Virginia lawmakers set to raise pay for attending meetings
Virginia lawmakers seek a pay raise from 200 to 300 dollars a day for attending out of session meetings. The budget adds about 213 thousand dollars yearly, averaging 1 500 dollars per legislator, with larger gains for senior members with more committee duties. Gov. McAuliffe must sign. Critics question boosting pay after an election.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia
General Assembly
Terry McAuliffe
GOP
David Suetterlein
House
Senate
S. Chris Jones
Jones
Spagghetti and No Balls fundraiser dinner at the Railyard
Mercer County Animal Shelter hosts a spaghetti dinner and silent auction on March 26 2016 at the Railyard Bluefield WV to raise 10 000 with Grants matching all mail and gofundme donations. Dinner includes spaghetti salad dessert and meat options.
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Bluefield
Grant's
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Railyard
MCAS
Grant’s
Gofundme
Shelter Rd
Princeton
Spay Neuter
Michelle Muncy
Raleigh St
Blake Stowers
Lstowers
Bluefield records 75 degree high tops 15 year mark
Bluefield tied a 15 year high temperature record with 75 degrees on Thursday as meteorologist Chris Fisher explained a warm southerly flow from a high pressure system offshore. He noted normal highs are in the 50s and predicted a weekend stay in the upper 60s to near 70s with scattered showers and a possible cool down next weekend.
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Bluefield
Blacksburg
Chris Fisher
Fisher
Street medicine shifts homeless care from clinics to streets
Allentown reporter profile highlights Brett Feldman, a physician assistant delivering primary and preventive care to about 100 homeless patients monthly in Allentown Bethlehem and Easton. Street medicine, born decades ago, aims to cut ER use and hospital costs by treating people where they live. Hospital systems increasingly back such programs as a cost effective humane approach. A patient, Todd Hottle, praises Feldman’s visits and support despite his own reluctance to stay in hospital care.
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Allentown
Brett Feldman
Feldman
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Philadelphia
Bethlehem
Easton
Jim Withers
Pittsburgh Mercy
Withers
Street Medicine Institute
Todd Hottle
Hottle
Coats Targets Wasteful Spending After voodoo doll study
Indiana Senator Dan Coats criticizes a 331000 National Science Foundation project to study if hunger breeds anger. The study linked low glucose to more pin placements on voodoo dolls, drawing laughter from critics while defense and NSF defend the research as advancing understanding of aggression and domestic violence.
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Ashington
Dan Coats
Coats
Senate
National Science Foundation
Barack Obama
Congress
Indiana
America
Brad Bushman
Ohio State University
Bushman
National Institutes of Health
New Zealand
John Cornyn
Texas
Evan Bayh
Obama
Tom Coburn
Oklahoma
Coburn
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Joe Donnelly
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Laura Lacroix
Bob Rapp
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Washington
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Pare
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