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Rural crisis response:How to lend a hand in a way that helps
Daily Yonder | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in NewsAfter the tornado, people from all over the area headed straight to the damaged resort to help. And we needed the help. But keeping track of people and deploying them is not as easy as it sounds. We were conducting hasty searches in multiple locations. On the far side of the blocked road, they didn’t have nearly enough manpower. On our side, we had lots of volunteers but very few people to prioritize needs and manage the efforts.
How to prevent the robot apocalypse from ending labor as we know it.
Daily Yonder | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in Rural NewsWhile some alarmists predict artificial intelligence will decimate the workforce, there is an alternative. Concerted action by leaders in labor, business, government and education can ensure we take advantage of technological gains without replacing workers with robots. Rural communities, with overall declining employment, have a big stake in the issue.While some alarmists predict artificial intelligence will decimate the workforce, there is an alternative.
Why does this rural MS county have the nation's highest IRS audit rate?
Daily Yonder | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in Rural NewsHumphreys County, Mississippi, has the highest rate of federal income-tax audits of any county in the U.S. In a baffling twist of logic, that's because it's also one of the poorest counties in the country.
Georgia Legislature votes to weaken opioid prescription monitoring
Pew Trust | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsIn the midst of an opioid epidemic, the Georgia Legislature has voted to weaken enforcement of one of the investigative tools used against it.On Tuesday the General Assembly voted to take away the ability of the Georgia Composite Medical Board to discipline doctors who fail to register for an opioid prescription tracking database.
‘Opportunity Zones’ Spur New State Tax Incentives
Pew Trust | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsGovernors helped the U.S. Treasury Department choose nearly 9,000 economically distressed “opportunity zones” where people can get a tax break for investing in certain businesses and properties. But the 2017 federal tax law that created the zones doesn’t allow governors or state lawmakers to steer investors’ money into certain projects.
Farmers, hunters spar over elk damage bills
Capital Press | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsLegislation aimed at reducing crop damage from elk has pitted Oregon agriculture groups against hunting organizations that say the proposals will allow for irresponsible killing.
Family exemplifies Klamath water uncertainty
Capital Press | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in Agriculture NewsThe biological opinion is a guiding document that Bureau of Reclamation’s Klamath Basin Area Office uses to ensure the Endangered Species Act is followed, as is required by law. Along with that, the bureau is tasked with delivering water to irrigators in the Klamath Project in accordance with this document. The document will also allow it to issue a concrete water allocation and operations plan for the year.Paul Crawford spoke up about his concerns about the new biological opinion — known to some in the Basin as ‘BiOp’ — at a March 22 meeting hosted by Reclamation, and attended by U.S.
Clock runs out on Oregon industrial dairy bills
Capital Press | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsProposals to treat large Oregon dairies as industrial facilities met with an uproar of objections but have quietly died due to a legislative deadline.
Mass. prisons start offering medication to treat addiction
Boston Globe | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsFor the first time, Massachusetts prisons are providing a medication to treat opioid addiction to newly arriving inmates, as the state launches a groundbreaking program established by legislation passed last year. For now, the Department of Correction is providing just one of the two medications required under the law, which took effect Monday.Still, the change puts Massachusetts ahead of most prisons and jails in the country, where the medications are usually denied.
Medical marijuana sales approved by Georgia Legislature
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Posted onApril 11, 2019 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsMedical marijuana sales are coming to Georgia eventually, but a bill that lawmakers passed late Tuesday contains substantial hurdles before the state’s 8,400 registered patients can buy the drug.The General Assembly approved a unique distribution system that could force patients to wait months or years before they’re legally able to obtain medical marijuana oil here.