season would begin in 2023 and last the entire month of May each year. Hunters would be limited to shooting one bearded bird per season.
On Wednesday, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the proposed changes, which would expand turkey hunting opportunities locally and statewide, starting later this year, after the month of May, so the proposed spring season would already be over for 2022.
“Wild turkey restoration is one of the greatest success stories of modern wildlife conservation,” Seggos explains in a statement about the changes. “In New York, DEC’s management and protection of wild turkeys has allowed the birds to maintain self-sustaining populations in all suitable habitats of the state. This regulation change would expand hunting downstate, ensuring New York remains a premier destination for turkey hunters in the Northeast.”
A relatively recent addition to Long Island, wild turkey populations have grown to more than 3,000 birds, according to the DEC. The first turkey hunting season on Long Island lasted five days in fall of 2009 with a one-bird bag limit. After the DEC established that season and, later, a two-day youth-only spring season (for kids 12–15 in April), turkey populations in the area continued to proliferate. The DEC says these thriving turkey populations can now support additional hunting opportunities, including this proposed spring season, from May 1 through May 31.
In additional to the new season in Suffolk, another proposal, scheduled to take effect this fall, would change the minimum shot size from #8 to #9 for turkey hunting statewide to account for advances in shotshell technology. Previously, shot sizes smaller than #8 were prohibited because they lacked the kinetic energy downrange to kill a turkey without undue suffering, but recent advances in shotshell technology use heavier metals such as tungsten alloy, tungsten-iron or bismuth, the DEC reports. These heavier shot types, sometimes called “Tungsten Super Shot” or “TSS,” maintain enough energy to, as the DEC describes it, “humanely harvest a turkey.” In terms of kinetic energy, #9 tungsten can have the same weight as #5 lead shot and achieve a higher pellet count.
The DEC is hearing public comment on these regulatory proposals through June 5. New Yorkers can send comments via email to [email protected] with “Proposed Turkey Regulations” in the subject line, or by mail to Joshua Stiller, NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4754.
For more information, visit the DEC proposed regulations page. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. | 0 | 24,083 | 0 | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | 2022-04-06 22:04:11+00:00 | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. | 1 | 25,531 | 0 | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | 2022-04-06 22:11:10+00:00 | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. | 2 | 25,822 | 0 | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/NC-college-removes-name-of-white-supremacist-from-17062573.php | 2022-04-06 22:12:38+00:00 | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina women's college announced on Wednesday that it is renaming a building named after a white supremacist who supported unequal funding for schools based on race.
The board of trustees of Meredith College in Raleigh voted at a meeting last month to rename Joyner Hall after finding out about the background of James Yadkin Joyner, according to an announcement on its web page.
“We know some may disagree with the Board’s decision, but the ongoing harm done by Joyner’s initiative makes it untenable to continue to honor him – especially as an educator,” the announcement said.
The move is part of Meredith's Initiative on Anti-Racism. Nearly two years ago, the board joined historians, researchers, diversity consultants, and representative faculty, staff, and alumnae to begin a review of building names on Meredith’s campus, which was built in 1925-26.
In addition to the renaming of Joyner Hall, the Board endorsed placing signs with QR codes on each campus building to provide historical context about all of the individuals for whom the buildings are currently named.
Campus buildings at UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University are also named for Joyner. |
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Nebraska-weighs-bill-to-ban-abortion-if-court-17062542.php | LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would immediately ban abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure under a bill that sharply divided lawmakers on Wednesday.
Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Nebraska-weighs-bill-to-ban-abortion-if-court-17062542.php | LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would immediately ban abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure under a bill that sharply divided lawmakers on Wednesday.
Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Nebraska-weighs-bill-to-ban-abortion-if-court-17062542.php | LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would immediately ban abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure under a bill that sharply divided lawmakers on Wednesday.
Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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Follow Grant Schulte on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrantSchulte | 2 | 19,572 | 0 | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Nebraska-weighs-bill-to-ban-abortion-if-court-17062542.php | 2022-04-06 21:46:22+00:00 | LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would immediately ban abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure under a bill that sharply divided lawmakers on Wednesday.
Lawmakers remained stuck on the measure and weren't expected to take the first of three required votes on it until later Wednesday evening. If it passes, Nebraska would become the 14th state nationally to enact a so-called trigger law.
Supporters of the measure said it would ensure that Nebraska is among the first states to outlaw abortion if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that allowed the procedure.
“This is about ensuring our most precious and vulnerable people, the preborn, are protected,” said Sen. Joni Albrecht, the bill's lead sponsor.
Opponents slammed the measure as an intrusion on women's ability to make personal medical decisions.
“What are you all thinking?" asked Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln. “I have a daughter, she's 25 years old, and you all are not invited into her medical examination appointments."
The debate comes ahead of an expected June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks or pregnancy. The court's 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, allows state to regulate but not ban abortions up to the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
Nebraska became the first state to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy in 2010, and the state outlawed a second-trimester abortion procedure in 2020 despite fervent protests from abortion-rights supporters.
The latest measure faces a tougher path, however, because of the current political make-up of Nebraska’s one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature.
At least 33 votes are required to overcome a filibuster and force a vote on the bill. Republicans in the Legislature hold 32 seats and Democrats have 17. One Democratic lawmaker also typically opposes abortion, but he’s offset by a Republican who has voted in favor of abortion rights in recent years.
Another Republican lawmaker, state Sen. Robert Hilkemann, a retired Omaha doctor, said he was uncomfortable with parts of the measure that could expose physicians to felony charges in a situation where they end up terminating a pregnancy.
