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Keir Starmer’s promise to resign over a Beergate fine is a huge gamble
Keir Starmer has done the brave and honourable thing by announcing that he would resign as Labour leader if he is fined for breaking lockdown rules in April last year by having a beer and takeaway curry at the Durham Miners Hall. It is also the right thing politically. Never mind the lack of clear …
Ukrainian officials say Russia is breaking its promise to allow humanitarian aid into a captured city
Ukrainian officials in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson said that Russia has not allowed humanitarian corridors as agreed upon as food supplies run low, according to The Washington Post. On Thursday, Russian and Ukrainian leaders announced that temporary cease-fires would be implemented so that humanitarian corridors could be established in Kherson so that civilians could …
U.S. Congresswoman Sued For Not Hiring Would-Be Rival – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — U.S. Congresswoman Marie Newman has only in office for five months. And now she has a court battle on her hands and that could cost you, the taxpayers. READ MORE: CTA Now Hiring Bus Drivers, Other Trade Positions; Job Fair Next Week Newman is being sued by a man she promised to …
McConnell accuses Biden of breaking promise to unify
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden to take stock, revive push for big government Pandemic casts shadow over Biden’s first address to Congress Senate tries to shake off graveyard status MORE (R-Ky.) on Wednesday pronounced President BidenJoe BidenTulane adds Hunter Biden as guest speaker on media polarization Trump …
Australia to promise $436.5 million for low emission technology
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato Australia will spend A$565.8 million ($436.5 million) to co-fund research and pilot projects in green technologies, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Thursday, to illustrate Canberra’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions. One of the world’s largest carbon …
Reversing Hospital Consolidation: The Promise Of Physician-Owned Hospitals
Economic theory holds that competition drives innovation, improves the quality of goods and services, and lowers prices for consumers. Health care delivery is no exception. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting operational challenges in hospital care delivery have stimulated policy makers’ appetite to address longstanding problems in hospital market efficiency and consolidation. In large part because …
The promise of a new technology boom
In a week of political gloom, I thought you’d like some good news. (Christopher Dolan | The Times-Tribune via AP, File) In this Jan. 9, 2021, photo, vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are placed next to a loaded syringe in Throop, Pa. By David Brooks | The New York Times | Feb. 13, 2021, …
Treating COVID-19: Baricitinib Plus Remdesivir Shows Promise in Trial
The combination of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, and remdesivir, an antiviral, reduced time to recovery for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The …
Oklahoma Watch: $1.9 million saved by breaking promise to seniors on college testing | Education
“GEER funds should have been used for that. It’s just unfair,” Rosecrants said. Kristy Hernandez, director of student services at Moore Public Schools and chair of the Oklahoma ACT Council, said school districts and families were counting on the state to provide the in-school free tests. Cost, transportation, work and family obligations can preclude the …
Maine Voices: UMaine System breaking its health care promise to retirees
The University of Maine System is reneging on a promise to retirees: Effective Jan. 1, UMS is terminating retiree group health coverage effective. Get ready to spend a lot more money out of your own pockets. The system’s nearly 2,900 retirees were promised lifetime coverage, many with UMS paying full lifetime premiums. Now, UMS will …
