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Assisted dying bill: why fears about coercion may be exaggerated – a philosopher’s view

The Conversation 22 Jan 2025
The UK parliament’s assisted dying bill recently passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with 330 votes in favour and 275 against ... It is currently being scrutinised, line by line, ahead of the next parliamentary vote in April.
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Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Newsday 22 Jan 2025
Suzuki received 99.7% of the vote, falling one vote short of joining former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera as the second player to be unanimously voted into the Hall (and joining Derek Jeter as the second player to be one vote shy of unanimous).
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Five failings of the assisted dying committee

The Spectator 22 Jan 2025
Back in November, MPs waved through Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill by 330 votes to 275 ... Supporters oozed assurances. there would be ample scope at the committee stage ... Sign up to Britain’s best politics newsletter ... SIGN UP ... ×. .
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Unemployment, poor sanitation, traffic key concerns in NE Delhi before assembly polls

Hindustan Times 22 Jan 2025
New Delhi, ... Javed Khan , a resident of Seelampur, said unemployment and inflation are among the pressing issues that will affect the voting process in the district. “We want the government to provide jobs for the youth. People here are dying of hunger.
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State lawmakers push nuclear energy for coal communities

Steamboat Pilot 22 Jan 2025
Dylan Roberts (D-Frisco) ... Sen ... Nuclear energy’s complicated legacy ... 27, 2020 ... Changing the narrative ... A previous version of the bill died last year in a Senate committee hearing, with Democrats voting 4-3 along party lines to kill the measure. .
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Bipartisan push for nuclear energy in Colorado seeks to help coal towns transition

Summit Daily 22 Jan 2025
Dylan Roberts (D-Frisco) ... Alex Valdez, a Democrat ... Sen ... Nuclear energy’s complicated legacy ... A previous version of the bill died last year in a Senate committee hearing, with Democrats voting 4-3 along party lines to kill the measure. .
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Assisted dying row as patients given six months to live often survive for three years

AOL 21 Jan 2025
The draft legislation, for which MPs voted in November, proposes granting people with six months to live – or less – medical assistance to die, given the approval of two doctors and a judge.Inaccuracy confirmed ... “Under assisted dying laws ...
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MPs reminded to be civil as assisted dying committee meets for tense start

AOL 21 Jan 2025
A majority of members voted to sit in private, with the intention of moving back into a public session to confirm witnesses and timetabling ... The MPs on the committee and who voted yes to the Bill are.
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Cecile Richards, 67, Longtime Former President of Planned Parenthood, Dies of Brain Cancer

Democracy Now 21 Jan 2025
Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and fierce defender of reproductive rights, has died at 67 after a battle with brain cancer ... It was simply unsafe, and young, healthy women died routinely in emergency rooms across this country.
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Data centers could double Virginia’s energy use in a decade. Bills to regulate them are ...

Daily Press 21 Jan 2025
A bill that would have increased state regulatory review over data centers died in General Assembly committees last week, while another that would provide noise and land site reviews has advanced.
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County meeting has some courthouse fireworks

Odessa American 21 Jan 2025
Fawcett and Commissioner Mike Gardner disagreed and the motion died as Commissioner Samantha Russell was in the meeting virtually and not able to vote ... when voted for this initially we were 5-0 on it.
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Rent cap proposal clears first hurdle in WA House

Kitsap Sun 21 Jan 2025
It passed on a one-vote margin with one Democrat, Rep. Adison Richards of Gig Harbor, voting against it ... It now heads to the House Appropriations Committee for further consideration before making its way to the full chamber for a vote.
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In CT, Lamont pledges focus on climate resiliency

The CT Mirror 21 Jan 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Become a Member Now ... “Hundreds of homes and businesses wiped out, and we’re playing catch-up.” ... That proposal died before legislators could take a vote ... .
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Mississippi Legislature poised to debate early voting bills this session

Delta Democrat-Times 20 Jan 2025
It died, however, in a House committee without any debate or a vote. House Elections Committee Chairman Noah Sanford, a Republican from Collins, let the Senate bill die in committee last year because ...
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Letters to the Editor: We cannot appease Trump; Boulder’s zoning changes are not right

Daily Camera 20 Jan 2025
Appeasing Trump will only encourage him. So, we are not sliding slowly into a dictatorship, we ran towards it with open arms ... People are dying in L.A. and they demand conditions for aid because California voted blue ... Regner Trampedach, Boulder ... .

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