Report: 37% of Arkansas Adults Obese
A new report finds that 37.4% of adult Arkansans are obese, with Arkansas and Iowa tied for the 12th-highest adult obesity rate among the states and the District of Columbia. The “State of Obesity 2022: Better Policies for a Healthier America” report, released today (Sept. 21) by Trust for America’s Health, uses 2022 data collected […]
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Home insurance companies plan California return in deal
After a summer that saw many of California’s top home insurers pull back from the state market, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that he struck a deal with the insurance industry to encourage new coverage in the state. Insurers, Lara said, agreed to return to the high-risk fire zones in the hills and canyons […]
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Election Deniers Are Overseeing Elections in 17 States | #elections | #alabama
Fully one-third of U.S. states have election deniers in some of the highest positions overseeing elections. That’s according to a new report from States United Democracy Center highlighted by Mother Jones. Although many election deniers lost their races in the 2022 midterms, States United, a non-partisan organization, found that a total of 23 election deniers […]
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City Council audit finds Fouts violated spending limits by more than $460,000 | #citycouncil
WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — The conflict between Warren City Council and Mayor Jim Fouts took another turn as the council released a Forensic Audit Report that concludes Fouts violated legal spending limits in the city’s Downtown Development Authority by more than $460,000. According to a news release from City Council, The unauthorized spending of $460,037.58 […]
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NYC Council renews calls for universal childcare as mayor calls for budget cuts
A City Council committee renewed its commitments to overhauling the childcare economy in New York City at a time when Mayor Eric Adams has called for billions in budget cuts to confront an ongoing migrant crisis. The Women and Gender Equity Committee held a hearing Thursday on a five-page bill introduced in March that aims […]
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Democrats Indictment Plan Has Made Trump GOP Nominee and maybe next President | Opinion | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
In early April, I wrote that “Democrats give Trump a lifeline.” It was at that time that a Democratic district attorney in an overwhelmingly Democratic New York venue had indicted Trump in a political ploy to disarm in some way, politically. There is an old saying that you can indict a potato or a ham […]
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Does California really need more money? – Orange County Register
Newly-elected legislators stand to be sworn in in the Senate chambers during the opening of the Legislature in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday Dec. 5, 2022. (Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters via AP, Pool) In their latest attempt to circumvent Proposition 13, California state legislators have voted to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that will make […]
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No special session this year on fiscal issues, Alaska legislators say | #alaska | #politics
Speaker of the House Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, and Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, talk before a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Legislature will not meet in a special session this fall to discuss a long-term fiscal plan […]
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California law removing guns from people under restraining orders survives court challenge
A California law that bars people who are under restraining orders from possessing firearms survived a federal court challenge on procedural grounds Thursday, marking a win for gun control advocates. A split panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that Huntington Beach couple Miranda and Richard Wallingford’s challenge to […]
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Child welfare experts create recommendations to improve foster care in Arkansas
ARKANSAS (KNWA/KFTA) — Expert stakeholders in child welfare came up with 11 recommendations to improve the foster care system in Arkansas. This comes after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order in February for them to come up with a strategic plan. The stakeholders were divided into three groups – prevention and mental health, […]
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