Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

LNP/LancasterOnline. March XX, 2023. Editorial: Pennsylvania lawmakers must enact sensible gun safety legislation Martin School in the School District of Lancaster has students in kindergarten through eighth grade. That means most of the students there are younger...

Georgia Senate unveils new mental health bill at late hour

ATLANTA (AP) — An effort to make more changes to Georgia's mental health system could stall in the closing days of the 2023 legislative session even though a Senate committee on Wednesday unveiled a rewritten bill that House sponsors and advocates found broadly acceptable. That's...

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes

LONDON (AP) — Unions representing more than a million health care workers in England, including nurses and paramedics — but not doctors — reached a deal Thursday to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages. The announcement came as early-career physicians spent a...

Nurses, ambulance crews and health care workers other than doctors reach pay deal in England to avert further strikes

Nurses, ambulance crews and health care workers other than doctors reach pay deal in England to avert further strikes

UT Chattanooga program aims to lessen nursing shortage

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — As the county and nation suffer from a nursing shortage, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is launching an accelerated nursing degree program to get more nurses in the field sooner. UTC officials announced the accelerated bachelor of science in...

Georgia House seeks more improvements to mental health

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia House is pushing forward a plan aimed at doing more to recruit mental health care workers, and finding ways to help people who bounce between hospitals, jails and homelessness. Representatives voted 163-3 on Thursday to pass House Bill 520, sending it to...

Indiana jail officer fired after inmate hit during struggle

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A white correctional officer in southwestern Indiana who is seen in body camera footage punching a Black inmate during a struggle has been fired. Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Martè said Friday that the decision to terminate James Mitchell was part of his...

Nebraska considers medical conscientious objection bill

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are following the path of other conservative states in considering a bill that would allow medical providers, facilities and insurers to cite their religious, ethical or moral beliefs in denying some medical treatments. Critics say it's simply another way...

U2's Bono, family of Tyre Nichols' among Jill Biden's guests

Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting were among the featured guests sitting alongside first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday's State of the Union address. The guests were invited...