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Un estudio del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares demuestra en ratones con cáncer que una intervención sencilla puede reducir el daño cardiaco asociado a antraciclinas. La estrategia mantiene intacta la capacidad de la quimioterapia para frenar el crecimiento tumoral.

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El largometraje “Siempre a tu lado, Hachiko” popularizó la historia de este animal que esperó a su dueño cada día incluso después de su muerte Un perro lobo checoslovaco se cuela en la prueba de esquí en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno y su dueña lo reconoce por la tele tenemos a Canelo. Este perro gaditano esperó 12 años en la puerta del Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar (Cádiz), donde su dueño había sido ingresado por una enfermedad renal, hasta que murió atropellado. El animal, que durante todo ese tiempo vivió en la calle gracias a la ayuda de los vecinos, murió sin volver a ver al hombre que lo había cuidado. Canelo consiguió su placa y Cádiz le puso su nombre a una calle para no olvidarlo, paralela al hospital en el que pasó sus últimos días esperando. Los amantes de estos animales domésticos seguro que rápidamente pueden relacionar esta historia con la de Hachiko, el perro más famoso de todo Japón.  Este japonés de raza akita acabó en las manos de Hidesaburō Ueno, profesor de la Universidad de Tokio, y la relación entre animal y humano empezó a popularizarse en Japón en 1987, con la película Hachikō Monogatari dirigida por Seijiro Koyama. La historia del perro llegó al resto del mundo en 2009, con el estreno de la adaptación estadounidense Siempre a tu lado, Hachiko, protagonizada por el actor Richard Gere. ¿Qué le pasó a Hachiko? Hachikō nació en una granja cerca de la ciudad de Ōdate, en torno al 1923. Un año más tarde, el profesor Hidesaburō Ueno decidió adoptarlo. Pronto empezaron a entablar una entrañable relación: cada día, el perro acompañaba al dueño a la estación de tren de Shibuya para despedirse cuando este iba al trabajo y, al final de la jornada, volvía a la estación para recibirlo. Esto se convirtió en rutina para ambos hasta que el 21 de mayo de 1925, el profesor Ueno sufrió una hemorragia cerebral mientras daba clase en la universidad y falleció de forma repentina. Hachiko demostró la fidelidad de los perros, pues continuó yendo a la estación todos los días durante casi 10 años, esperando el regreso de su dueño. ayuntamiento decidió poner una estatua de bronce con la forma de Hachiko cerca de la estación.  Esta se inauguró en abril de 1934, cuando el perro todavía estaba vivo. Hachiko falleció el 8 de marzo del año siguiente, y hoy su estatua sigue atrayendo a miles de turistas que hacen largas colas para hacerse una foto frente al homenaje a uno de los perros más famosos del mundo.

COLUMBIA — Tessa Spencer knew her son, Julian Fite, was struggling with his mental health. He’d attempted suicide in the past, and she could see signs that it might happen again. When she brought him to the hospital to get help, though, the 20-year-old did not consent to treatment, so doctors sent him home. The […]

After the COVID-19 pandemic upended public education, New Hampshire’s Department of Education sought a new avenue for state investment: “learning pods.”  Presented by then-Commissioner Frank Edelblut, the idea was to allow parents to send children to smaller classroom environments outside the public school system, run by “tutors,” to allow more one-to-one attention and combat learning […]

