Originally published by the Washington Post
Congress to consider bill requiring police to report their misconduct settlements
Cities and counties pay millions to victims of police abuse; collecting data may promote reform, sponsors say
By
Tom Jackman
March 5, 2021 at 7:23 p.m. EST
Last year, officials in Prince George’s County paid $20 million to the family of a… Read more »
Originally published in: The Washington Post
In his first two weeks in office, President Biden wasted no time dismantling wide swaths of Donald Trump’s legacy, revoking more than 30 orders signed by his predecessor while rejoining the Paris climate accord, ending the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries and halting construction on a wall at the U.S.-Mexico… Read more »
Originally published on Politico.
NASA engineers flawlessly did their job on Thursday, safely landing a rover on the surface of Mars after a journey of 130 million miles. Now, it’s up to Congress to make sure that big plans for follow-on missions become a reality.
The Perseverance rover, affectionately nicknamed “Percy,” is now in place to collect Martian dust samples that… Read more »
Originally published in Space Policy Online.
President Biden, Vice President Harris and a host of congressional leaders sent NASA congratulations today after the successful landing of the Mars Perseverance rover on Mars. The car-sized rover, equipped with a helicopter and a system to collect samples for later return to Earth, survived the perilous “Seven Minutes of Terror” from the… Read more »
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents the largest number of federal workers of any U.S. Representative, issued the following statement today on new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget establishing workplace safety standards to protect employees at federal agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic:
“From the earliest moments of this pandemic I have heard from federal workers… Read more »
Originally published in: Prince of Petworth
We never did find out what that was about but here’s an update from Friday on helicopter issues in the area from the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD), and David Trone (D-MD) today… Read more »
Originally published in: Virginia Mercury
Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent budget allocation of $50 million to extend intercity passenger rail service from Roanoke to the New River Valley is just the latest in a long line of sizable investments his administration has made into the future of rail in the commonwealth, including a $3.7 billion dollar track acquisition deal with CSX… Read more »
Yesterday the New York Times published a piece by economist Claudia Sahm, formerly of the Federal Reserve, supporting measures to tie enhanced federal unemployment assistance to economic conditions [below].
Sahm’s OpEd came as Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese reiterated their support, and the support of the Biden Administration,… Read more »
Dear Director Redfield and Administrator Dickson:
Thank you for mandating that all flyers from the United Kingdom test negative before flying into the United States. However, this needs to be the case, at minimum, for all flights within and into the United States.
While I understand that this decision was made to counter a new and more transmissible SARS-COV-2 variant that originated in… Read more »
A new bill would make all police misconduct allegations and settlements public
By Sean Collins Dec 15, 2020, 5:10pm EST
First published at Vox
State, local, and federal governments have spent billions of dollars over the past decade settling police misconduct cases, which include everything from deadly shootings to neglect. For example, the… Read more »