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https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/West-teams-in-Boston-to-decide-NCAA-Frozen-Four-17062575.php | BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/West-teams-in-Boston-to-decide-NCAA-Frozen-Four-17062575.php | BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 1 | 36,102 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/West-teams-in-Boston-to-decide-NCAA-Frozen-Four-17062575.php | 2022-04-06 22:57:42+00:00 | BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/West-teams-in-Boston-to-decide-NCAA-Frozen-Four-17062575.php | BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars -- or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver's semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation's leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. "They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, "and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation's top goalie.
McKay's 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL's 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State's 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship.
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More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2 | 127,602 | 0.031718 | https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2022/04/07/ncaa-frozen-four-in-boston-a-clash-of-the-midwest-and-west/ | 2022-04-07 19:26:30+00:00 | BOSTON (AP) — Denver’s only other trip East this season didn’t turn out too well, with losses to Boston College and Providence before the long flight back home.
Now back for this weekend’s Frozen Four, the Pioneers don’t have to worry about the Eagles or Friars — or any Eastern teams at all. Four schools from conferences in the Midwest and West will compete for the NCAA hockey championship at the home of the Boston Bruins.
It’s the first time since 2011 that the East has been without a representative at the Frozen Four.
“There’s good teams in every conference,” Pioneers forward Bobby Brink said on Wednesday, a day before Denver’s semifinal matchup with Michigan. “I wouldn’t say there’s really a divide; we don’t really look at (it that way). Maybe some people do.”
This weekend it will be hard to ignore, with the Pioneers and Wolverines followed by Minnesota State and Minnesota. All three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award — including Brink, the nation’s leading scorer — are in Boston and from western teams.
Only one team in this year’s Elite Eight, Quinnipiac, was from the East. There were two last year, when UMass won it all in a Frozen Four that featured three Minnesota teams.
“And we weren’t one of them,” Minnesota Gophers coach Bob Motzko said. “They were going to enjoy that, with us not being there. If you’re going to pick on one team, they’re going to pick on the Gophers, I can tell you that.
“We got our shot this year,” he said, “and we’re back in it with them.
OPENING UP
Minnesota State reached the Frozen Four last year, losing in the semifinals to St. Cloud State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins was capped at 25% of capacity.
“There was a decent amount of fans, but it’s not going to be like what we’re expecting this year,” Mavericks forward Nathan Smith said. “Hopefully, the place is pretty loud and we’ll try to use that energy to our advantage.”
Minnesota State has won its conference five straight seasons but missed out on a trip to the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the pandemic.
“Now everybody gets to experience it,” coach Mike Hastings said. “Hopefully, we’ve turned that page to a book we’re never going to go back and read again.”
HOCKEY HEISMAN
Minnesota State goalie Dryden McKay and Minnesota forward Ben Meyers are the other Hobey Baker finalists. McKay is in the final three for the second straight year; he is also in the running again for the Mike Richter Award that goes to the nation’s top goalie.
McKay’s 37 wins is an NCAA record, and his 34 career shutouts are also the most ever.
Myers scored six goals with nine assists in just seven games after returning from the Olympics, with an overtime goal and three assists in the Worcester Regional. He was the No. 2 American in scoring in Beijing, with four points in four games.
Brink, a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers, had 14 goals and 42 assists to lead the nation.
TITLE TALLY
The four schools have won a combined 22 national championships, the most for a Frozen Four field. Michigan has won nine — its last in 1998 in Boston. Denver has eight, winning the first of back-to-back titles at this building in 2004; Minnesota won in 1974 at the old Boston Garden. Minnesota State, which lost in the national semifinal last year, is looking for its first title.
Wolverines forward Mike Pastujov said the team watched film of the 1998 win.
“Seeing the emotion that they play with, the raw emotion that college hockey brings to the ice, it brings a lot of pride to Michigan.” he said. “We’re looking to follow in their footsteps and get it done in Boston.”
BY THE NUMBERS
There are 41 NHL draft picks in the field; last year, the number was 18. Minnesota leads with 14. Nine of them are first-rounders, including seven from Michigan. Twenty-five of the NHL’s 32 teams have at least one prospect in the tournament.
The teams are the top four in the NCAA in scoring, with Denver averaging 4.3 goals per game, followed by Minnesota State (4.1), Michigan (4.0) and Minnesota (3.6).
Minnesota State’s 37 wins are the most in the country. Only two schools have won more games in a season, and both went on to win the national championship. |
https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. | 0 | 33,059 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | 2022-04-06 22:43:46+00:00 | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. |
https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. | 1 | 35,281 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | 2022-04-06 22:54:03+00:00 | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. |
https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. | 2 | 35,650 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Mmoh-Kyrgios-advance-US-Men-s-Clay-Court-17062644.php | 2022-04-06 22:55:43+00:00 | Houston (AP) — Michael Mmoh beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Wednesday.
Mmoh, who had a bye into the second round after No. 1 seed Casper Ruud dropped out because of a wisdom tooth problem, advanced to a tour-level quarterfinal for the third time in his career.
Querrey, who has reached the final in Houston twice, was defeated after advancing to the quarterfinals of this tournament in five of the previous six seasons.
In other singles action Wednesday, Nick Kyrgios beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2 to reach his first tour-level quarterfinal since doing it at this tournament in 2018. It’s the second time he’s advanced to a quarterfinal this season. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10693857/Six-days-week-mail-delivery-saved-Biden-signs-Postal-bill.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
"The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America," Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, "often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach."
