“Floating crew” required at Tennessee prison to oversee inmates • Tennessee Lookout
Despite a massive increase in prison officer salaries, the Tennessee Department of Corrections has hit a staffing shortage and is forcing the introduction of “floating security forces” at state facilities. A group of five corrections officers volunteered to assist staff at Tiptonville’s Northwest Correctional Facility in March. It has the capacity of 1,776 male prisoners, […]
High school graduates to be required to take financial literacy class
California lawmakers announced Thursday that students would have to complete a course in wallet economics, including how to balance a checkbook, manage credit cards and avoid fraud, to graduate from high school under a bill that will soon become law. “We need to help Californians prepare for their financial future as soon as possible,” Gov. […]
Restaurants in Alabama to be required to disclose country of origin of fish and shrimp
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that would require restaurants to disclose whether the seafood they use in their dishes is domestic or imported. “The Legislature recognizes the important role Alabama's commercial water industry plays in our economy, and with foreign products flooding the U.S. market, it is essential that we support, protect and […]
Donald Trump Reveals ‘One Thing’ Required Of His VP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump revealed “one thing” he looks for in a vice presidential candidate on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. “At all times, it has to be one thing. It's who will be a good president. So, in an emergency, you always have to think that way,” Trump said. […]
Don’t Pass Me By – With Many Steps Required, Mining Projects Face Trickiest Path to Approval
Permits can sometimes look like a whack-a-mole game when it comes to large energy and infrastructure projects. There, efforts to complete the process are constantly frustrated (and sometimes recurring) by emerging problems. It covers everything from environmental reviews and the vagaries of various federal agencies to legal challenges and public (and political) opposition. But while […]
Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation | Kiowa County Press
A water pump outside a Navajo home in Thoreau, New Mexico Spencer Pratt/Getty Images Robert Glennon, University of Arizona The Navajo, the largest Native American reservation in the United States, 27,000 square miles Southwest (70,000 sq km) – area larger than 10 states. Today, he has over 250,000 people, roughly the population of St. Petersburg, […]
Are masks required on the Navajo Nation? What’s new with COVID mandate
the Navajo tribe roughly finished It is one of the longest-running mask mandates in the United States, implemented shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began almost three years ago. “Today’s order results in the full reopening of the Navajo Nation,” new Navajo Nation President Buu Nigren said Friday in a joint statement with the Navajo Nation […]
