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The Parkersburg News and Sentinel publishes a piece every week from Greg Kozera, director of marketing and sales for Shale Crescent USA. Shale Crescent USA is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to oil and gas and petrochemical expansion in the Ohio River Valley around the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Mr. Kozera’s byline says he is a professional engineer with a master’s in environmental engineering and 40 years of experience in the energy industry. That’s great! That background should lead to more to offer than just oil and gas public relations.
Usually, Mr. Kozera’s pieces are fairly benign and hard to disagree with; that’s part of public relations. This past week, though, in the March 7 edition of the News and Sentinel, Mr. Kozera got downright insulting.
Statehouse Reporter
Last Thursday was the 30-day mark of the 60-day legislative session for 2021, so it’s all downhill from here.
Of the 1,767 bills that have been introduced this session, 65 bills have passed the House of Delegates, 93 bills have passed the state Senate, 21 bills have completed legislation, and six bills have been signed by Gov. Jim Justice.
Tomorrow is the final day to introduce bills and joint resolutions in the House (that doesn’t prohibit originating bills from committees, supplemental appropriations bills, and regular resolutions or concurrent resolutions).
Much of the heavy-lift bills that garnered much debate from the Democratic minority are mostly through the process. The Senate is still working through some of those bills, such as occupational licensing changes and the education savings account bill.
By Dr. Robert O Connor and Dr. Amy Ferguson
Mar 15, 2021
Like the rest of the United States, Iowa is facing a maternal health crisis. The maternal mortality rate in Iowa has almost doubled in recent years and significant racial disparities exist. Black mothers in Iowa have a pregnancy-related maternal mortality over six times higher than their white counterparts.
But Iowa lawmakers have the chance to pass legislation that could reduce maternal mortality rates and improve outcomes for mothers. Extending the Medicaid postpartum coverage period from the current 60 days to a full 12 months is the simplest and most targeted way to ensure that new mothers can get the care they need to help keep them and their baby healthy.
In 1866 Gideon Tucker, a lawyer and newspaper editor in New York, famously wrote, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in s
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Last Thursday was the 30-day mark of the 60-day legislative session for 2021, so it’s all downhill from here.
Of the 1,767 bills that have been introduced this session, 65 bills have passed the House of Delegates, 93 bills have passed the state Senate, 21 bills have completed legislation, and six bills have been signed by Gov. Jim Justice.
Tomorrow is the final day to introduce bills and joint resolutions in the House (that doesn’t prohibit originating bills from committees, supplemental appropriations bills, and regular resolutions or concurrent resolutions).
Much of the heavy-lift bills that garnered much debate from the Democratic minority are mostly through the process. The Senate is still working through some of those bills, such as occupational licensing changes and the education savings account bill.