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$20K will fund multilingual educational sessions, transit passes and updated instructional materials to improve mobility and equity
Projects include kitchen upgrades, bunk rooms and training space improvements through the 2025 Hometowns initiative
The state’s Revitalization and Placemaking initiative supports the adaptive reuse of the 1910 hotel
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537 officers will receive between $9.56 for a single missed lunch up to $1,223 for 128 missed lunches
After getting 155,730 applications from eligible essential workers, including LEOs, FFs, EMS providers and COs, lawmakers realized they would have to put more money in or slash benefits
“If we have insufficient resources for our daily operations, we are truly behind the eight ball when severe weather and other emergencies occur,” a union rep said
The state is no longer accept new applications and plans to increase funding by $76.6 million while implementing a tiered system
The department must implement a plan to hire more women and non-white firefighters and upgrade stations to accommodate women’s privacy
The firefighters and EMS providers are also seeking damages they say they are owed from having to work desk jobs, which pay less, for 18 months
The bill provides for the use of video of street races, often posted online, to bring charges
12 to 14 new cells will be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections, or for any other medical reason requiring an inmate to be isolated
The interactive dashboard provides daily updates and summary information about the current inmate population
Those bringing the challenge say it hampers law-abiding gun owners from using common gun magazines for their own self-defense