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The disabled community complains about an alleged lack of transparency in the reforms of the National Disability Insurance System (NDIS) proposed by the federal government. The NDIS was co-designed, said Dougie Herd, chairman of the ACT…

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., And other federal lawmakers support laws aimed at reducing the chance that police encounters with people with disabilities or mental health problems will end tragically.Casey…

A wide variety of state and federal laws and policies treat minors differently from adults. People must be 21 to buy alcohol. The youngest someone can be to enlist in the military is 17. In Nevada, a person must be 16 to apply for a full…

HOLLAND - The government auto insurance reforms passed in 2019 aimed to cut costs for drivers as Michigan had the highest insurance costs in the country.This expensive cost was caused in part by unlimited life health insurance for…

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he would bring major reforms to the rehabilitation policy of IDF soldiers and veterans to a vote within two weeks.“The plight of the disabled and wounded in the IDF is real. We…

A group of 25 disability advocacy groups has signed a joint statement urging to stop the controversial NDIS reforms and rebuild them through an end-to-end co-design process in which people with disabilities are directly involved.The…

Affected communities need to be involved in shaping these reforms, including redirecting funds from policing to alternative security measures, they added."We have repeatedly expressed our concern about the excessive use of force by the…

Peter's Take is a bi-weekly opinion column. The views expressed are those of the author only. Historic Virginians voted in the 2020 presidential election. Virginia Democratic lawmakers have introduced important new voting laws that…

CONCORD - Two opposing bills to change postal voting - one to simplify and the other to require photo identification - were tabled before a state Senate committee on Monday. Donna Soucy, Chairwoman of the…