Missoula
Members of the local nurses' union rejected a proposal they say fails to adequately pay experienced and new nurses. The two sides have not yet set a date to return to the bargaining table.
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The location of a planned U.S. Department of Homeland Security national immigration enforcement call center has changed from Adams to Nashville, a federal contract database shows. Last week, the database showed ICE had awarded a $63 million contract to Alaska-based company Koniag Government Services, and listed Adams, a rural town of about 600 people near […]
North Carolina
(The Center Square) – Taxpayers’ costs for the troubled Charlotte Area Transit System – a 55% reduction in armed security staff and 211% increase in contract value were revealed last year – include $5 million to $6.5 million for fare evasion by riders, and $1.7 million in unspent funding for safety and security equipment.
Idaho
After a public contract dispute that led an East Idaho hospital to become out of network with a major health insurer, the two businesses agreed to a contract. The deal brings Portneuf Medical Center in-network for Regence BlueShield of Idaho, according to a joint announcement made Saturday by the hospital and insurer. For two months, […]
States Newsroom
Huntington organizers to hold citywide signature drive for ‘Get The Flock Out’ ballot initiative
Residents in Huntington angered over their city council’s approval of a $2.1 million contract with Flock Safety to install license plate readers, cameras and more throughout the city are organizing a weekend-long canvassing campaign later this month to collect the signatures for their ballot initiative petition. The residents, led by Huntington Community Action Group, a […]
States Newsroom
Members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus say Gov. Mike Braun overstepped his authority when he issued an executive order last month targeting a state diversity program. The IBLC hosted a press conference Monday to renew attention to the order eliminating race- and sex-based preferences in the Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises Program without legislative […]
Tennessee
Local officials on Thursday were still seeking information about a multi-million-dollar government contract with an Alaska-based corporation designating Adams, Tennessee as the location of a national immigration enforcement call center. A summary document posted on the federal government’s contract website shows it has entered into a contract of up to $63 million with a subsidiary […]
Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers signed off Thursday on a 10-year, no-bid contract worth $192.6 million to provide public safety equipment and technology for law enforcement and the prison system.
Arizona
Military contractor aircraft equipped with high-end surveillance gear has been flying along the United States southern border above Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for months. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security won’t elaborate on what the aircraft are doing. “The Department of War contracts with a number of companies, including Metrea, […]
North Carolina
(The Center Square) – A Southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is meanwhile financially boosting a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments.
