Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order on Monday to allow parents the final decision on whether their child should wear a mask at school. “No one cares more about the health and well-being of a child than a parent,” the Republican governor said in a statement announcing the order. The order (pdf) “allows parents to…
Tennessee Governor Lets Parents Opt Out of School Mask Mandates for Their Children
NIH Director Says FDA Could Decide on ‘Booster’ COVID-19 Shots in the Near Future
The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more Americans in the fall. Dr. Francis Collins told “Fox News Sunday” that FDA officials are reviewing U.S. COVID-19 cases and vaccines “almost daily,” stipulating…
NIH Director Says FDA Could Decide on ‘Booster’ COVID-19 Shots in Near Future
The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to more Americans in the fall. Dr. Francis Collins told “Fox News Sunday” that FDA officials are reviewing U.S. COVID-19 cases and vaccines “almost daily,” stipulating…
Railways Receiving Infrastructure Bill Billions are ‘Dying,’ Experts Say
A shiny passenger train racing across long empty stretches of American plains may be iconic, but it’s an economic anachronism, experts say. Even so, the Senate’s infrastructure bill gives $66 billion toward the repair of Amtrak lines—nearly 60 cents to Amtrak for every dollar the bill put toward highways. This figure doesn’t reflect the way…
Railways Receiving Billions From Infrastructure Bill Are ‘Dying,’ Experts Say
A shiny passenger train racing across long empty stretches of American plains may be iconic, but it’s an economic anachronism, experts say. Even so, the Senate’s infrastructure bill gives $66 billion toward the repair of Amtrak lines—nearly 60 cents to Amtrak for every dollar the bill put toward highways. This figure doesn’t reflect the way…
Biden Urges Congress To Let Medicare Negotiate Cost Of Prescription Drugs
President Joe Biden on Thursday detailed his administration’s plans to lower the cost of prescription drugs while calling on Congress to help tackle the issue by reducing high prices of life-saving medication. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Biden said he aims to help lower prescription drug costs nationwide as part of the…
Biden Urges Congress to Let Medicare Negotiate Cost of Prescription Drugs in Efforts to Reduce High Prices
President Joe Biden on Thursday detailed his administration’s plans to lower the cost of prescription drugs while calling on Congress to help tackle the issue by reducing high prices of life-saving medication. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Biden said he aims to help lower prescription drug costs nationwide as part of the…
Arrests Along US-Mexico Border Hit 21-Year Monthly High
The number of illegal immigrants apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border jumped 12 percent in July, hitting nearly 213,000, officials said Thursday. The 212,672 encounters was up from 188,934, and represented the 15th consecutive month that the number of apprehensions has risen, according to Border Patrol records. It also marked the highest monthly total since March…
Florida’s Broward County Votes to Defy Governor’s Order on Giving Parents Choice on School Masks
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Broward County School Board members on Tuesday voted to keep the county’s school mask mandate in place to not allow parents to opt out of the requirement. A lone board member, Lori Alhadeff, voted no because the mandate did not give parents a way to opt out if they believe that’s best for…
A Close Look at the Little-Known Provisions in the Infrastructure Bill
News Analysis Although Joe Biden’s Invest in America Act has been widely described as an “infrastructure bill,” its impact on American life goes far beyond roads, railways, and bridges. New rules in the bill affect transportation, manufacturing, water pipes, research, schools and more. The Invest in America Act has a startling 2,702 pages, but even…
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