PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci on Monday were joined by a coalition of mental health advocates, physicians and patients today to call on Governor Cuomo to reinstate “prescriber prevails” for atypical antipsychotics in the 2013-2014 state budget via the 21-day amendments. The group also urged the Governor and Legislature to restore “prescriber […]
Former Navy SEAL and author of the best-selling book “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, 38, and a friend were killed yesterday at a central Texas gun range. A 25-year-old Texas man Eddie Ray Routh was charged with two counts of murder. Police said the shooting occurred at 3:30 p.m. (CST) Saturday at the Rough Creek Lodge, […]
–PRESS RELEASE– Supervisor Alex Gromack and Chief of Police Michael Sullivan have announced a youth sponsored underage drinking initiative called “Only 2 Will Do.” The “Only 2 Will Do” program is intended to create awareness, legal compliance and partnership with local licensed retailers of alcoholic beverages to require 2 forms of ID in the sale […]
A school shooting in the Atlanta, Georgia area Thursday left one student seriously injured, but was broken up by an armed security officer before any fatalities occurred. According to the AP, “A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school […]
[Update — as of Monday, February 4, 11 days after it was first submitted, the bill has been posted on www.thomas.gov] S. 150, California Senator Diane Feinstein’s bill to ban assault weapons, has yet to be posted to the Library of Congress website a week after it was first introduced. Usually bills are posted to […]