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy´s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Annette Taylor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a "death spiral" that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers´ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years - an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had "stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees´ actual health care costs that aren´t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
"In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail," Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. "These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements."
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside - for now - were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency´s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service´s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices´ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
"Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden talks talks with Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. At left is Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy talks after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden smiles after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Annette Taylor, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., poses for a photo after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | 0 | 40,385 | 0.19498 | https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/nation/story/2022-04-06/six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-biden-signs-postal-bill | 2022-04-06 23:18:40+00:00 | Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill
A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency’s financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can’t or won’t or aren’t required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency’s red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service’s finances almost to the breaking point.”
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency’s progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation,” Biden said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
"The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America," Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, "often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach."
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy´s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Annette Taylor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a "death spiral" that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers´ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years - an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had "stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees´ actual health care costs that aren´t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
"In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail," Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. "These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements."
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside - for now - were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency´s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service´s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices´ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
"Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden talks talks with Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. At left is Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy talks after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden smiles after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Annette Taylor, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., poses for a photo after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | 1 | 8,882 | 0.196073 | https://www.walb.com/2022/04/06/six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-biden-signs-postal-bill/ | 2022-04-08 21:31:46+00:00 | Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency’s financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can’t or won’t or aren’t required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency’s red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service’s finances almost to the breaking point.”
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency’s progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation,” Biden said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency's financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
"The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America," Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, "often to parts of the country that private carriers can't or won't or aren't required to reach."
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy´s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Annette Taylor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a "death spiral" that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency's red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers´ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years - an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had "stretched the Postal Service's finances almost to the breaking point."
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees´ actual health care costs that aren´t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
"In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail," Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. "These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements."
To measure the agency's progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside - for now - were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency´s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service´s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices´ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
"Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation," Biden said.
President Joe Biden signs the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden talks talks with Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. At left is Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy talks after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden smiles after signing the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Watching from left are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Annette Taylor, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., poses for a photo after President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making. It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | 2 | 9,895 | 0.196073 | https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/04/06/six-days-a-week-mail-delivery-saved-biden-signs-postal-bill/ | 2022-04-08 21:36:43+00:00 | Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service meant to shore up the popular but beleaguered agency’s financial future and cement six-days-a-week mail delivery was signed into law Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Officials had repeatedly warned that without congressional action, the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
“The Postal Service is central to our economy and essential to rural America,” Biden said. He added that mailmen and women deliver 4 million prescriptions per day, along with letters, consumer goods and even live animals, “often to parts of the country that private carriers can’t or won’t or aren’t required to reach.”
The final legislation achieved rare, bipartisan support by scrapping some of the more controversial proposals and settling on core ways to save the service. Delivering the mail is among the most popular things the government does, with 91% of Americans having a favorable opinion of the Postal Service, according to a Pew Research Center poll released in 2020.
The bill signing came the same day the Postal Service announced it plans to raise rates effective July 10. Under the proposal submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of a first-class Forever stamp would increase by 2 cents to 60 cents.
The Postal Service said the increase, which is less than the annual rate of inflation, will help the agency implement Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to stabilize agency finances.
Lawmakers from both parties attended the signing ceremony and the mood was jovial, a big improvement from Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran previously saying the service was in a “death spiral” that was particularly hard on rural Americans.
The Postal Service Reform Act lifts budget requirements that have contributed to the agency’s red ink, and spells out that mail must be delivered six days a week, except for federal holidays, natural disasters and some other situations.
Postage sales and other services were supposed to sustain the Postal Service, but it has suffered 14 straight years of losses. Growing worker compensation and benefit costs, plus steady declines in mail volume, have exacerbated losses, even as the service delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.
The new law ends a requirement that the Postal Service finance workers’ health care benefits ahead of time for the next 75 years — an obligation that private companies and federal agencies do not face. Biden said that rule had “stretched the Postal Service’s finances almost to the breaking point.”
Now, future retirees will enroll in Medicare, while other health plans and the Postal Service cover only current retirees’ actual health care costs that aren’t paid for by the federal health insurance program for older people,
“In recent years we saw how unfair policies forced this treasured institution to cut costs and delayed the delivery of medication, financial documents and other critical mail,” Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who helped write the legislation, said in a statement. “These long overdue reforms will undo these burdensome financial requirements.”
To measure the agency’s progress in improving its service, the law requires it to set up an online dashboard that would be searchable by ZIP code to show how long it takes to deliver letters and packages.
Dropped from the package as it neared actual legislation were efforts to cut back mail delivery. Also set aside — for now — were other proposals that have been floated over the years to change operations, including to privatize some services.
Criticism of the Postal Service peaked in 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the presidential election, as cutbacks delayed service at a time when millions of Americans were relying on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. Then-President Donald Trump acknowledged he was trying to financially pinch the service to limit its processing ability for an expected surge of mail-in ballots, which he worried could cost him the election he eventually lost.
Dominated by Trump appointees, the agency’s board of governors had tapped DeJoy, a major GOP donor, as postmaster general. He proposed a 10-year plan to stabilize the service’s finances with steps like additional mail slowdowns, cuts in some offices’ hours and perhaps higher rates.
Biden said Wednesday that more needs to be done to reform the Postal Service, including investing in an electrified vehicle fleet that could save money while helping combat climate change. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is examining a Postal Service contract to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks with a mix of gas and electric vehicles, which the Environmental Protection Agency and Democratic lawmakers argue has too few electric vehicles.
“Today we enshrine into law our recognition that the Postal Service is fundamental to our economy, to our democracy, to our health and the very sense of who we are as a nation,” Biden said.