Los azulgranas necesitan una remontada épica para pasar, mientras que la eliminatoria entre Real Sociedad y Athletic Club está más abierta, con una ligera ventaja para los donostierras Por qué una de las marcas deportivas más famosas tiene el nombre de la Diosa de la victoria La Copa del Rey conocerá esta semana a los finalistas de su 122 edición, cuya final se disputará el 18 de abril en el Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla. Los dos supervivientes del torneo del KO saldrán de la terna en la que aún se mantienen Athletic Club, Atlético de Madrid, Real Sociedad y Barcelona, aunque los azulgranas tienen complicado el pase tras el contundente resultado de la ida, en la que perdieron 4-0 ante los colchoneros.  El Atlético de Madrid parte con una cómoda ventaja para la vuelta, tras el botín cosechado en la ida de la Copa del Rey. El equipo entrenado por el Cholo Simeone endosó cuatro goles en la primera parte al Barcelona, vigente campeón de la competición, además del conjunto más laureado de la misma con 32 títulos en su palmarés.  La ida entre Atlético de Madrid y Barcelona también estuvo marcada por la polémica revisión del VAR, que tardó siete minutos para valorar un posible fuera de juego de Pau Cubarsí. La tecnología falló y no hubo revisión automática, teniendo que tirar las líneas de forma manual, según reconoció el Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) en un comunicado. La resolución: posición antirreglamentaria y sin un gol al que agarrarse, en el caso de los culés.  casi un milagro deportivo para estar en la final de la Copa del Rey: cuatro goles para forzar la prórroga y cinco para clasificarse en el tiempo reglamentario. Eso sin encajar ninguno en los noventa minutos de partido.  El equipo de Hansi Flick tendrá, además, bajas sensibles. No estará el delantero Robert Lewandowski, con una fractura ósea en la cara interna de la órbita del ojo izquierdo. Tampoco podrá contar con Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Andreas Christensen y Eric García, que se perderá el segundo partido de la eliminatoria por sanción. En el cuadro colchonero, el centrocampista Pablo Barrios está casi descartado.  Sí que se espera a Lamine Yamal, que está encontrando su mejor versión tras un inicio de temporada complicado por una pubalgia. Pero no solo por eso, según reconoció en la entrevista tras el partido ante el Villarreal, donde marcó su primer triplete como azulgrana. “Ahora soy feliz jugando”, reconoció.  eliminatoria entre Athletic Club y Real Sociedad, todo está por decidir, aunque el equipo donostiarra parte con una ligera ventaja tras ganar 0-1 en San Mamés gracias al tanto de Beñat Turrientes. El escenario de este derbi vasco copero será Anoeta, que previsiblemente se volverá a llenar.  El equipo de Pellegrino Matarazzo se planta en la vuelta de semifinales de la Copa del Rey tras sumar una nueva victoria en la LaLiga EA Sports, esta vez ante el Mallorca. En cambio, los leones vienen de empatar (1-1) en el campo del Rayo Vallecano.  Cuándo y dónde ver la vuelta de las semifinales de la Copa del Rey La vuelta de las semifinales de la Copa del Rey se disputará esta semana. El primer partido será este martes, 3 de marzo, (21 horas) y se enfrentarán Barcelona y Atlético de Madrid en el Camp Nou. El segundo partido será el miércoles, 4 de marzo, y medirá a la Real Sociedad y al Athletic Club en Anoeta (misma hora). Ambos encuentros se podrán ver por televisión a través de La 1 de RTVE, Movistar+ y en las cadenas autonómicas vasca y catalana.

Ohio House lawmakers have approved a measure aimed at banning ranked choice voting. Under the bill, no state election may be conducted with ranked choice and any local government that decides to use a ranked choice system would forfeit state dollars. Ohio Senate Bill 63 passed the state Senate last May with bipartisan support. The […]

The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s 2026 Local School Finance Study is now available. Through this study, The Forum has highlighted variations and trends in local spending for public education across our state’s 100 counties for over 30 years.  The purpose... The post Research | Public School Forum releases 2026 local school finance study appeared first on EdNC.

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Boost, North Carolina’s new accelerated college-to-career program, launched at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) in the fall. Since then, the program has provided advising and financial support to students as they work toward degrees that align with high-wage, high-demand fields.... The post How Boost helps Cape Fear Community College students stay on track to work in high-demand fields appeared first on EdNC.

