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Senator: Texas Medical Board not doing 'vital job' protecting patients from harm

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

Investigative Summary: For more than a year, KXAN investigators told you about doctors with hidden problems in their pasts coming to Texas to practice. Our reporting led to a Texas Medical Board rule change and several bills filed this legislative session to protect patients, including one that seeks to hold the TMB accountable in a new and "unique" way. KXAN brought the findings of our investigations straight to lawmakers amid ongoing concerns for Texas patients. AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the floor of the Texas Senate, KXAN took patient concerns directly to lawmakers, testifying about what our year-long investigation found: Patients don't have full transparency necessary to make informed healthcare decisions when choosing a doctor. "The Texas Medical Board's goal is to 'protect and enhance the public's health, safety and welfare,'" KXAN investigative reporter Matt Grant told members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on April 19. "But, we've discovered, in case after case,...

Tuition costs could increase for non-resident, graduate students in University of Texas system

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The University of Texas System Board of Regents will discuss and possibly take action on increasing tuition for non-resident and graduate students, and non-academic mandatory fees during its May meeting on Wednesday. UT Chancellor James Milliken made the recommendation to the board to increase the tuition costs by no more than 5.2% by the start of the 2023-2024 academic year. Chancellor Milliken used the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) data compiled by Commonfund, an asset management firm, to make his recommendation. Higher Education Price Index The HEPI is a tool used to calculate inflation for colleges and universities. It takes into account eight components that make up the operating costs for schools. Those include faculty salaries (35%), clerical (18%), fringe benefits (13%), administration salaries (11%), service employees (8%), utilities (7%), supplies and materials (6%), and miscellaneous services (2%). This year, Commonfund reported the HEPI rose 5.2% f...

Overturned tanker closes Round Lake bypass

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

ROUND LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to the New York State Police, an overturned tanker has closed the Round Lake bypass northbound at the Curry Road Traffic Circle. Police say the closure is expected to last approximately two hours. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! All traffic including commercial vehicles should seek alternate routes. Stick with NEWS10 as more information becomes available regarding the crash.

Teen accused of killing 8 children, guard in Serbian school shooting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenager opened fire at his school in Serbia’s capital Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard before being arrested in the school yard, police said. Six more children and a teacher were hospitalized. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! A father of a student at the school in central Belgrade said the shooter entered his daughter’s classroom, firing at her teacher and then her classmates as they ducked under their desks. Most students were able to flee through a back door, according to a local official.Police said the shooter, whom they identified by his initials, K.K., was a student at the Vladislav Ribnikar school and was born in 2009. They said he used his father’s gun.Local media footage showed a commotion as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car. Police sealed off the blocks around Vladislav Ribnikar, which is what’s known as a primary school, ...

Car crashes into St. Peters coffee shop

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Crews are responding to a car that plowed into a St. Peters coffee shop Wednesday, morning.Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter was flying over the area located at the Scooter's Coffee shop on the 300 block of Mid Rivers Mall Drive. Firefighters are still responding to the crash. Grieving mom alleges CAO ‘negligence’ in daughter’s murder case No word on the cause on the crash of injuries. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Multiple fire crews respond to mobile home fire in Arnold, Missouri

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

ARNOLD, Mo. - Crews were at the scene of a mobile home fire Wednesday morning.Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez was at the scene located on the 2100 block of Plaza Drive where multiple fire crews responded and are investigating the cause of the blaze. Trending: St. Louis County bill that aims to ban pedestrians on the roads moves forward So far, no injuries have been reported. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

37th Police Memorial Breakfast taking place today

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Metropolitan Police Department, city of St. Louis, and St. Louis Police Foundation are hosting the 37th Police Memorial Breakfast Wednesday.The event honors the 166 St. Louis police officers killed in the line of duty, dating all the way back to 1863. Trending: St. Louis County bill that aims to ban pedestrians on the roads moves forward Governor Mike Parson will serve as the keynote speaker at Wednesday's event.

Gasconade County lighting up blue for fallen and injured Hermann officers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

GASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. - Gasconade County will light up blue in honor of two Hermann officers.The sheriff's office is asking people to put blue bulb's into their porch light's in memory of Detective Sgt. Mason Griffith and in support of officer Adam Sullentrup. Griffith was killed and Sullentrup was injured after confronting a suspect in March. Trending: St. Louis County bill that aims to ban pedestrians on the roads moves forward They want people to leave the lights up until May 8.

Opinion: Polis, call a special legislative session to ban assault weapons

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

The massacre in Texas and the contentious Colorado statehouse hearing on a proposed assault weapons ban have bolstered my reasoning for a special legislative session on guns, including examining why instruments of mass destruction are sold in Colorado.The heartbreaking scene in Cleveland, Texas, where the gunman murdered five people, was all the worse because two of the victims were 9-year-old Daniel Enrique Laso and his mother Sonia Argentina Guzman. Two women died shielding Guzman’s other children from the rampage.Authorities found Guzman’s two babies drenched in blood from the bullet-riddled bodies of those heroic women. Imagine the trauma that took place inside that house.Too many lawmakers and money-grubbing gun manufacturers believe that escalating gun violence is a price we must pay to live in a free society.America is where the right to fulfill murderous fantasies trumps being protected from evil-doers who want to kill people with military weapons of mass slaught...

Top Workplaces 2023: To find and keep the best, Denver employers offer flexibility, growth opportunities

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:45 GMT

Finding — and keeping — talented employees is a challenge for any business.But some of the Denver area’s top employers have developed strategies to find and keep the best employees.Widening the searchSylvia Guadagnoli, NFT human resources and environmental health and safety manager, says the company, which provides products and services to nuclear, aerospace, automation, and industrial customers, casts a wide net to recruit for positions in Colorado, New Mexico and Connecticut.The company uses college events and tradeshows to demonstrate engineering, physics, chemistry, and manufacturing work opportunities.NFT posts jobs on new and popular job sites and women’s advocacy and veterans’ sites to reach a large potential candidate base. It also posts jobs internally to seek employee referrals and plans to start internship partnerships with area colleges, including the Colorado School of Mines.Bill Clawson, Progressive chief human resources officer, says the insurance co...