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https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-17062588.php | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
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The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 | 0 | 123,288 | 0 | https://www.wthitv.com/news/illinois-democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-days-left/article_ade4df84-b682-11ec-909d-af9d66a75a6f.html | 2022-04-07 19:08:55+00:00 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don’t want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
___
The House Democrats’ inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 |
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-17062588.php | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
___
The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 | 1 | 25,632 | 0 | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-17062588.php | 2022-04-06 22:11:47+00:00 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
___
The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 |
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-17062588.php | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
___
The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 | 2 | 26,183 | 0 | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Democrats-compete-for-best-tax-relief-plan-with-2-17062588.php | 2022-04-06 22:13:47+00:00 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois is in the rare position of having a surplus in its bank account, which has meant Democrats who control the Legislature are competing in an election-year contest over who can give the most back to taxpayers.
House Democrats popped a budget proposal Wednesday that offers $1.35 billion essentially in refunds to taxpayers, an 40% enhancement of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Family Relief Plan.” Not to be outdone, Senate Democrats late last week, leaning on the Capitol catch-phrase this spring, “higher than expected revenue,” put up a plan to put $1.8 billion back in voters’ pockets.
With just two days remaining in the scheduled session, legislators picked up the pace in substantive areas as well. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart visited the Capitol to advance a proposal to stem a spate of carjacking crimes in the nation’s third-largest city. The proposal would push automakers create a database accessible by law enforcement to track stolen cars by GPS, but progress has been slow.
“I told them at the beginning, I am not going to sit and wait while people are having guns put to their heads,” Dart said.
The Democratic governor in February introduced a budget that attempts to relieve the pressure from 7% annual inflation. His $970 million proposal would lift sales tax on groceries for a year, freeze a cost-of-living increase in motor fuel tax and offer a property tax rebate.
The House plan would add more than $383 million in a permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a credit to low- and moderate-income earners which they can apply to lower their tax liablity; and an additional $100 rebate in the coming year for each EITC filer, plus $50 for each child. To ease spending by city hall, $100 million would be added to state revenue-sharing with local governments.
“This plan is responsible. It’s balanced. It targets those who need the help the most during these times of high inflation,” said House Revenue Committee Chairman Michael Zalewski, a Riverside Democrat.
With critical funding finally available for long-delayed capital construction work, transportation proponents oppose Pritzker’s plan to freeze the motor fuel tax at 39.2 cents when it was changed in 2019 to index it to inflation. Zalewski said the House plan would freeze the increase but replace the $135 million in the road-building fund from money set aside to clean up leaking underground fuel-storage tanks.
The House Democrats are also proposing $250 million in new spending for public safety, including $124 million to local police agencies for body cameras, automatic license plate readers, non-lethal equipment such as stun-guns and more, said Deputy Majority Leader Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria.
Pritzker later said he is still reviewing the plan, but that it appears to have “adhered to my goals of achieving a fiscally responsible balanced budget and delivering tax relief to families that need it most.”
Rep. Martin Moylan of Des Plaines and Tinley Park Sen. Michael Hastings, both Democrats, are sponsoring the carjacking plan, which came a day after other measures were introduced to toughen penalties for the crime, particularly for adults who recruit juveniles for the task.
Since 2019, Chicago carjackings have increased in the neighborhood of 200%. The 2,060 seen in Cook County in 2021 were more than New York and Los Angeles combined, Dart said.
Cars manufactured since 2015 have been outfitted with the necessary technology, but Dart said often, automakers put up proprietary, legal or privacy reasons for denying access to the data, even when the car’s owner requests the tracking.
Proponents agree a federal approach would be preferable, but they don't want to wait.
“We want to make sure that law enforcement officials have all the tools necessary to attack this problem,” Hastings said.
___
The House Democrats' inflation-relief bill is HB1497, their budget is HB969. The carjacking bill is SB4205 |
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-welcomes-first-latino-to-serve-on-the-airport-commission/ | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swore in the first Latino member of the Airport Commission, the five-member body in charge of establishing the Airport’s policies.
Jose Fuentes Almansa will join the commission, an enterprise department of the City, that oversees construction, management, maintenance, extension, and operational use decisions, in addition to the financial assets of the airport.
“I am excited to have San Francisco native Jose Fuentes Almanza become the first Latino in our city’s history to serve on the Airport Commission,” said Mayor Breed. “His passion for San Francisco and longtime work advocating for IBEW Local 6 workers will bring a diverse perspective to this already well-respected Commission. I am confident that his commitment to working families will help steer equitable policies for one of the most well-known airports in the world.”
Almanza was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District and currently serves as a Business Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6. In his role, Almanza represents the Union’s private sector electrical workers and, since 2012, has been a Labor Trustee for IBEW Local 6’s Health and Welfare Plan.
“I’m thankful and honored for the opportunity to serve the citizens of our great city on the Commission of our world-class airport,” said Almanza. “San Francisco’s rich diversity is a big reason why so many people fly into our Airport and visit our city. I look forward to bringing my lived experience as a Latino-American and representative of working families to this Commission and to all decisions that will help shape the future of SFO.”
Jose Fuentes Almanza graduated from Balboa High School and later entered the San Francisco Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s Electrical Apprenticeship Program in 2000. He is the son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorian mother and currently resides in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood with his wife and their son.