A decade ago, Cherokee County was facing a new kind of economic development problem — a housing shortage. Paul Worley, Tri-County Community College’s (TCCC) vice president of economic and workforce development, said that the county simply did not have enough... The post Building skills, building homes: Tri-County Community College launches new initiative to address housing shortages appeared first on EdNC.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. This news analysis was originally distributed in Votebeat’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up to get future editions, including the latest reporting from Votebeat bureaus and curated news from other publications, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. When President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a bill mandating voter ID and proof of citizenship during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, it was one of many moments that prompted Republican lawmakers to stand and applaud. But when he followed that up with “no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel — none,” the applause was less vigorous. Some of those standing and applauding sat down. Trump’s latest broadside against mail ballots (it’s far from the first one) is interesting given that the SAVE America Act, the bill Trump specifically called on Congress to pass, wouldn’t institute the limits on mail voting that Trump called for. Despite that, Trump has repeatedly suggested that it would. Polls have found bipartisan support for the bill’s voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it’s clear there’s markedly less support for restricting the use of mail ballots, even from many Republican politicians. “Utah has an exemplary mail-in voting system” that is “administered very well and is vital for our rural communities,” Rep. Blake Moore, a Utah Republican, told the Deseret News this week. A focus group conducted during the speech found that independent voters didn’t like Trump’s call for mail ballot restrictions, either. The president has a long history of railing against the use of mail ballots (even though he’s voted by mail himself) and suggesting without evidence that Democrats use them to cheat in elections. But if he were to get his way, it would force millions of Americans — Democrats and Republicans alike — to find a new way to vote. In 2024, nearly 47 million Americans cast mail ballots that were ultimately counted, according to data tracked by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. And multiple studies have found mail voting doesn’t benefit one party over the other. Another major GOP elections bill, the Make Elections Great Again Act, does have provisions to limit mail voting — but even it wouldn’t go as far as Trump is proposing. That bill would ban the counting of mail ballots received after Election Day (that’s also at issue in an upcoming Supreme Court case), prohibit states from mailing ballots to voters who hadn’t specifically requested them, and place new limits on who is permitted to return a voter’s ballot on their behalf. The bill has yet to pass either chamber of Congress. The SAVE America Act, by contrast, has already passed the House. On Tuesday night, Trump increased what has been his steady pressure on the U.S. Senate to act. “Congress should unite and enact this common-sense, country-saving legislation right now, and it should be before anything else happens,” he said. Nearly all Democrats have opposed the SAVE America Act, arguing the new requirements, especially for proof of citizenship, will disenfranchise voters. Trump, though, without offering evidence, said Democrats oppose the bill because “they want to cheat. They have cheated. And their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat and we’re going to stop it.” Then, seeming to directly address Senate Majority Leader John Thune, he added, “We have to stop it, John.” But it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate, and Republicans have just a 53-47 majority in the chamber. Proponents of the SAVE America Act have called on Thune to change the filibuster process for the bill from an on-paper hold to a literal talking filibuster, requiring Democrats to hold the floor and speak continuously in order to block a vote on it. However, that course of action could consume weeks of Senate floor time, and, this week, Thune said that wasn’t happening either. It isn’t clear what happens next. Many people in Trump’s orbit seem determined to overhaul U.S. elections by whatever means necessary, and the president himself has suggested that if Congress fails to codify the election changes he’s called for, he’ll put them in place through an executive order. Most legal experts, though, say the president has no legal authority over elections, and federal courts have largely blocked key provisions of his previous executive order on elections, including those to tighten proof-of-citizenship requirements. Trump suggested in a recent social media post that his next legal argument would be “irrefutable,” though he didn’t provide any details. There has, however, been speculation for months that he will in some way invoke emergency powers based on claims of foreign interference in U.S. elections. Either way, preparations for the 2026 midterm elections are well underway, and primaries begin Tuesday. Voters, it turns out, have been using mail ballots for weeks already. Carrie Levine is Votebeat’s editor-in-chief and is based in Washington, D.C. Contact Carrie at clevine@votebeat.org.

