Category Archives: Public Policy
2019 is turning into a deadly year for Alabama officers — WHNT.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeing an alarming rise in gun violence against law enforcement officers, authorities said. Three Alabama police officers were killed in the first half of 2019, Al.com reported. “Alabama has already lost three police officers to hostile fire during 2019 — the greatest amount due to gunfire in a single… 2019Continue reading “2019 is turning into a deadly year for Alabama officers — WHNT.com”
The woman who was next in line to be Puerto Rico’s governor doesn’t want the job — WPIX 11 New York
Wanda Vázquez Garced, Puerto Rico‘s secretary of justice, does not want to be governor of the US territory, she said on Twitter Sunday. Ricardo Rosselló with Aanda Vázquez Garced (Puerto Rico Governor’s Office) Vázquez Garced was next in line for the job after the current embattled leader, Ricardo Rosselló, announced his resignation on Wednesday. “I have…Continue reading “The woman who was next in line to be Puerto Rico’s governor doesn’t want the job — WPIX 11 New York”
Feeling blue? Oregon students can take ‘mental health days’ — WPIX 11 New York
SALEM, Oregon — Oregon will allow students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. But don’t call it coddling. The… viaContinue reading “Feeling blue? Oregon students can take ‘mental health days’ — WPIX 11 New York”