“As a lifelong San Franciscan, proud father, and skilled and trained electrician of over 22 years, Jose brings a well-rounded perspective to this important Commission. Jose’s lived experience and professional background will promote equity, inclusion, and stewardship of this important economic engine for our collective recovery as a region,” said Rudy Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades. | 0 | 87,588 | 0.317455 | https://www.sfexaminer.com/faces/first-latino-member-of-s-f-airport-commision-takes-office/ | 2022-04-06 05:49:59+00:00 | San Francisco Mayor London Breed has sworn in the first Latino member of the Airport Commission, her office announced on Monday.
Jose Fuentes Almanza was appointed to the five-member body charged with establishing the airport’s policies. The commission oversees construction, management, maintenance, extension and operational base decisions and financial aspects of the San Francisco International Airport, also known as SFO.
Almanza is an San Francisco native, born and raised in the Mission District, according to the mayor’s office. Currently, he serves as a business representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6. Almanza represents the union’s private sector electrical workers.
“San Francisco’s rich diversity is a big reason why so many people fly into our airport,” said Almanza. “I look forward to bringing my lived experience as a Latino-American and representative of working families to this commission and to all decisions that will help shape the future of SFO.”
Almanza graduated from Balboa High School and entered the San Francisco Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s electrical apprenticeship program in 2000. He is the son of a Mexican father and an El Salvadorian mother. He currently lives in the Parkside neighborhood with his wife and their son, according to the mayor’s office. |
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-welcomes-first-latino-to-serve-on-the-airport-commission/ | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swore in the first Latino member of the Airport Commission, the five-member body in charge of establishing the Airport’s policies.
Jose Fuentes Almansa will join the commission, an enterprise department of the City, that oversees construction, management, maintenance, extension, and operational use decisions, in addition to the financial assets of the airport.
“I am excited to have San Francisco native Jose Fuentes Almanza become the first Latino in our city’s history to serve on the Airport Commission,” said Mayor Breed. “His passion for San Francisco and longtime work advocating for IBEW Local 6 workers will bring a diverse perspective to this already well-respected Commission. I am confident that his commitment to working families will help steer equitable policies for one of the most well-known airports in the world.”
Almanza was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District and currently serves as a Business Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6. In his role, Almanza represents the Union’s private sector electrical workers and, since 2012, has been a Labor Trustee for IBEW Local 6’s Health and Welfare Plan.
“I’m thankful and honored for the opportunity to serve the citizens of our great city on the Commission of our world-class airport,” said Almanza. “San Francisco’s rich diversity is a big reason why so many people fly into our Airport and visit our city. I look forward to bringing my lived experience as a Latino-American and representative of working families to this Commission and to all decisions that will help shape the future of SFO.”
Jose Fuentes Almanza graduated from Balboa High School and later entered the San Francisco Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s Electrical Apprenticeship Program in 2000. He is the son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorian mother and currently resides in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood with his wife and their son.
“As a lifelong San Franciscan, proud father, and skilled and trained electrician of over 22 years, Jose brings a well-rounded perspective to this important Commission. Jose’s lived experience and professional background will promote equity, inclusion, and stewardship of this important economic engine for our collective recovery as a region,” said Rudy Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades. | 1 | 114,869 | 0.737585 | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2564938650333/bay-area-headlines-wednesday-4-6-22 | 2022-04-10 05:10:24+00:00 | Bay Area Headlines: Wednesday, 4/6/22
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https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-welcomes-first-latino-to-serve-on-the-airport-commission/ | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed swore in the first Latino member of the Airport Commission, the five-member body in charge of establishing the Airport’s policies.
Jose Fuentes Almansa will join the commission, an enterprise department of the City, that oversees construction, management, maintenance, extension, and operational use decisions, in addition to the financial assets of the airport.
“I am excited to have San Francisco native Jose Fuentes Almanza become the first Latino in our city’s history to serve on the Airport Commission,” said Mayor Breed. “His passion for San Francisco and longtime work advocating for IBEW Local 6 workers will bring a diverse perspective to this already well-respected Commission. I am confident that his commitment to working families will help steer equitable policies for one of the most well-known airports in the world.”
Almanza was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District and currently serves as a Business Representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6. In his role, Almanza represents the Union’s private sector electrical workers and, since 2012, has been a Labor Trustee for IBEW Local 6’s Health and Welfare Plan.
“I’m thankful and honored for the opportunity to serve the citizens of our great city on the Commission of our world-class airport,” said Almanza. “San Francisco’s rich diversity is a big reason why so many people fly into our Airport and visit our city. I look forward to bringing my lived experience as a Latino-American and representative of working families to this Commission and to all decisions that will help shape the future of SFO.”
Jose Fuentes Almanza graduated from Balboa High School and later entered the San Francisco Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee’s Electrical Apprenticeship Program in 2000. He is the son of a Mexican father and El Salvadorian mother and currently resides in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood with his wife and their son.
“As a lifelong San Franciscan, proud father, and skilled and trained electrician of over 22 years, Jose brings a well-rounded perspective to this important Commission. Jose’s lived experience and professional background will promote equity, inclusion, and stewardship of this important economic engine for our collective recovery as a region,” said Rudy Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades. | 2 | 17,311 | 0.902506 | https://pasoroblesdailynews.com/paso-robles-airport-commission-seeking-new-members-2/150426/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paso-robles-airport-commission-seeking-new-members-2 | 2022-09-08 03:43:24+00:00 | Paso Robles Airport Commission seeking new members
City accepting applications until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30
– The City of Paso Robles is seeking applicants for openings on the Paso Robles Airport Commission. The city will accept applications until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.
The commission serves the Paso Robles City Council as a means to aid the council in gathering public input on the operation and future development of the Paso Robles Airport, by providing advice to the council, and by making decisions in those areas delegated by the council.
