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(WSHU) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for $290 million to be included in the next federal spending package to fund anti-drug initiatives following a recent increase in rainbow fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid estimated to be 100 times more potent than morphine.
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WHYY - For more than a decade, Pennsylvania’s pool of new teachers has been shrinking, placing added pressure on those who go into teaching. CLICK HERE.
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NCPR - Canada is dropping all COVID-19-era restrictions for people entering the country by air, land, or sea. Canadian health minister Jean-Yves Duclos made the announcement Monday morning.
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Public comments on changes to New York state’s proposed new minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes were due by the end of Monday.
The health care workers union SEIU 1199, which represents many of the state’s nursing home workers, said the health department’s proposed rules fall short and undermine the intent of the 2021 law. Union representatives said the new rules won’t solve New York’s staffing shortages, which worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, when more than 10,000 nursing home residents died from the disease.
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With almost six weeks to go before Election Day, both candidates in the battleground 19th Congressional District race have yet to agree to a debate. The district stretches from Ithaca to the Hudson Valley.
Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro told WSKG on Friday that he’s agreed to a debate hosted by Spectrum News and two forums, one with the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce and the other with the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce.
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