Mainstream media outlets have not reported on recent Johns Hopkins University research showing that lockdowns and other government mandates only reduced COVID mortality by 0.2%, according to Fox News.
A Republican-backed proposal, which was heard by the House Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on Tuesday, would block cities and towns from setting mask requirements for schools and businesses and restrict private employers from imposing vaccine mandates.
A higher tax on Massachusetts residents with incomes above $1 million could hurt small businesses and cause some businesses to flee the state. The proposed 4% millionaires tax would be calculated based on all wages and salaries, including all cash through income from LLCs and partnerships, and subchapter S corporations.
A meta-analysis found that lockdowns across Europe and the U.S. reduced the COVID-19 mortality by 0.2%. The researchers’ “lockdown measures” included school closures, business closures, bans on international travel and internal movement, and other non-pharmaceutical government mandates such as mask mandates.
The bill would have created CalCare, a single-payer health care system to provide coverage for all Californians by levying billions of dollars in taxes on businesses and higher-earning individuals.
Democrats in New York proposed a new congressional map Sunday that could eliminate half of the state’s Republicans in the House of Representatives.
At least 5.4 million people purchased firearms for the first time in 2021, with roughly 30% of all gun purchases going to first-time buyers, according to the NSSF.
Unvaccinated residents of the Canadian province of Quebec must be accompanied while shopping at big box retailers to ensure they only purchase pharmaceutical products, the province’s health ministry has announced.
“We are pleased that the court invalidated Interior’s illegal lease sale,” Earthjustice Senior Attorney Brettny Hardy said. “We simply cannot continue to make investments in the fossil fuel industry to the peril of our communities and increasingly warming planet.”
The bill, which was heard Tuesday by the Senate Commerce Committee, would bar cities and towns from enacting zoning restrictions or passing local ordinances prohibiting the use of private properties for short term and vacation rentals.
21 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas raising concerns over DHS documents migrants can use as identification, including certain arrest warrants, and the methods through which they are vetted.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin opened an anonymous tip line Monday, where parents in the state can report schools for teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in violation of his executive order.