When Majority Leader Brad Tschida rose on the floor of the Montana House on a March afternoon last year to speak against one of the most consequential pieces of legislation to ultimately pass the 2019 session, he had a clear message for his fellow Republicans: “Be aware,” he said, “that anyone who votes for this […]
New Yorkers looking for a mail-in copy of the state voter registration form or any assistance at all in registering to vote during the pandemic won’t get any direct answers from the state Board of Elections’ dedicated hotline. The number —800-367-8683 — is answered with a recorded message and the voice mailbox is full. The hotline eventually […]
MONROVIA, Calif. — Most mornings, like clockwork, you could find Art Ballard pumping iron. At least five days a week, he drove to Foothill Gym, where he beat on the punching bag, rode a stationary bike and worked his abs. After he joined the gym five years ago, he dropped 20 pounds, improved his balance […]
Monday’s biggest developments Gyms and other businesses reopening Texas reports 48,693 cases and 1,347 deaths [4:45 p.m.] Texas reported 909 more cases of the new coronavirus Monday, an increase of about 2% over the previous day, bringing the total number of known cases to 48,693. No new counties reported cases Monday; over 85% of the […]
A low-cost, high-benefit strength-training program offered through Montana State University Extension may be one solution for how seniors living in small towns can access a fitness program that will help them age well. As Montana’s aging population continues to grow (18.9% of Montanans are now 65 or older), rural residents face the same aging challenges […]
As New York City teachers scramble to comply with a mandate to create new remote learning plans for students with disabilities, they have been granted the authority to reduce services in some cases. Educators were required to complete abbreviated learning plans by Wednesday, explaining what real-time services — like counseling or specialized instruction — they […]
If your life these days is anything like mine, a pre-pandemic routine that included regular exercise and disciplined eating has probably given way to sedentary evenings on a big chair, binge-watching reruns of your favorite TV series while guzzling chocolate ice cream or mac ’n’ cheese. But let’s not beat ourselves up about it. Several […]
When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary studies in the early 1990s had linked both supplements to a lower risk of heart disease. She urged her father to pop the pills as well: “Dad, you should be on these […]
Some of us may have heard that horseradish and garlic supplements help ease cold and flu symptons. Blooms High Strength Horseradish and Garlic Complex claims it has a soothing antimicrobial action that helps fight off the bugs that can cause colds and flu and provides symptomatic relief from upper respiratory tract infections. Others, such as those promoted by Swisse and Blackmores, […]
Those numbers are people. It’s easy to forget, when you’re taking a daily look at a dashboard tracking the coronavirus, at the closed businesses and unemployed workers across the state that mark the path of the recession, at efforts to educate Texas kids in classrooms or in their homes, or at the logistics of breaking the social distancing blues with some college football. Every number […]
Michelle Masiwemai — like many early childhood workers — is a mom. But her job at a Las Cruces home-based child care center didn’t pay enough to support her 8-year-old daughter, who lives with her parents in Guam while she and her fiancé try to get on firmer financial footing. The daughter of two educators, […]
The free discount prescription drug benefit attached to the city’s IDNYC cards no longer covers many common opioid medications, under a change approved by a city panel this week. The measure to remove the discount for medications such as Oxycodone targets the addictive drugs after years of rising fatal overdoses. “This decision was made in the setting […]
