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Most of the cuts will come from the public health agencies: The FDA, responsible for setting standards for Americans’ foods and medications, will shed 3,500 workers, while the CDC, which tracks infectious disease outbreaks, will cut 2,400 positions.
Department of Health and Human Services to cut 20,000 positions, public health agencies hit hardest
The agency made the announcement Thursday. The agency is responsible for monitoring infectious diseases, inspecting foods and hospitals and overseeing health insurance programs for nearly half the…
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March 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Most of the cuts will come from the public health agencies: The FDA, responsible for setting standards for Americans’ foods and medications, will shed 3,500 workers, while the CDC, which tracks infectious disease outbreaks, will cut 2,400 positions.
For those of you in Oregon, please consider sending in your signature to get this initiative on the 2026 ballot. Will require a regional vote before a toll can be added to any road or bridge and will be retroactive back to 1/1/2018. Just download the petition and send it in.
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IP-31 ... Vote Before Tolls
A grass-roots effort to require a Vote Before Tolls. It's retroactive to include the proposed I-205, I-5, Hwy 26 & 217, multi-billion dollar Interstate Bridge and other statewide tolls. Let's call ODO...
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March 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For those of you in Oregon, please consider sending in your signature to get this initiative on the 2026 ballot. Will require a regional vote before a toll can be added to any road or bridge and will be retroactive back to 1/1/2018. Just download the petition and send it in.
votebeforetolls.org
votebeforetolls.org
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The mass firing of employees at NOAA could hamper research, hurt the economy and lead to, among other things, more dangerous fire seasons in Oregon.
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/03/chaotic-trump-layoff-of-noaa-employees-in-oregon-could-hurt-economy-worsen-fire-season.html
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/03/chaotic-trump-layoff-of-noaa-employees-in-oregon-could-hurt-economy-worsen-fire-season.html
March 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The mass firing of employees at NOAA could hamper research, hurt the economy and lead to, among other things, more dangerous fire seasons in Oregon.
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/03/chaotic-trump-layoff-of-noaa-employees-in-oregon-could-hurt-economy-worsen-fire-season.html
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/03/chaotic-trump-layoff-of-noaa-employees-in-oregon-could-hurt-economy-worsen-fire-season.html
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“This whole exercise would be ludicrous if it weren’t so serious,” said Randy Hardy, who headed BPA in the 1990s. “Cuts to this kind of thing plays with fire.”
Trump ‘plays with fire’ in cutting Bonneville Power Administration, insiders say
“This whole exercise would be ludicrous if it weren’t so serious,” said Randy Hardy, who headed BPA in the 1990s. “Cuts to this kind of thing plays with fire.”
www.seattletimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“This whole exercise would be ludicrous if it weren’t so serious,” said Randy Hardy, who headed BPA in the 1990s. “Cuts to this kind of thing plays with fire.”
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Make America Healthy Again
Measles cases reported in Texas as vaccine rate against the disease has fallen
Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.
www.texastribune.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Make America Healthy Again
Can't pay taxes if there's no "income"
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Can't pay taxes if there's no "income"
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New Square Feature Allows Customers To Tip With Bible Quote
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January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New Square Feature Allows Customers To Tip With Bible Quote
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Potentially good news for those who suffer with depression.
January 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Potentially good news for those who suffer with depression.
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"As global norms are set and scientific standards issued, the absence of the US [from WHO] will undermine scientific research, health security, and foreign policy," write Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3E74dP9
January 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"As global norms are set and scientific standards issued, the absence of the US [from WHO] will undermine scientific research, health security, and foreign policy," write Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3E74dP9
Made this version on our last camping trip, it was an instant winner!
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Taco Bell Crunchwrap - Copy Cat - Kent Rollins
Taco Bell’s Ultimate Crunchwrap Supreme: Cowboy Copycat I have been hearing from a lot of y’all lately, wanting me to add a little bit of cowboy to Taco Bell’s Ultimate…
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January 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Made this version on our last camping trip, it was an instant winner!
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