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Year: 2022

Deschutes County seeks volunteers interested in serving on Facility Project Review Committee

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is seeking a new volunteer committee member to serve on the Facility Project Review Committee. Candidates should have financial industry experience. The committee provides recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on pending and upcoming County building and facility projects, as requested by the Board. The seven-member committee includes members

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Georgia DA considers seeking Trump testimony in 2020 probe

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election says she’s considering requesting that former President Donald Trump testify under oath to a grand jury. Meanwhile, several Georgia Republicans who’ve been subpoenaed as part of the probe have received letters informing

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Academics attack Florida plan to limit transgender treatment

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A group of academics from Yale University and other schools says a plan by Florida health officials that likely would restrict Medicaid insurance coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender people lacks any sound medical justification. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex reassignment

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SpaceX rockets to fly Russian cosmonauts with new NASA deal

By Jackie Wattles and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Business American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, reached a ride-sharing agreement Friday following months of back-and-forth discussions. Two seats on two separate launches of Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft have been reserved for NASA astronauts, with the

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