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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or redundant protections like their more modern counterparts. Bridge regulators call the more ...
Kan. budget plan ends 'carve out' for disabilities
Kansas legislators are backing the Brownback administration's desires to shift services for the intellectually and developmentally disabled into the state's new managed care system, a move opposed by disability advocates. The plan ends a special exemption, or carve-out as it is called, for developmental disability services and puts those clients ...
Bill adds to court-ordered mental health treatment
The Nevada Assembly has approved allowing courts to order mentally ill defendants who have regular run-ins with the law to complete tailored outpatient treatment plans. Assembly members approved AB287 on Friday, 34-7. It now heads to the Senate. Republican Assemblyman Lynn Stewart of Henderson says the proposal is a collaborative ...
WA lawmakers' official portraits touched up
State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, had some gripes about his official legislative portrait after it was shot in 2011. In a note digitally embedded in Benton's photo — now posted on the Legislature's website — a legislative staffer conveyed how Benton "would like to slightly 'fix' a few things about ...
Wis. gov expects compromise on voucher school plan
Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week. The voucher program subsidizes students' private school tuition. It's currently in effect in Milwaukee and Racine. Walker's budget would expand ...
Bill puts extra information on mammogram reports
Some Nevada lawmakers say doctors should tell women with dense breast tissue that mammogram results are inconclusive, but some doctors say there's no need. Democratic Assemblyman James Ohrenschall of Las Vegas is behind AB147. It requires doctors to include a statement about a patient's breast density and the possibility of ...
NH Senate budget panel making spending decisions
The New Hampshire Senate's budget committee voted Friday to require hospitals to participate in a managed care network by July 1 if they want state compensation for charity care. The Finance Committee is making its final spending adjustments to its $10.7 billion two-year state spending plan in hopes of wrapping ...
Child abuse investigator fired after boy's death
Florida child welfare officials fired an investigator who they said forged documents about substance-abuse treatment for a mother six months before her 11-month old baby died in a sweltering car. Catalina Bruno is accused of leaving her son Bryan Osceola, along with her purse and a can of beer, in ...
LePage signs Maine organ donation checkoff bill
A bill to bolster awareness of organ donations has been signed into law by Maine Gov. Paul LePage. The governor on Thursday signed the bill that will require the secretary of state to place a $2 donation checkoff on driver's license application and renewal forms to fund a new Maine ...
I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway. Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure that ...
Senate votes to establish Cellucci ALS Registry
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to establish a Department of Public Health ALS registry named after former Gov. Paul Cellucci. The amendment to the Senate's version of the state budget would create the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive ...
Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over ...
Senate panel approves 2 cent tax on cellphones
A new 2 cent monthly tax on cellphones aimed at helping provide services for people with hearing impairment won the support Thursday of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee. The House-backed bill would change the current law by reducing the amount of tax levied per month from 5 cents ...
Ill. Senate approves health-coverage exchange plan
The Illinois Senate agreed Thursday to create a state-governed "health insurance exchange" where individuals and small businesses could shop for coverage as required by President Barack Obama's health law. Lawmakers voted 37-19 to establish the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace and send the bill back to the House for further consideration. ...
NH Senate passes bill legalizing medical marijuana
New Hampshire soon could join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana in their medical treatment. The state Senate voted 18-6 Thursday to pass a bill legalizing marijuana use and possession by patients with conditions such as Crohn's disease and cancer. ...
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