Applicants must qualify as either an “Airport Stakeholder” or a “Community Resource,” as defined by the commission bylaws. Commission authority and responsibilities are also defined. Commissioners are appointed to three-year terms after an interview by the council. Additional information and the application form are available on the airport website or at Paso Robles City Hall at 1000 Spring Street, Paso Robles.
For more information, contact Airport Manager Mark Scandalis at (805) 237-3877 or email airport@prcity.com. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/un-to-vote-thursday-on-suspending-russia-from-rights-council/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera — just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. | 0 | 83,815 | 0 | https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/un-to-vote-thursday-on-suspending-russia-from-rights-council/5VORIPOXPNE3XGRUBNTARUSISA/ | 2022-04-06 16:45:21+00:00 | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera -- just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/un-to-vote-thursday-on-suspending-russia-from-rights-council/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera — just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. | 1 | 84,147 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/UN-to-vote-Thursday-on-suspending-Russia-from-17061546.php | 2022-04-06 16:46:21+00:00 | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera -- just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. |
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/un-to-vote-thursday-on-suspending-russia-from-rights-council/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_world | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera — just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. | 2 | 84,312 | 0 | https://www.journal-news.com/nation-world/un-to-vote-thursday-on-suspending-russia-from-rights-council/EFIA3ICQM5HLNEB3XTKRSGGKSY/ | 2022-04-06 16:46:53+00:00 | UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The videos and reporting from the town have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said Wednesday the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine will resume at 10am EDT on Thursday when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the Human Rights Council states that the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
To be approved, the resolution requires a two-thirds majority of assembly members that vote “yes” or “no.” Abstentions don’t count.
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for the March 2 resolution the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield said Monday that her message to the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council is simple: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera -- just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body. |
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 0 | 36,815 | 0 | https://www.wmur.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | 2022-04-06 23:01:56+00:00 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 1 | 36,855 | 0 | https://www.ksbw.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | 2022-04-06 23:02:07+00:00 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 2 | 38,381 | 0 | https://www.koat.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170 | 2022-04-06 23:10:03+00:00 | Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America
Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.
Penguins may be the only birds visitors can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass in their exhibits, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.
Nearly 23 million chickens and turkeys have already been killed across the United States to limit the spread of the virus, and zoos are working hard to prevent any of their birds from meeting the same fate. It would be especially upsetting for zoos to have to kill any of the endangered or threatened species in their care.
“It would be extremely devastating,” said Maria Franke, who is the manager of welfare science at Toronto Zoo, which has less than two dozen Loggerhead Shrike songbirds that it's breeding with the hope of reintroducing them into the wild. “We take amazing care and the welfare and well being of our animals is the utmost importance. There’s a lot of staff that has close connections with the animals that they care for here at the zoo.”
Toronto Zoo workers are adding roofs to some outdoor bird exhibits and double-checking the mesh surrounding enclosures to ensure it will keep wild birds out.
Birds shed the virus through their droppings and nasal discharge. Experts say it can be spread through contaminated equipment, clothing, boots and vehicles carrying supplies. Research has shown that small birds that squeeze into zoo exhibits or buildings can also spread the flu, and that mice can even track it inside.
So far, no outbreaks have been reported at zoos, but there have been wild birds found dead that had the flu. For example, a wild duck that died in a behind-the-scenes area of the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, after tornadoes last month tested positive, zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel said.
Most of the steps zoos are taking are designed to prevent contact between wild birds and zoo animals. In some places, officials are requiring employees to change into clean boots and don protective gear before entering bird areas.
When bird flu cases are found in poultry, officials order the entire flock to be killed because the virus is so contagious. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has indicated that zoos might be able to avoid that by isolating infected birds and possibly euthanizing a small number of them.
Sarah Woodhouse, director of animal health at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, said she is optimistic after talking with state and federal regulators.
“They all agree that ordering us to depopulate a large part of our collection would be the absolute last-ditch effort. So they’re really interested in working with us to see what we can do to make sure that we’re not going to spread the disease while also being able to take care of our birds and not have to euthanize,” Woodhouse said.
Video below: Milwaukee County Zoo officials close bird exhibits due to egg farm avian flu outbreak
Among the precautions zoos are taking is to keep birds in smaller groups so that if a case is found, only a few would be affected. The USDA and state veterinarians would make the final decision about which birds had to be killed.
"Euthanasia is really the only way to keep it from spreading," said Luis Padilla, who is vice president of animal collections at the Saint Louis Zoo. “That's why we have so many of these very proactive measures in place.”
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh — the nation's largest — is providing individual health checks for each of its roughly 500 birds. Many already live in large glass enclosures or outdoor habitats where they don't have direct exposure to wildlife, said Dr. Pilar Fish, the aviary's senior director of veterinary medicine and zoological advancement.
Kansas City Zoo CEO Sean Putney said he’s heard a few complaints from visitors, but most people seem OK with not getting to see some birds. “I think our guests understand that we have what’s in the best interests of the animals in mind when we make these decisions even though they can’t get to see them,” Putney said.
