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Lewiston city council members promised to seek an alternative to the upgrade that was supposed to improve response times and firefighters’ working conditions
“In other words, this current board might decide to reorganize the county fire department... take it out of existence,” a Vance County commissioner said
Firefighters said they have been threatened with pipes and broken mops, hit with rocks and physically obstructed from administering care or responding to a fire
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Many law enforcement agencies in small communities across the United States are facing questions about how aggressively they pursue reports of sexual violence
The Hudson Valley Interlink Analytic System is among a number of surveillance systems being adopted around the country by police, government agencies and community groups
State Farm, the largest in the state, Allstate and other insurers declined to renew roughly 350,000 policies in areas at high risk for wildfires since 2015, the California Department of Insurance said back in August.
About 75% of school districts nationally reported unpaid meal debt, with the median amount per school being about $2,500, according to The Washington Post, which cited the national School Nutrition Association.
When Texas passed the Sandra Bland Act, its 2017 law aimed at reducing inmate suicides through better screening and monitoring practices, it failed to fund the required increase in staffing, instead leaving it up to local governments to pick up the slack.
City agencies will work together to refer more New Yorkers to treatment and keep them engaged in the right level of care — ensuring that no person in need falls through the cracks, the city explained in a statement.
Just 9% of wage earners in the bottom 25% have access to paid family leave, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares to 30% of wage earners in the top 25%
Saturday’s fire was possibly the deadliest in the Las Vegas area since 1980, when 87 people died and more than 700 were injured in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel.
The DOJ will increase the number of federal law enforcement officers in each of the cities and add additional officers to federal task forces
The National Institute of Standards and Technology tested the algorithms of 99 mostly commercial software providers that voluntarily submitted their technology for review