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Pexels.com photo by Cedric Fauntleroy. By Del. Heather Bagnall The writer, a Democrat, was the House lead sponsor of HB 368, the Oral Health Task Force in Maryland. She represents District 33 in the Maryland General Assembly. Since the elimination of Maryland’s Adult Dental Medicaid Program more than 30 years ago, many Marylanders have muddled through their oral health care needs with inconsi...

The leaders of the Women’s Strike movement face the harshest sentences of up to 8 years in prison for their actions last year in defence of women’s rights, though an estimated 4,000 Polish citizens were fined or brought before the courts for organizing or participating in the protests. It was on November 17 last year, two weeks after a previous women’s rights demonstration in the main square ...

As the University of Nebraska–Lincoln prepares for the State of Diversity forum on Oct. 28, Nebraska Today is sitting down with college leaders to explore how inclusive excellence is being folded into day-to-day campus activities. Since 2019, the university’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion has worked directly with institutional leaders in multiple ways, including through the Council of Inc...

OCTOBER 21, 2021- This is the first year the city of Kearney is hosting a Law Enforcement Appreciation Week, but Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce president, Derek Rusher says it won’t be the last (NTV News) KEARNEY, Neb. — Showing their appreciation for local law enforcement, numerous people gathered at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney for a fun-filled Thursday night. Thursday's appr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first use of new laws that passed earlier this year, Los Angeles has approved a ban on camping at dozens of locations across the city. In a 12-2 vote, the City Council on Wednesday outlawed sitting, sleeping and lying at 54 spots in three of its districts, the Los Angeles Times reported. The council enacted the new camping rules amid contentious debate last summer. T...

MERRIMACK, N.H. (WCAX) - Thursday marks one week since New Hampshire authorities started the search for 5-year-old Elijah “Eli” Lewis of Merrimack. Now, the effort to find Eli, who’s been missing for about six months, involves law enforcement agencies from across New England. Dive teams from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut looked for clues in the Naticook Lake Th...

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — Parents and students in Littleton are concerned after they say people are ignoring school bus safety laws and other rules of the road. FOX31 Problem Solver Joshua Short is on it, and he was able to get his hands on some video showing people just breaking the law. In multiple videos, you can see drivers brazenly blowing past a stopped school bus as kids board for scho...

Peter Thalheim’s misguided op-ed on the Public Act 21-01, An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis, leaves a lot to unpack. One can only presume that he didn’t bother to read all 303 pages of the bill, for had he done so, he would know that the bill accomplishes several things, none of which involve incarcerating the minds of young Black men and boys. What ...

I had asked my wife if she would be willing to delay her mother's memorial service for three or four months until the coronavirus recedes, but she and her siblings have decided to proceed with a memorial service next month. Conflicted: I venture that your reluctance to make this trip is based more on your free-floating anxiety than on specific risk factors to your own health — understanding t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forth shows of bravery and dedication from nurses, doctors and other health care workers. In a less dramatic way, other essential workers, from supermarket clerks to bus drivers, have stepped up to serve the public at risk to themselves. But alongside these impressive efforts has emerged a puzzling disappointment — pockets of law-enforcement officers who refu...