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RAISIN TOWNSHIP After its proposed road millage failed in the last election, Raisin Township officials agreed to dedicate an additional $300,000 from the general fund for road repairs in 2021.
After roads severely deteriorated when state road funding to municipalities dried up during the recession, the township board established a $95 per parcel Special Assessment District (SAD) in 2014 that brought in an additional $328,500 for road repairs in the township on top of $100,000 a year it budgeted for roads. The SAD, which was in place for five years, allowed the township to successfully rehabilitate many of the main roads within the township.
RAISIN TWP. — The Raisin Township Board agreed Monday to look further into hiring a business to conduct the township’s ordinance enforcement.The township, which enforces ordinances within its borders and other smaller townships surrounding it, at some point in its past decided to combine code enforcement into the role of the building inspector’s position.But over the years, the workload for building inspector Kevin Arquette has increased and the township has been
CAMC among those prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations By
December 27, 2020 - 2:10 pm
Adam Crawford, an Emergency Medicine Physician at CAMC was the first worker at the hospital system to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia has prioritized who the first are to receive the new vaccinations for COVID-19.
Initially the shots were planned for front line healthcare workers and staff and patients in West Virginia nursing homes. At the Charleston Area Medical Center, they’ve had to further prioritize who will get the vaccinations due to the limited supply.
“Right now there’s not enough to go around for everyone, so we are prioritizing and offering it to groups in phases,” said Dale Witte, spokesman for CAMC.
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Partly cloudy skies this evening. Increasing clouds with periods of showers late. Low 49F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%..
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Partly cloudy skies this evening. Increasing clouds with periods of showers late. Low 49F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%. Updated: April 13, 2021 @ 5:35 pm
In the shadows
New police force in America: More hospitals are creating private departments, raising concerns about secrecy and abuse
Public can t see crime data, arrest figures, discipline records
John Diedrich, Raquel Rutledge and Daphne Chen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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5:53 pm UTC Jan. 13, 2021
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An Indiana University Health police vehicle sits outside IU Health hospital in Indianapolis last month.
Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There is a new kind of police force emerging in America. At first glance it is familiar: Officers carry guns, can make arrests and generally cannot be prosecuted for on-duty actions.
But unlike typical police forces, these departments operate largely in secrecy. They don t have to tell the public much about their operations, and there is no public board looking over their shoulder.