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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. The 2026 elections will decide many things. One of them is who will administer the 2028 presidential election in one of the nation’s largest swing states. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson cannot run for reelection in 2026, meaning the state will have a new top elections official for the first time in eight years. Six candidates are running to replace her: Democrats Barb Byrum, Garlin Gilchrist, and Suzanna Shkreli and Republicans Anthony Forlini, Amanda Love, and Monica Yatooma. A fourth Republican, Articia Bomer, filed paperwork to run but told Votebeat she was dropping out and endorsing Forlini. In Michigan, the two major parties each pick their secretary of state nominees (along with their nominees for attorney general and state Supreme Court) at endorsement conventions instead of primary elections. Republicans will hold their convention on March 28, while Democrats will hold theirs on April 19. Votebeat reached out to the major-party candidates to ask their opinions on some of the biggest topics in election administration ahead of the conventions. The questions: What do they think about requiring people to prove their citizenship when registering to vote? What are their thoughts on the security of Michigan’s elections? And what, in their opinion, is the most important part of the job of secretary of state? Elections, of course, aren’t the only part of the job in Michigan — the secretary of state also runs the driver’s license offices and vehicle registration, for example. Yatooma could not be reached for an interview. Love initially agreed to an interview but then did not call Votebeat back. All other major-party candidates are listed alphabetically below. Barb Byrum Byrum, a Democrat, launched her campaign in May. She served six years in the Michigan House from 2007 to 2012. She was elected Ingham County clerk in 2012, a job she won again in 2016 and 2020. Proof of citizenship Byrum noted immediately that noncitizen voting is against the law and that there are checks in place to prevent it. “As a clerk, if I find out a noncitizen voted, I absolutely [would] have gotten all of the information — the application to vote, as well as the voter history — and [turned] that over to law enforcement to do what law enforcement is supposed to do,” she said. She pointed to state requirements that anyone without an ID who goes to vote signs an affidavit verifying their identity under penalty of perjury. Election security Byrum said she is “uniquely equipped” to address election security given her time as a county clerk. She said she’s managed 42 elections while clerk and served on a number of statewide and national boards focused on elections. “I have quite a bit of experience when it comes to election security and technology,” she said. “I’ve done numerous tabletops [exercises where election officials simulate various hypothetical scenarios] with emergency managers around the state and the secretary of state’s office and other clerks, in regard to all of the physical security concerns that occur during Election Day, early voting, and during absentee counting boards.” What else is important in the job? People want a secretary of state who understands election administration, Byrum said, but they also want someone who will listen. “I have that as well,” she said. “I owned and operated a retail hardware store for 20 years. I was raised in a family business, so I know how to listen to customers and implement their desires.” Anthony Forlini Forlini, a Republican, launched his campaign in September. He started his political career as the supervisor of Harrison Township before serving in the Michigan House from 2011 to 2016. He ran for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District in 2016 but came in fourth place out of five candidates in the primary. He was elected Macomb County clerk in 2020 and won the seat again in 2024. Proof of citizenship Forlini believes that it’s not enough for people to self-report their citizenship when they register to vote. The government “has some responsibility,” Forlini said, to verify their citizenship. He pointed to his recent attempt to find noncitizens on the voting rolls by comparing them to the jury pool as an example. That effort flagged 15 voters as potential noncitizens, although the secretary of state’s office later said that only five of them appeared to be, while at least three were citizens after all. “How does this happen? Why does it happen? It’s a systemic problem, not a political problem,” he said. “Nobody wants noncitizens in the jury pool or on the voting records. … So we need to set up systems that are better to avoid this happening.” Election security Forlini said he believes Michigan’s elections are physically secure, adding that at least in Macomb County, voters do not feel threatened when they vote and are able to vote their conscience. He was less certain about cybersecurity, saying that when he initially became clerk, he felt there were “holes that could have been manipulated.” “I think all clerks need … to do a little better job in holding the standards and the protocols in place,” Forlini said. As clerk, he said he took measures to improve election security such as using watermarked paper for ballots and hash validations on tabulators — an algorithmic tool that helps election officials verify software was not tampered with after certification — and offering more training for clerks and election workers. What else is important in the job? Forlini said that while the job of secretary of state has a lot of responsibilities, one thing he thinks no one is paying attention to is the Office of the Great Seal, which manages requirements for notaries public. “Who is notarizing the notaries? Think about it. With today’s technology, we don’t have … any good processes in place to ensure