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Metro Public Health to lift mask mandate, other COVID restrictions on Friday | News
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – The Metro Public Health Department will lift Nashville’s mask mandate on Friday, the Metro Health Board decided during a meeting on Thursday. The health department had previously announced all other COVID-19 pandemic restrictions would be lifted Friday. The health board voted Thursday to end all mandates at 5 a.m. Friday. The …
Breaking: U.S. Rep Cheri Bustos will not seek reelection | Politics and elections
In 2016, Bustos also pressured former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to commit to the extension of passenger rail service from Chicago to Moline at a time when continued federal funding for the project was in question. Subsequently, she and other lawmakers got a commitment from the federal government to extend the $177 million set aside …
Technology Innovation Institute’s Secure Systems Research Centre Partners with World-leading Universities across Groundbreaking Projects
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced that its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) has partnered with Khalifa University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Tampere University and University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). Secure Systems Research …
‘Breaking the silence’: Asian American leaders in St. Louis fight uptick in bigotry | Metro
After 27 years growing up in the U.S., Liz Lenivy this week said she felt fear for her family’s safety. “Up until last year I have never truly felt unsafe living in the United States,” said Lenivy, an attorney who came to the U.S. at age 3 from Korea, with her mother. Four of the women …
BREAKING: Board of Education silences public, media at emergency-called meeting | Education
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Burke County Board of Education has refused to allow any comments from the public or the media during its emergency-called meeting at noon on Thursday. In addition, comments were turned off on the live stream of the meeting on YouTube, preventing any public input on the meeting. Attorneys at the UNC …
Frank Johnson appointed to North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation | Local News
Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Frank L. Johnson of Statesville to the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology, and Innovation: Johnson is a member at-large. Johnson is the founder of JMS Southeast, Inc. and the president and technical advisor of Statesville Process Instruments, Inc. Johnson brings decades of experience in business and manufacturing to the …
City Council creates City Board of Health | Grand Island Local News
Support Local Journalism Your subscription makes our reporting possible. {{featured_button_text}} Jay Vavricek, a local business owner and former Grand Island mayor, asked if the new board will be bound by local meetings law and open to the public, and if the board can be petitioned. “Going forward, I think it would be wise to clear …
BREAKING | DeWine institutes 10 p.m. curfew for 21 days
The curfew will be lifted each day at 5 a.m. starting Thursday. COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine is instituting a 10 p.m. curfew for Ohio to limit the spread of COVID-19, starting Thursday. “Retail establishments need to be closed and people should be home,” said DeWine. The curfew will be lifted each day at 5 …
Ask SAM: Is winter break for WSFCS really three weeks? | Local News
Q: Is winter break for students in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools three full school weeks, Dec. 21 thru Jan. 8? This would be the longest winter break that I can ever remember. Answer: Brent Campbell, the chief marketing and communications officer for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, said the reader “is correct that the first day …
Madison committees cool on proposal to break up homeless encampments | Local News
Two Madison committees were cool Wednesday to a proposal to begin breaking up authorized homeless encampments as well as unsanctioned camps, such as one in McPike Park. STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES With winter approaching and dozens of homeless individuals living in city-approved and unsanctioned outdoor encampments, two Madison committees were cool Wednesday on a …
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