Pandemic

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 | 0 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is considering holding a special session to extend a declaration of emergency, saying, among other things, that doing so would…

Thursday, August 19, 2021 | 0 The new head of SAIF Corp. in Oregon told the Salem reporter that expansion was one of its goals for the workers' compensation agency.Chip TerhuneChip…

Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on UnsplashLawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), a Boston-based nonprofit, works with immigrant and colored communities to fight discrimination and promote justice through creative and courageous advocacy,…

As millions of children across the nation prepare to go back to school this fall, many will face challenges due to ongoing health, economic, and social consequences of the pandemic. Children may be uniquely impacted by the…

Civil rights groups on Wednesday called on the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its position on the return to prison of thousands of federal prisoners who were detained during the pandemic, and offered a legal analysis they believed…

In May, Governor Holcomb announced an early end to the pandemic unemployment benefits. That decision was a rare political mistake for a government that had spent more than a year handling COVID with admirable attention to data and good…

LAS VEGAS You do not have permission to view this object. Yarleny Roa-Dugan is not easily fazed. In her life, she’s weathered young motherhood, an early divorce, and the daily pressures of her job…

TThe coronavirus pandemic has fueled the demand for paid sick leave for American workers in their workplaces as key workers not only run the risk of contracting the coronavirus but also lose two weeks of income if they test positive for the…

In the 1960s, health care in the Mississippi Delta was sparse and much of it disconnected. Some hospitals were dedicated to black patients, but they often struggled to stay afloat. At the height of the civil rights movement, young black…

Tanzola hopes many of these innovations will persist after the pandemic, especially the electronic document system. “As long as there is shelter for those who don't, for whatever reason Access to digital documents…