Officials emphasize that bird flu doesn't jeopardize the safety of meat or eggs or represent a significant risk to human health. No infected birds are allowed into the food supply, and properly cooking poultry and eggs kills bacteria and viruses. No human cases have been found in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-selects-universities-space-station-222400248.html | NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
University of Delaware, Newark
University of Idaho, Moscow
Montana State University, Bozeman
University of Nebraska, Omaha
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
- University of Delaware, Newark
- University of Idaho, Moscow
- Montana State University, Bozeman
- University of Nebraska, Omaha
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-selects-universities-space-station-222400248.html | NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
University of Delaware, Newark
University of Idaho, Moscow
Montana State University, Bozeman
University of Nebraska, Omaha
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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SOURCE NASA | 1 | 49,218 | 0.319446 | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-selects-universities-for-space-station-research-opportunities-301519521.html | 2022-04-07 14:08:33+00:00 | WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
- University of Delaware, Newark
- University of Idaho, Moscow
- Montana State University, Bozeman
- University of Nebraska, Omaha
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-selects-universities-space-station-222400248.html | NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
NASA Selects Universities for Space Station Research Opportunities
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
University of Delaware, Newark
University of Idaho, Moscow
Montana State University, Bozeman
University of Nebraska, Omaha
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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SOURCE NASA | 2 | 35,763 | 0.319446 | https://www.kbtx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/06/nasa-selects-universities-space-station-research-opportunities/ | 2022-04-06 22:56:15+00:00 | WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five universities were chosen by NASA for grants to provide students with opportunities to design research experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The selections are part of the agency's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR.
Each of the selected universities will receive approximately $100,000 through NASA EPSCoR. They are:
- University of Delaware, Newark
- University of Idaho, Moscow
- Montana State University, Bozeman
- University of Nebraska, Omaha
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
NASA EPSCoR, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides research opportunities for jurisdictions that have not had the ability to participate equally in aerospace-related research activities. Its support is currently directed toward 25 states and three territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
"Each of these projects has the potential to contribute to critical innovations in human spaceflight on the International Space Station and beyond," said NASA EPSCoR Project Manager Jeppie Compton. "We're very impressed with the ideas put forward in these investigation concepts and look forward to seeing how these technologies perform."
The new awards will allow students to get hands-on experience preparing payloads bound for space and send their experiments or technology demonstrations to a microgravity environment.
"Getting something on the space station is not trivial in multiple ways," said Alexandre Martin, a previous awardee and professor at the University of Kentucky. "There are a ton of tests you need to do, and there's a lot of manpower involved. The NASA EPSCoR program exposes students to experiences they wouldn't normally have."
Investigations funded by NASA EPSCoR support the agency's deep space exploration efforts and, ultimately, may assist with developing a long-term presence at the Moon in preparation for missions to Mars.
Through the Artemis program, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the Moon. Artemis missions will require explorers to be self-sufficient when away from Earth for longer periods of time. An investigation from the University of Idaho will use the space station to study "nonfouling thin film polymer coatings" that could prevent biofilm from forming on water stored in space – a preventative measure crucial for long-duration missions.
A technology demonstration from the University of Nebraska would advance of robotic surgery. After years of support and sponsorship from NASA, the university developed a miniature surgical robot and robotic endoscope camera aimed at enabling an "Operating Room in a Shoebox." While on the station, the robot is set to demonstrate its ability to cut simulated tissue. The project will determine the amount of force needed to perform an operation, as well as whether microgravity affects precision. If successful, this miniature surgical robot could allow doctors to remotely perform minor surgeries in space.
In addition to supporting NASA's deep-space exploration efforts, investigations funded through EPSCoR contribute to the agency's low-Earth orbit initiatives, including its Commercial Crew Program. New Mexico State University's technology demonstration focuses on a structural health monitoring system that could be a part of the "black box" recorder aboard new launch vehicles, providing real-time data during at stages including pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight. The system could also play a key role in recertifying launch vehicles for future flights.
EPSCoR aims to build lasting research infrastructure in traditionally underfunded jurisdictions by establishing partnerships among NASA research missions, academic institutions, and industry. The program allows NASA to fund investigations critical to its mission while providing outside institutions direct access to space.
For additional information about EPSCoR, visit:
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10693835/Prince-Philips-granddaughter-Lady-Louise-follows-late-royals-tracks.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | A whip off the old block! Prince Philip's granddaughter Lady Louise follows in the late royal's tracks by showing off her carriage driving skills
- Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, 18, is following in the tracks of Prince Philip
- She came sixth as a junior novice at the Indoor Carriage Driving Championships
- The event took place days after Prince Philip's memorial service in London
Whip in hand, an intensely competitive Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor shows she is a chip off the old block.
The 18-year-old is following in the tracks of her beloved grandfather Prince Philip by excelling at carriage driving.
She was cheered on by her father Prince Edward as she took part in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships.
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend.
Driving a black fell pony in her single-seat carriage, she negotiated tight turns as she competed in a series of events.
One involved trying to negotiate a set of traffic cones without dislodging tennis balls balanced on top.
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99. Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99.
Lady Louise wore a horse-themed brooch in tribute to her grandfather.
Last year she told how one reason she took part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme was to make him proud.
Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury.
He competed well into his 80s. | 0 | 132,850 | 0.420105 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10702581/Lady-Louise-spotted-carriage-driving-anniversary-grandfather-Prince-Philips-death.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-04-09 12:33:44+00:00 | Queen's granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor is spotted carriage driving, a passion she shared with Prince Philip, on the first anniversary of his death
- Lady Louise Windsor was snapped carriage driving at Windsor earlier today
- She inherited her love of the sport from her grandfather, Prince Philip
- The Duke died last year - today marks the first anniversary of his death
Lady Louise Windsor has been photographed carriage driving in Windsor today - the first anniversary of the death of Prince Philip.
The outing is particularly poignant as the Queen's 18-year-old grandaughter shared a passion for the activity with her beloved grandfather.
Louise lives with her parents, Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex, and her younger brother James, Viscount Severn at Bagshot Park, in Surrey, just miles from Windsor.