that that notary did indeed sign and notarize the signature,” he said. “It’s a huge, huge hole. Why do I know that? Because I’m also the register of deeds, and I see it.” He added that “the bad guys” have figured out how to forge signatures in a way that looks legitimate. Concerns about that don’t often draw a lot of attention, Forlini said, because the office is “behind the scenes.” Garlin Gilchrist Gilchrist, a Democrat, joined the secretary of state race in January after dropping out of the race for governor. He has served as Michigan’s lieutenant governor since 2019. He also ran for Detroit city clerk in 2017 but was defeated by incumbent Clerk Janice Winfrey. Proof of citizenship Gilchrist said that voting is “reserved for citizens” and that anyone who votes despite not being a citizen needs “to be held accountable for that to the fullest extent of the law.” He also noted that “vanishingly few noncitizens … actually cast ballots.” “As a process person, I want to make sure that we get that number to zero. I also want to make sure that we are focusing on the right things, and that is again making sure we have a good process,” he said. “But frankly, I want to make sure that more eligible voters in Michigan are doing what they need to do so that they can cast ballots.” He said his goal as secretary of state would be to increase voter turnout and to protect the state and its voters from “any threats or any interference from the federal government trying to infringe upon our constitutional responsibility as state election officials to operate our elections.” Election security Gilchrist said Michigan has made progress on making sure voters know their ballot will be handled securely after it is cast. The state’s elections have withstood a number of audits, he said, demonstrating the state is doing a good job. “We’re going to continue to make sure that our processes can be safe and secure,” he said. “I want to make sure that we are focused on the right thing. People having confidence in the voting process means that more people will participate in the voting process.” He pointed to his experience as a computer engineer as an example of making systems work for people. What else is important in the job? “It is also important that we bring the whole range of services provided by the secretary of state’s office to the 21st century, making sure people have good experiences in person at the offices, online by appointment, or drop in,” Gilchrist said. He pointed to the state’s campaign finance website as an example of something that needs to work to “shine a light on the dark in our politics.” He also emphasized a desire to protect Michiganders’ private data to avoid it being used by the federal government for surveillance. Gilchrist pointed to his experience as a software developer as evidence that he takes cyber threats seriously. Suzanna Shkreli Shkreli, a Democrat, launched her campaign in December. A lawyer by training, she has served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Macomb County and deputy legal counsel for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She has also worked as the director of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, director of juvenile justice reform at the state Department of Health and Human Services, and commissioner of the Michigan State Lottery. She unsuccessfully ran for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District in 2016, losing to then-Rep. Mike Bishop. Proof of citizenship Shkreli said that she took issue with the idea that Michigan doesn’t require proof of identity to vote, as anyone who isn’t able to show ID when voting has to instead sign a legally binding affidavit. The discussion around it needs to change, she said. “The president and [GOP] party leadership and the Republicans are peddling in lies and conspiracies about how our elections are not secure when they are,” she said. The SAVE Act — a bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate that would require people to prove their citizenship when registering to vote — would make it harder for people to vote, she said, adding that she didn’t want to see clerks in a position where they had to authenticate people’s documents. Election security Shkreli pointed to her experience as a prosecutor and in the governor’s office as evidence that she knows how to handle emergencies. As deputy legal counsel, Shkreli worked the meeting after the 2020 election where Michigan’s electoral votes were officially allocated to President-elect Joe Biden. “We didn’t really know what to expect, but because of our preparation, we were able to thwart those fake electors and deliver on the governor’s constitutional obligation,” she said. She considers protecting the vote to be one of the most important parts of the secretary of state’s job and hopes her experience coordinating across agencies will allow her to better support clerks with clear training and communication. What else is important in the job? Shkreli argued that the secretary of state’s office is “the most important office that is up for election this year.” She said that the office is “really all about elections right now because of what’s happening across the country,” and that her experience in emergency management makes her especially suited to the role. But that’s not all, she added. “This is such an important office that gets things done for people every single day,” she said. “Although elections are top of mind for folks, the secretary of state’s office is really making government and life work for folks.” If elected, Shkreli said she wanted to expand mobile units and improve on customer service and delivery of service across the state. Hayley Harding is a reporter for Votebeat based in Michigan. Contact Hayley at hharding@votebeat.org.