More than 100 colleges across the U.S. have said they will require students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend in-person classes. According to federal law, all Emergency Use Authorization products “are by definition experimental and thus require the right to refuse.”
New Hampshire finished first in a new study by the WalletHub website on whether residents of the 50 states are getting the most bang for the buck for their tax dollars.
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would ban the use of freelance workers in most instances. The legislation says “an individual performing any service shall be considered an employee … and not an independent contractor.” About 59 million gig workers make up $1.2 trillion of the U.S. economy.
To reach herd immunity, more than 80% of the U.S. population would need to be vaccinated or have natural immunity to the virus. A person gets natural immunity after contracting the virus and gets the antibodies necessary to fight off future infection.
Activists and critics argue that “Blue Lives Matter” is offensive and even racist, but pro-police advocates say the phrase is intended to draw awareness to the sacrifices that American law enforcement make every day to fight crime and protect their country.
New Hampshire is set to receive $25 million from the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. New Hampshire also received $194 million in funding through the American Rescue Plan. Some of that funding can be used by cities and counties to expand broadband access.
Lawmakers proposed an amendment that would ban on any state agency or “business getting taxpayer money” from “compelling” employees or clients to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Rep. Timothy Baxter, R-Seabrook, said passports mean people “could discriminate against flying, travel, going to a job or simply going to the supermarket.”
Republican lawmakers pushed back Wednesday after the White House unveiled a new $1.8 trillion spending plan that includes free college tuition provisions and up to 12 weeks of paid family leave.
American Medical Association (AMA) CEO James Madara sent an open letter to the National Governors Association Monday calling laws banning transgender surgeries for minors “a dangerous governmental intrusion into the practice of medicine.”
Florida, the nation’s third-most populous state, could join scores of other states in enacting election reforms. The proposal, which awaits action in the Florida House of Representatives, is similar to a measure that passed as part of Georgia’s new election law.
The U.S. national debt is closer to $123 trillion, more than four times what the Treasury Department is reporting, Chicago-based Truth in Accounting calculates in its new annual analysis of the nation’s finances.
A newly released survey of students at over 500 colleges and universities who belong to Greek-letter fraternities and sororities found that the majority of students don’t feel comfortable publicly disagreeing with their professors on a controversial topic.