It is believed the young royal, who has competed in carriage-driving competitions, inherited her interest in carriage driving from the Duke of Edinburgh, who was instrumental in helping to establish carriage driving as a sport in Britain.
Lady Louise Windsor, 18, has been photographed carriage riding at Windsor, on the first anniversary of her grandfather, Prince Philip's death
It is believed the young royal inherited her interest in carriage driving from the Duke of Edinburgh
And Louise is continuing to follow in his footsteps: earlier this month, she competed in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships.
She finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend.
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99.
Lady Louise wore a horse-themed brooch in tribute to her grandfather.
Carriage driving was one of Prince Philip's favourite past-times since the 1970s, and he raced carriages near Norfolk before going on to represent Britain at several world and European championships.
Lady Louise Windsor was watched by Lady Brabourne (pictured, left) as she drove her carriage in Windsor
In May 2017, Prince Philip spoke about how he took up carriage driving when he stopped playing polo at the age of 50.
He said: 'I was looking round to see what next, I didn't know what there was available.
'And I suddenly thought, well, we've got horses and carriages so why don't I have a go.
'So I borrowed four horses from the stables in London, took them to Norfolk and practised and thought - why not?'
Following in Prince Philip's footsteps: earlier this month, Lady Louise she competed in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships in Lincolnshire
The Duke described how he convened a committee of equestrian experts to come up with a set of international rules for the fledgling sport of carriage driving.
He was credited with shaping the sport in the UK and was still competing in his eighties, representing Britain in three European championships and six world championships in total.
At the age of 91, the prince had the dark green carriage made to his specifications out of aluminium and steel.
He was seen riding the carriage around Windsor and other royal estates in the following years. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10693835/Prince-Philips-granddaughter-Lady-Louise-follows-late-royals-tracks.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | A whip off the old block! Prince Philip's granddaughter Lady Louise follows in the late royal's tracks by showing off her carriage driving skills
- Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, 18, is following in the tracks of Prince Philip
- She came sixth as a junior novice at the Indoor Carriage Driving Championships
- The event took place days after Prince Philip's memorial service in London
Whip in hand, an intensely competitive Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor shows she is a chip off the old block.
The 18-year-old is following in the tracks of her beloved grandfather Prince Philip by excelling at carriage driving.
She was cheered on by her father Prince Edward as she took part in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships.
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend.
Driving a black fell pony in her single-seat carriage, she negotiated tight turns as she competed in a series of events.
One involved trying to negotiate a set of traffic cones without dislodging tennis balls balanced on top.
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99. Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury
The event took place days after the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for Prince Philip, who died a year ago on Saturday aged 99.
Lady Louise wore a horse-themed brooch in tribute to her grandfather.
Last year she told how one reason she took part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme was to make him proud.
Philip took up carriage driving in his 50s after retiring from playing polo partly because of a wrist injury.
He competed well into his 80s. | 1 | 78,436 | 0.470115 | https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1594456/lady-louise-windsor-sophie-wessex-pictures-prince-philip-carriage-driving-royal-family | 2022-04-11 14:31:56+00:00 | Lady Louise joins proud Sophie Wessex to honour beloved Prince Philip with carriage drive
LADY LOUISE WINDSOR took part in a carriage-driving event over the weekend, nodding to her grandfather Prince Philip's legacy in the sport on the anniversary of his death.
Lady Louise Windsor recalls carriage driving with Prince Philip
The Queen's granddaughter inherited her passion for the sport from the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip personally taught her how to drive a team of horses and the pair were often spotted in Windsor Great Park together.
On the weekend of the anniversary of his death, Lady Louise, 18, was photographed looking perfectly at home on the carriage, following a successful day's practice.
The young royal was dressed practically for the occasion – donning a white shirt, tie, navy jumper and red jacket that she removed over the course of the day.
Her proud mother Sophie, Countess of Wessex watched from the sidelines as she expertly led her horse through the course.
Sophie dressed down in boots and a large brown jacket to watch her daughter take part in the event.
Earlier this month, she also competed in the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships.
Lady Louise finished sixth in the junior novice class at the event in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
The young royal made a rare public appearance last year when she shared special memories of her late grandfather and their shared passion during a BBC documentary titled Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers.
She spoke of the influence her grandfather had on her carriage driving and said: “The Duke of Edinburgh has been so involved in my driving which has been so lovely, although slightly scary because he invented the sport pretty much.
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“It's incredible to have learned first-hand from him.”
The Duke of Edinburgh, who died aged 99 last April, spent much of his free time carriage-driving after being forced to give up other hobbies like polo later in life.
In May 2017, the Duke spoke about how he took up carriage driving after quitting polo aged 50.
He said: “I was looking round to see what next, I didn't know what there was available. And I suddenly thought, well, we've got horses and carriages so why don't I have a go.
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“So I borrowed four horses from the stables in London, took them to Norfolk and practised and thought - why not?”
The Duke described how he convened a committee of equestrian experts to come up with a set of international rules for the fledgling sport of carriage driving.
He has been credited with helping to shape the sport in the UK and still competed in competitions in his eighties.
At the age of 91, Philip had a dark green carriage made to his specifications out of aluminium and steel.
He was then seen riding this carriage around Windsor and other royal estates in the years that followed.
Last July, Louise drove a four-wheeled carriage, which was believed to be the same one owned by Philip and was included in his funeral procession, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Reports said she had inherited the carriage after the Duke's death, although this has not been confirmed by Buckingham Palace.
The late Duke was synonymous with carriage driving and had been designing the vehicles since the 1970s. |
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