Vaccine mandate at Disney World, Florida paused

• Disney’s policy that requires Florida-based employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine has been paused as new legislature in the state restricts employer’s power to require vaccinations
• Any Disney employees who are not fully vaccinated will be required to wear face coverings, and observe social distancing and other safety protocols

Kansas proposal is failing to gain GOP support on COVID-19 mandates

• Legislators representing the GOP in Kansas are struggling to rack up support among Republicans for a proposal providing unemployment benefits to workers who lose their job for refusing the vaccine
• Top Republicans in the House were unsure enough about support for the unemployment proposal that they left it out of legislation before their chamber

Judge rules Iowa Medicaid doesn’t cover sex-change surgery

• In a ruling on November 22, a Judge said that an Iowa law that prohibits Medicaid coverage for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents actually violated the state law and constitution
• Judge William Kelly ordered the Iowa Department of Human Services to provide coverage for sex reassignment surgeries when ordered to treat gender dysphoria
• 12 additional states have already excluded these types of surgeries in Medicaid coverage 

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Bipartisan infrastructure bill has passed so what will California receive?

• On November 16, President Joe Biden signed the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which will put millions in funding to California’s roads, pipes, and wires
• The most significant amount of money being put into infrastructure will go to repairing roads, bridges, water infrastructure, and airport infrastructure

California parents across the state hold sit-out to protest kids vaccine mandate

• Amid a statewide school “sit-out” to protest the vaccine mandate for children, two California parents across the state have sent messages to Governor Newsom
• So far, California has been the first and only state to mandate vaccinations or coronavirus testing for eligible children in order to attend in-person classes in both private and public schools

Northern California health clinic gave 14 children incorrect COVID vaccine dose

• A health clinic in Northern California mistakenly gave 14 children the wrong dose when administering COVID-19 vaccines 
• In a statement, Sutter health said that the 14 children were given an “incorrect amount” of diluent, which is used to dilute the concentrated form of the COVID vaccine

California attorney says Amazon failed to notify workers on COVID cases in workplace

• On November 15, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that Amazon has failed to notify workers and authorities about how many COVId-19 cases it had detected in its workplaces
• In a settlement, Amazon agreed to pay $500,000 towards “further enforcement of California’s consumer protection laws”, said Bonta in the press release

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To fund improvements at field, Green Bay Packers will sell $90 million of stock in NFL team

• The Green Bay Packers plans to sell $90 million worth of shares in the football team in order to help fund improvement sat the Lambeau Field 
• The offering of 300,000 shares will begin at 9 a.m. ET, Tuesday, with a price of $300 per share, the Packers said in a statement Monday
• According to the team, about 361,300 shareholders have approximately 5,009,000 shares of the Green Bay Packers

Businesses must start vaccine mandates until they are canceled says Chamber of Commerce

• The vice president to the US Chamber of Congress employment policy, Marc Freedman, has said that businesses should treat the vaccine mandates until a court overturns them
• The requirements were halted in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 6

Restaurant Brands International buys out Firehouse Subs for $1 billion

• The parents to the fast-food chain, Burger King, Restaurant Brands International has announced on November 15 that it bought Firehouse Subs for $1 billion 
• Over the course of 2021, the stock has dropped 4%, which gives it a market value of $27.1 billion but rose 1% after the news was announced
• Restaurant brands International currently owns Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Tim Hortons, Burger King, and now Firehouse Subs

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• On October 2, Energy workers from Amplify Energy Corp. noticed oil in the water near an oil-processing plant near the coast of Huntington Beach that contains about 70 wells
• Investigators believe that the spill took place underwater about 5 miles off the coast of Huntington Beach and about 126,000 gallons of oil have leaked into the ocean

California’s vaccine mandate opposed by doctor who says, “Not based on Clinical Evidence”

• Near the end of September 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new vaccine mandate for schoolchildren over 12 years old and eligible for the vaccine
• These kids will be required by the mandate to receive the vaccine in order to attend class and there will be no testing alternative
• On October 4, a California Doctor poised against Newsom said that the decision to force children to get vaccinated was “not based on clinical evidence” but due to politics

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• Lawmakers on a committee that considers state government matters have changed their meeting to Wednesday, September 22, to consider President Biden’s vaccine mandate
•  Several Idaho Republican legislators are upset about the vaccine requirement that was issued earlier this month, and some want the Idaho House and Senate to reconsider making similar mandates illegal

New requirement for Maine schools for lead testing in water

• Due to new state law, Maine schools are now required to test drinking water for lead this year 
• According to the previous law, only schools that provided their own water through wells were required to go through regular testing 
• The new lead testing program is scheduled to begin on October 1, according to the Portland Press Herald, and will run until the end of May 2022

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• On October 18, many parents across the state of California planned to keep their children home from school to protest against the new COVID-19 vaccine mandate
• On social media, flyers have gone around calling for “sit-outs” and “walkouts” to demonstrate against the first vaccine mandate in the country 
• This mandate requires students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school in person once the vaccines get full approval for their age group

Investigation behind California oil spill reveals cause could be a cargo ship

• According to investigators in the California oil spill case, they believe a 1,200 ft. cargo ship dragged an anchor which caught an underwater oil pipeline 
• A group of federal investigators are attempting to find the boat that possibly caused this spill

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