(The Center Square) – Some Illinois lawmakers say there needs to be change at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. There are reports that many workers, especially in the health care sector, are experiencing long delays in getting their licenses approved or renewed. “It just really reinforced what we already know is that IDFPR is too often the barrier to getting people to work,” said House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna. ...
Formal ceremony marks transfer of former Minnesota park land to Upper Sioux Community, 161 years after violent conflict.
It comes after Nike revealed it had altered the cross using purple and blue horizontal stripes in what it called a “playful update” to the shirt.
The settlement with the National Association of Realtors will likely mean changes to the way homes are bought and sold.
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BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council will take on an amendment to the unified development code that would create a 1,000 foot buffer between a forensic facility and a community like a school, park, or neighborhood.The measure comes about a year after a forensic psychiatric hospital tried to open in Glen Oaks, which would have been just feet away from a school.Metro councilman Darryl Hurst and Senator Regina Barrow have been working to put legislation in place that supports what the...
South Australia has Australia’s first state-based First Nations Voice to Parliament election, following the 2023 federal Voice referendum failure
Fox Business anchor Larry Kudlow says President Biden is on the “right side” of the TikTok debate after Biden pledged to sign House-passed legislation that could ban the platform if it comes to his desk. Kudlow praised Biden while discussing the legislation the lower chamber passed 352-65 on Thursday, which would force TikTok’s China-based parent
A controversial French media baron and his star presenter were grilled this week by lawmakers over their right-wing content that has attracted millions of euros in fines and huge audiences.
A U.S. lawmaker involved in health policy has asked the Food and Drug Administration why it did not inspect Elon Musk's Neuralink before allowing the brain implant company to test its device in humans. Reuters reported last month that FDA inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Neuralink last June, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans. Neuralink, which first tested its device in monkeys...
Kickoff returns used to be one of the most exhilarating plays in football. One of the best athletes in the league evading tackles by multiple defenders en route to a touchdown was always a thrilling highlight. In recent years, kick returns have become increasingly rare due to rule changes and increases in kicking power and […]
Several lawmakers are questioning whether the public will get an unbiased answer as to what caused the deadly Lahaina fire.