Trump's and Pence’s efforts to end the feud come amid broader leadership battles at the health department.
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Liberal California looks to get tougher on homelessness
State officials are weighing more aggressive tactics to deal with the escalating crisis.
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Big jump in teen e-cigarette use despite public outcry over vaping perils
More that 27 percent of high schoolers and 10.5 percent of middle schoolers reported vaping in the last 30 days.
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Thursday, December 5, 2019
House to vote on Pelosi drug pricing bill next week
But the bill has virtually no chance of being taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Karnataka byepolls: Exit polls predict BJP will continue in power
Four exit polls predict that the BJP will win at least nine seats or more.
If the exit polls predictions in Karnataka bye-elections are anything to go by, then Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will comfortably hold onto his chair, post-December 9. The BJP needs to win at least six of the 15 seats that went for the polls on Thursday. The results will be declared on December 9. Four prominent exit polls predicted that the BJP will win at nine seats or more. C-Voter exit polls have predicted the BJP will win 12 out of the 15 seats and Congress will win only three seats. The JD(S) is pegged to win no seats, according to C-Voter. According to Public TV, BJP is expected to win 8-10 seats while the Congress and JD(S) who fought the elections separately will win 3-5 seats and 1-2 seats respectively. Meanwhile, independent candidatess are pegged to win 0-1 seats. Even BTV has forecasted a favourable result for the BJP. This exit poll also predicts BJP is poised to win nine seats while the Congress and JD(S) will manage just three and two seats each. And one independent candidate is expected to emerge victorious. Similarly, Power TV has said the BJP’l will secure 8-12 sets, while the Congress will win 3-6 seats. The JD(S) and independents will win only 0-2 and 0-1 seats respectively. These exit polls are based on data collected till 4 pm. Meanwhile, the Election Commission said an estimated 60% of the total 37.78 lakh electors have cast their vote until 5:24 pm on Thursday in 15 assembly constituencies. The two constituencies in Bengaluru have recorded comparatively lower turnout. While Mahalakshi layout recorded 40.47 %, it was 41.13% in Shivajinagar. Turnout in other constituencies are: Athani- 70.73 %, Kagwad- 69.76%, Gokak- 66.64%, Yellapur- 72.23%, Hirekerur- 72.42%, Ranebennur- 67.92%, Vijayanagara- 58.93%, Yeshwanthpura 48.34%, Hoskote- 76.19%, K R Pete- 75.87%, and Hunsur- 74.47%, they said.
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Ex-Congress MP from Karnataka gets re-elected to Rajya Sabha on BJP ticket
KC Ramamurthy, a former IPS officer, was elected unopposed.
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Former IPS officer from Karnataka, KC Ramamurthy was re-elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as a BJP MP, on the same day 15 Assembly constituencies in the state went to polls. Neither the Congress nor the JD(S) fielded any candidate against him, resulting in Ramamurthy walkover. While there were two independent nominations, they were rejected on technical grounds. Thursday was the last day of filing nominations and he was adjudged the winner due to lack of any competition. Ramamurthy had filed his nomination for the post on November 29 amidst much fanfare in the presence of fellow Rajya Sabha MP from Bengaluru— Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, party state president Nalin Kumar Kateel and senior party MLAs like R Ashoka. Ramamurthy who was with the Congress until recently had joined the BJP ahead of the Assembly bye-polls. A Rajya Sabha MP for the Congress from June 2009, he resigned on October 16. At that time, it was speculated, Ramamurthy might contest the bye-polls on a BJP ticket. He had also been a member of the Standing Committee of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Law and Justice. He had retired from the IPS voluntarily in 2007 when he was serving as the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security). Other than politics, he is also the Chairman of the CMR Jnanadhara Trust and has been previously associated with the Bangalore University as its registrar. The CMR Jnanadhara Trust runs a University that has engineering and degree colleges, schools and also a Montessori school. Ramamurthy was an aspirant for Lok Sabha Elections during the 2014 polls and was also rumoured to be joining the JD(S) after he failed to secure a Congress ticket.
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Two weeks into launch, bus priority lane in Bengaluru shows signs of success
At present, the plan is only restricted to the 18.5 km stretch on the Outer Ring Road stretch between KR Puram Tin Factory to Silk Board junction.
