The House Committee on Health and Human Resources advanced a couple of bills aimed at trying to ensure greater oversight. One, HB 4595, would allow a legislative oversight committee to meet privately to hear details about sensitive matters like child protective services investigations. Even though the provision allows closed door meetings, the concept is that...
Some House Democrats are frustrated with the Biden administration for striking Houthi positions in Yemen without Congressional approval on Thursday night. “The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another middle east conflict,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., wrote on X. “That is Article...
LAS VEGAS — From electric cars to transparent TVs to the latest accessibility tech and virtual assistants backed by artificial intelligence, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this week. The best of it aimed to solve big real-world problems. Some of it aimed to...
CES 2024 is winding down now and it’s been a frantic week of computing and gadget showcases. Intel launched its laptop-focused Core Ultra series of processors at the very end of 2023, so we expected to see a good number of the usual vendors releasing gaming laptops sporting the Meteor Lake chip. In the end,...
ORLANDO, Fla. – On Tuesday evening, several tornado warnings went into effect across Central Florida as severe weather made its way through the state. However, the worst outbreak of tornadoes in the state’s history broke out over 20 years ago — an incident dubbed the “Night of the Tornadoes.” According to the NOAA, the outbreak...
House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne), left, and Senate Minority Leader Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis), right, stand in front of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses to unveil their joint agenda on Jan. 11, 2024. Brandon Smith/IPB News Indiana Statehouse Democrats say it’s “too expensive to be a Hoosier.” And the House and Senate...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries —...
LANSING, Mich. — Our most significant snow since last season is about to move into mid-Michigan Friday and Saturday. The storm will likely cause a travel nightmare across the state with localized power outages even being possible. The storm is rapidly strengthening as it moves over the state. The pressure will be very low which...
If you’re on the hunt for a new pair of cozy winter boots, look no further. After browsing Free People’s site, I came to the decision that I had to try every pair and do a little Mou Boots review to pick the best for me. They come in a few different heights and can...
Microsoft has recently rebranded its artificial intelligence offering from Bing Chat Enterprise to Microsoft Copilot, which is now available to all faculty and staff. Although this service uses the Open AI’s ChatGPT language model, any data entered into it is not shared or used in training the Open AI language models and is the most...