President Weah On Concessionairesâ Back to do More for Citizens in Bassa
Friday, 23rd April 2021 Photo Credit: Executive Mansion
(Compound #2, Grand Bassa County):Liberia’s Chief Executive, Dr. George Manneh Weah has intensified pressure on private companies in the hinterland to improve corporate social responsibility initiatives for the host communities as contribution to Liberia’s transformation. The President underscored the significant impact of concessionaires contributions in national development, since it goes directly to the people. Acknowledging excellent partnership his government has had with concessionaires over the years, Dr. Weah says the ordinary citizens’ interest matters most and that national and foreign companies should to do more as a prerequisite for maintaining the good relations.
(INDIANAPOLIS) One notable story from this year’s legislative session was what didn’t happen:
a COVID outbreak.
Senate Minority Leader Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis) acknowledges feeling “scared” at the start of
the session that the virus would rip through the House and Senate, with 150 legislators from
across the state working closely for four months. And House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers),
who had his own bout with COVID-19 before the start of the sssion says for the first couple of
months, the legislature had a member or staffer sidelined just about every day, either by infection
or to quarantine after exposure.
President Weah Calls For New Methodology Towards National Development Discourse
Friday, 23rd April 2021 Photo Credit: Executive Mansion
(Compound #2, Grand Bassa County): As the President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah continues to put spotlight on long forgotten communities in the country as a result of his nationwide tours, so he continues to behold the harsh realities facing rural people, and at the same time conceiving more new ways in shifting the country’s development paradigm. Driving several hours into and combing the woodlands of Grand Bassa County, President Weah has come face to face in real time with untold deplorable conditions of ordinary Liberians and it seems this is impacting the President more than anything else as a caring leader which why he laments the need for support to his national development strategy which is the way forward for Liberians.
Florida House Unanimously Passes Gail s Law Rape Kit Tracking Bill by Representative Emily Slosberg
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Representative Emily Slosberg (D–Boca Raton). Gail s Law requires the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create and maintain a statewide system for tracking sexual assault evidence kits from the point of collection through the criminal justice process. That tracking system must be accessible to sexual assault survivors, giving them the option of receiving updates on the status of the evidence in their case. Currently, 30 states and Washington D.C. have implemented statewide databases for tracking sexual assault kits. HB 673 Gail s Law passed unanimously off the floor of the Florida House of Representatives! Thank you Gail Gardner for having the strength and courage to advocate for change in our laws! - State Representative Emily Slosberg
Representative Emily Slosberg s Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Bill Passes Final House Committee, Heads to the House Floor
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Representative Emily Slosberg (D–Boca Raton) passed out of the House Judiciary Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support. Gail s Law would require the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create and maintain a statewide system for tracking sexual assault evidence kits from the point of collection through the criminal justice process. The tracking system would be accessible to survivors of sexual assault, giving them the option of opting-in for updates on the status of the evidence in their case. Currently, 30 states and Washington D.C. have implemented a statewide database for tracking sexual assault kits.