The office of Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will provide more than $310 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of November.
Mcconnell is offering democrats a deal they likely can t refuse to raise the debt ceiling and save the country from the brink of default. the minority leader offered two potential options wednesday to avoid default. one option here would allow democrats to pass an emergency extension of the debt ceiling, but only through december. senator mcconnell is now offering to have his caucus step aside and let democrats, all 50 of us, come to the floor and vote for a short-term debt ceiling raise. and i think we will accept that so we can move forward with finishing the work to pass the build back better agenda. daniela diaz joins us live from capitol hill. daniela, good morning. so, help me out here. how did we go from weeks of mcconnell telling the democrats, you got to go it alone, you got to use reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling, to now a potential deal? what s he up to? reporter: laura, it seemed
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Are exempt from the mandate. healthcare workers statewide mandate continues, 87% of healthcare workers are vaccinated, up 10% in just a month. yesterday a federal court ruled healthcare workers can be temporarily exempt from the vaccine mandate for religious purposes. same court meets in two weeks time. see if that ruling will stay. mike. mike: brian live in brooklyn, new york. many thanks. sandra. sandra: mike and all of that as this just comes in to us. california has become the first state in the nation to have a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all schoolchildren, of course there is gavin newsom talking about this, he just announced it. the plan will affect all elementary through high school student to get the shot once they reach full approval issue the shot for all school aged children, right now the f.d.a.