Monticello EMT fired over video of patient
Curtis Wyman an Advanced EMT with Monticello Ambulance Service was terminated in August after recording part of a 40 minute non emergency ambulance transport and sending the video to managers who say it spread in the community. The unemployment hearing found his explanations hollow and noted he did not ride in the back with the patient.
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Monticello
Curtis Wyman
Wyman
Danny
Blair Bennett
Bennett
Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services
Iowa
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Anamosa
Nick Rohlman
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Nineteen Minutes Tops List of Banned School Books
Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes leads PEN America’s list of books most banned in schools for the 2023-24 year. The report cites over 10,000 removal cases affecting about 4,200 titles, with Florida and Iowa accounting for most bans. Picoult defends its inclusion, noting age appropriate reading and a single page on date rape sparked objections.
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Jodi Picoult
New York
PEN America
PEN
Iowa
Florida
Kasey Meehan
John Green
Alaska
Alice Walker
Margaret Atwood
Toni Morrison
Sarah J. Maas
Picoult
Florida Department of Education
Manny Diaz Jr
Ron DeSantis
Orlando
DeSantis
Diaz
Orlando Sentinel
TNS
Three states vote on paid sick leave measures
Voters in Alaska Missouri and Nebraska will decide on ballot measures to require paid sick time. If approved workers earn time off and may see wage protections, while opponents warn of burdens on employers.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Nebraska
Alaska
District of Columbia
Center For American Progress
Washington, D.C
KFF Health
Sixteen Thirty Fund
Alana Ashmore
Ashmore
Jodi Lepaopao
COVID-19
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
National Federation of Independent Business
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