Despite some teething problems, the bus priority lanes which have been introduced in Bengaluru jointly by the BBMP, BMTC and Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) in mid-November are showing early signs of success. The idea behind bus lanes is to ensure priority access over private transport especially two-wheelers and in the process motivate people to ditch their own vehicles. This, in turn, is expected to reduce overall congestion in the city. The Bangalore Traffic Police is expected to enforce the rule of only allowing BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation) buses in the left-most lanes of the roads chosen for this initiative. Violators are punished with a fine of Rs 500 for the first offence and Rs 1,000 for subsequent violations since December 1. Traffic police said that for the first 15 days, they tried to communicate the message to motorists and create awareness about the initiative. Since November 15, the plan is only restricted to the 18.5 km stretch on the Outer Ring Road stretch between KR Puram Tin Factory to Silk Board. And a similar protocol is expected to be put in place for 12 other major roads in the city including the Hosur Road and Old Madras Road. Car vs bus Yogeesh Prabhuswamy, an activist with Citizens for Bengaluru, who works at Global Technology Park and a friend Ghanshyam who works at Prestige Tech Park compared the travel times of a bus and a car between KR Puram Tin Factory to the Kadubessanahalli Bus Stop for JP Morgan office on the Outer Ring Road over three days in peak hour traffic. What they realised was that it roughly took the same time in a bus or in a private car –around 30 minutes. The two started from the same place and the same time between December 2 and 4, with Yogeesh taking the bus and Ghanshyam taking the car. Yogeesh said, “In fact, on the first day, the bus was faster than the car despite the bus having to wait at bus stops and give time for passengers to board and deboard. Moreover, the bus conductor often stops the bus to collect fares which can be avoided.” Day 1 Starting time: 8:45 am 29m to Kadubesanahalli :) By clock Bus might have one but let's attribute it to error margin and call it 'Same time' - 30m :) Because we also synced with call and we were there almost at same time ;) #BusPriorityLane with full force can be a clear winner :) @BMTC_Bangalore pic.twitter.com/azsWhzqSTc — Yogeesh Prabhuswamy (@yogeeshgp) December 2, 2019 Day 2 Starting time: 9:00 am #BusPriorityLane #RaceDay 2 #BusVsCar Verdict - Tie again! ~27m from KR puram rly-Kadubesanahalli(JPMorgan stop)@BMTC_BENGALURU @BBMPCOMM @blrcitytraffic @DULTBangalore @citizensforblr @BBPVedike @WFRising @BellandurJothge @srinualavilli @NammaBengaluroo @ghanshyam_in pic.twitter.com/a7ROyfpokU — Yogeesh Prabhuswamy (@yogeeshgp) December 3, 2019 Day 3 Starting time: 8:10 am So its a tie again today, 3 in a row - #BusVsCar #RaceDay3 on #BusPriorityLane! *Bus would've won if it had not stopped 3m for issuing ticket - @BMTC_Bangalore Nodrappa olle chance missu :( PS: We didn't time sync today. #Nimbus https://t.co/MGOfqU0axd pic.twitter.com/IT1AJhUu8G — Yogeesh Prabhuswamy (@yogeeshgp) December 4, 2019 Yogeesh added, “While there is a lot of improvement expected with the authorities creating barricades restricting vehicles entering the lanes midway, a lot can be done by the traffic police.” There have been multiple instances of road users complaining of an unabated violation of the rule due to the lack of effective enforcement. On this, Yogeesh insisted just by manning only places near bus stops or where there is flyover down ramps, the system can be made more efficient in the short term. Another issue that Yogeesh pointed was the lack of awareness and signage created by the authorities to inform the road users. BMTC staff also conceded that the system is yet to be finetuned to perfection. Nagaraj Murthy BS, Division Controller for Central Division, said, “So far we are only seeing 10 minutes of average travel time reduction in the entire stretch. This is due to other vehicles entering the bus lanes as there are no physical barricades. But soon with greater awareness and enforcement, we are confident of bringing down the travel time by more than 30 minutes and more. We plan to run more than 450 Volvo buses in this stretch alone.” He added, “Once we establish a consistent pattern of travel times, we will form a timetable. 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