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A Year In, Montana’s Rolled-Back Public Health Powers Leave Some Areas in Limbo
Katheryn Houghton A year after a new Montana law stripped local health boards of their rulemaking authority, confusion and power struggles are creating a patchwork oversight system that may change how public health is administered long after the pandemic is over. The law, which took effect last April amid criticism of mask mandates and other …
NFL free agency 2021 winners and losers: Curtis Samuel cashes in, while Bengals and Giants are left in limbo
At 4 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, the 2021 NFL season truly began. At that moment, teams could begin officially signing free agents following two days of legal tampering. And while many players came to terms on contracts during the tampering period, more than half of the players on Pete Prisco’s top 100 free agents list …
Illinois tax break for businesses in limbo
The Legislature balked at Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s effort to close that loophole by decoupling from the federal tax code in its lame-duck session in early January. Administration members and allies at the time said they thought they’d quickly be able to round up enough votes to pass their bill not too far into the General …
Aussies in Bali limbo with new visa change; Man dies in Victoria as state records 273 new cases; Nearby gym closes as Crossroads Hotel outbreak cases hit nine
People in England won’t be required to wear masks in shops, a British official suggested on Sunday, comments that caused confusion after Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier indicated a tougher line was needed for face coverings indoors. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove encouraged people to use masks while inside but stopped short of endorsing their …
CPS strike: Chicago teachers walk off the job, leaving about 300,000 students in limbo
More than 25,000 educators and their supporters started picketing at their local schools Thursday morning. They’ll unite at a mass rally in the afternoon. “Lori Lightfoot! Get on the right foot!” some teachers chanted, asking Chicago’s mayor to help resolve the stalemate between the union and the city’s Board of Education. But in Chicago, the …
Daryl Morey’s Hong Kong Tweet Has Put His Rockets GM Job in Limbo
The Houston Rockets suddenly find themselves in the middle of a geopolitical controversy that could put their chief front-office executive’s job in jeopardy. After general manager Daryl Morey expressed support in a since-deleted tweet for pro-democracy efforts in Hong Kong, the Chinese government, the Chinese Basketball Association, and various Chinese businesses quickly denounced Morey and …
Apple in trade war ‘nightmare’ and iPhones in limbo
Apple’s’ special event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its Cupertino, California, campus on Tuesday, maybe overshadowed by the tense U.S. China trade war. In the crosshairs; a new crop of iPhones and the pricing power that Apple normally wields. Ticker Security Last Change %Chg AAPL APPLE INC. 213.26 -0.02 -0.01% With the stock up 35 percent …
