Natalie Higgins
Columnist
This April marks the 20th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), which raises public awareness about sexual violence and educate communities on how to prevent it. This year, SAAM is celebrating its 20th campaign with the theme “We Can Build” to empower everyone to build safe online spaces now and for future generations.
How we talk about sexual violence matters. Our words shape the world around us. When we reflect on and change how we think and talk about consent and sexual violence, we can create a culture of respect, equality, and safety.
I am proud to be one of the newest Co-Chairs of the Sexual Violence Working Group within the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators, and excited to get to work with Rep. Christina Miniccuci and use our decades of experience as rape crisis counselors to move this work forward. And with our new two-year Legislative Session underway, I wanted to highlight some of the legislation I have introduced.
30 Apr 2021
Former Trump administration lawyer Mark Paoletta told House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) Thursday that the Joe Biden administration violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding federal funds for the border wall.
A veteran of Washington’s political battles, Paoletta served as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the powerful White House agency in charge of all federal budgeting, spending, and regulatory actions. Now a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, he testified before the House Budget Committee’s hearing, “Protecting our Democracy: Reasserting Congress’ Power of the Purse.”
During the hearing, Smith and Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) asked Paoletta about the Biden administration’s withholding of federal funds appropriated to construct the wall along the southern border. Biden froze border wall funds on his first day in office.
Sine Die: Overview of Georgia’s 2022 Fiscal Year Budget
Bolstered by billions of dollars in unprecedented support from the federal government, Georgia lawmakers enacted a state budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (HB 81) that maintains nearly $850 million in cuts from FY 2020 levels (HB 31), a reduction equivalent to cutting approximately 4 percent of General Funds from the budget.
[1] Due in large part to $90 million in savings from the federal government’s decision to pay a higher-than-usual share of the cost of Georgia’s Medicaid program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers were able to restore about half of the cuts made to public education since the pandemic began, with approximately $561 million in cuts from FY 2020 funding levels remaining. Members of the General Assembly also moved $22 million in funding from other state agencies and $15 million from capital projects to restore a total of about $127 million in cuts initially proposed in Gov. Kemp’s executive bud
News Briefs: ODOT gives update on Ohio 53, turnpike construction
Staff reports
ODOT gives update on Ohio 53, turnpike construction
BOWLING GREEN - Ohio 53, between Schwartz Road and the Ohio Turnpike, Fremont, may experience lane restrictions for turnpike work. Estimated completion is September. Additional restrictions may be announced. Contact Ohio Turnpike PIO Brian Newbacher for more information at 440-821-3399 or brian.newbacher@ohioturnpike.org.
Five-County art show posted on web
OAK HARBOR - Oak Harbor High School announces that the 53rd Annual Five-County Invitational Art Show was held on April 18, virtually.
Art teachers from Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood Counties virtually displayed quality artworks created by students. Various student artwork (both three-dimensional and two-dimensional) were judged by the University of Toledo art professors.
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