Pelosi unveils new Obamacare expansion bill aimed at 20 million
Pelosi announces the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act to expand subsidies and allow more people to qualify for ACA coverage while targeting states that did not expand Medicaid. The plan would empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices and roll back short term plans, framing a contrast with Trump’s Supreme Court challenge and the pandemic.
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Washington
Donald Trump
House
Nancy Pelosi
Trump
Supreme Court
Pelosi
Obama
Texas
Florida
California
White House
Judd Deere
Senate
ACA
Medicare
Democratic
Cheri Bustos
D-Il
Kaiser Family Foundation
Mercer County Fireworks Ordinance Sparks Court Debate
Mercer County considers a fireworks ordinance with set times and fines up to 500 dollars. The county commission urges a county court to enforce infractions, while the sheriff and magistrate office cite manpower and state-law enforcment issues.
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Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Department
Mercer County
Greg Puckett
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mercer County Commission
Puckett
West Virginia
Sheriff's Office
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Ments
County Commission
Samantha Perry
Sperry
Bdtontine
Bridge project moves forward with feasibility study plan
The City accelerates a public bridge study linking East End to downtown. Five study objectives guide engineering review, alternatives, costs, funding sources, and a report to present to Norfolk Southern and city boards. Three firms already presented, with emphasis on funding, rail partnership, and broader infrastructure gains beyond the bridge.
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Lem
Deloris French
North Side
French
Dane Rideout
Rideout
Norfolk Southern Railway
East End
Norfolk Southern
Colin Cline
Charles Bosthe
Cbocthe
Bdiontine
West Virginia officials discuss COVID-19 measures and Slemp resignation
WV officials update on masking and travel precautions amid renewed cases and church outbreaks. Dr. Clay Marsh warns of national spread as Justice and Crouch accept the resignation of State Health Officer Cathy Slemp after concerns over public health leadership.
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Clay Marsh
State
Covid-19 Czar
West Virginia
Justice
Greenbrier County
Ohio County
Boone County
Jackson County
Crouch
Bureau For Public Health
Cathy Slemp
Justice’s
Slemp
Virus surge in Mercer County prompts quarantines
Mercer County reports 15 active COVID-19 cases with five new infections on Wednesday, all travel related. Contact tracing identified additional exposed individuals in isolation, while 37 close contacts remain in isolation and 42 test results are pending. Local halls closed, officials monitor DHHR guidance as testing and quarantines continue.
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Mercer County
Myrtle Beach
Bragg
Mercer County Health Department
Bluefield
Princeton
Greg Puckett
Mercer County Commission
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
DHHR
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell County
Virginia Department of Health
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bdtontine
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