Rachel Looker
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Rachel Looker
2019-03-13Person2021-08-02
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County News
FCC focuses on broadband deployment, data collection
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is busy fostering broadband deployment and access, according to Kirk Burgee, the FCC’s chief of staff with the Wireline Competition Bureau. -
County News
County public health authority under fire in several states
It’s been over a year since the United States declared a public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic and as case counts decrease, many states are proposing legislation that reimagines public health officials’ roles during a pandemic. -
County News
Iowa mental health funding shifts from county to state
On June 16, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed into law a bill that realigns mental health funding from county property taxes to the state. The legislation, which includes other tax reduction measures, transfers funding to the state for Iowa’s 14 mental health regions that are made up of Iowa counties. -
County News
Extreme droughts target West ahead of wildfire season
Counties in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington are experiencing “exceptional drought” conditions, the worst on the scale.