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Maui Mayor Bissen issues statement about residents sheltering in hotels due to fires : Maui Now

September 29, 2023, 7:35 PM HST Maui Mayor Richard Bissen issued the following statement on Friday regarding the residents sheltering in hotels due to the August 8 fires. “We appreciate the work of the American Red Cross to coordinate the temporary sheltering of over 7,700 residents from more than 3,200 households. We are also grateful […]

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City Council

Chicago City Council committee OKs ordinance to protect CFD paramedics, American Red Cross ‘taking a beating’ from patients | #citycouncil

CHICAGO — Amid warnings that Chicago Fire Department paramedics are “taking a literal beating at the hands of their patients,” a City Council committee on Monday answered the alarm. The Committee on Public Safety unanimously approved an ordinance championed by Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th) at the behest of the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2. It […]

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