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The new law will require deputies “to do a little more research” when they encounter someone carrying a firearm, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said
First responders in Cuyahoga County held an NDMS exercise using a plane full of patients
The state Supreme Court found the nearly real-time surveillance of a person’s social media was the “functional equivalent” of tapping their phone
The ruling marks the first successful challenge of public health orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19; local governments are now stepping in to enact their own
Several mostly rural Pennsylvania counties have begun making reopening plans in defiance of the governor’s orders
A 63-page document obtained by the Associated Press shows how the thinking of CDC infection control experts differs from those in the White House managing the response. Review it here
$375 billion would go directly to local governments
Frustrated by the difficult — and expensive — process to get much-needed medical and protective equipment to their home states, governors are looking to rebuild local supply chains
The course will be used to train thousands of contact tracers being hired by the state of New York
Alameda County has been working with Musk for weeks on a plan to safely reopen the plant by May 18
A new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management found that 52% of owners do not expect their small businesses to survive through November
The Sheriff’s Office announced last week that it would resume enforcing residential evictions that predated the pandemic, as allowed by state law. Elected leaders, however, panned the move as “inhumane”
One assisted living facility director has called the state’s coronavirus testing policy “an unmitigated disaster” for the elderly population