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here. When this legislative session began, Wisconsin Senate leaders made the unusual decision not to create a committee dedicated to election policy for the first time in nearly two decades. That choice has had a measurable consequence: The Senate has taken up far fewer election bills than the Assembly, and several measures that cleared the lower chamber are now stalled with no clear path forward. Of the 19 election bills that Votebeat has tracked this legislative session, 18 have gotten at least a public committee hearing in the Assembly, compared with nine in the Senate. Fourteen of those bills passed the Assembly, compared with six in the Senate. Even in a session when the Senate has generally moved more slowly than the Assembly on many issues — as of Feb. 25, the Assembly has passed 439 bills since the start of the current two-year session, while the Senate has passed 276 — the disparity is especially stark on elections. Both chambers’ election activity is down compared to last session. With a dedicated election committee in the Senate, about 30 election bills received a committee hearing, compared with about 45 in the Assembly. Republicans have controlled both chambers for more than a decade. “The lack of the dedicated committee has definitely changed things,” said Sen. Mark Spreitzer, a Democratic member of the local government and government operations committees. Without a clear Republican point person on election policy in the Senate, he said, the chamber is allowing the Assembly to drive most of the legislative action. Some of the bills that have moved through the Assembly but haven’t passed the Senate include proposals to expand early voting hours and to bring the state in line with a 2022 federal law regarding the timing of casting electoral votes and certifying election results in presidential elections, designed to prevent the kind of post-election chaos that President Donald Trump and his allies sowed after the 2020 election. Two other bills — one that would require ballots to include plain-language explanations of proposed constitutional amendments and another requiring early in-person voting hours in every municipality — have gotten a public hearing in the Senate but have since stalled. Clerks have told Votebeat that some of the stalled bills would significantly improve their efficiency — including an omnibus proposal to create a system tracking voters adjudicated incompetent and also send voters text notifications on the status of their absentee ballots, said Rock County Clerk Lisa Tollefson, a Democrat. That proposal passed through the Assembly in November, but hasn’t been heard in the Senate. Given the absence of a dedicated Senate election committee, Tollefson added, the Assembly has been doing the heavy lifting. But even with ready-made bills, the Senate does not appear to be eager to pass election legislation. In every legislative session since 2009, there has been a Senate committee formally tasked with covering election legislation. Committee chairs typically serve as the go-to experts on their panels’ subject areas. They consult with lobbying groups, schedule public hearings and set up committee votes — giving them the power to advance or stall legislation. But when election bills are scattered across multiple committees, there’s no clear point person in the Senate to guide them through the process. In the absence of a dedicated elections committee in this session, several committee leaders declined to explain whether or when the stalled election bills might move. And some voting groups say it has made it harder to know who to consult with in the chamber to discuss election legislation. At a WisPolitics event in Madison on Feb. 12, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said that the absence of a Senate committee “doesn’t make it hard to pass election bills.” He added that there are “definitely avenues where election bills can run in the Senate,” including the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government. LeMahieu, a Republican, didn’t respond to Votebeat’s request for comment. Sen. Dan Feyen, the chair of the government operations committee, didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment. Sen. Cory Tomczyk also, who chairs the local government committee, didn’t respond to a request for comment. But even some of their fellow Republicans are seeing the effects. For example, Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara is the author of two of the bills languishing in the Senate, which would require and fund a certain number of early in-person voting hours in every municipality. Those reforms, she said, are “crucial to restoring confidence in our election process.” She said in the Assembly, municipalities and clerks are working on a few details before the bills receive a final Senate vote, though both proposals passed the Assembly in November. The proposal to require the in-person hours got a Senate hearing in late January but has seen no activity since, while the bill to fund it hasn’t gotten a hearing at all. There could still be a late flurry of committee activity. On Feb. 27, the Senate government operations committee approved the proposal to bring the state in line with new federal laws regulating presidential elections. But the next presidential race is 2 years away, and most of the bills that would affect all elections — not just presidential ones — remain stalled. Another bill to require the Wisconsin Elections Commission to hear complaints against itself was scheduled for a March 3 hearing. With the legislative session entering its final stretch, though, the stalled bills face increasingly long odds. The last general floor session period of the biennium ends on March 19, and the Assembly is effectively finished for the session. That means the Senate only has a few weeks left to consider election bills that already cleared the lower chamber, and if the Senate modifies any of them, the Assembly is unlikely to return to approve the changes. Alexander Shur is a reporter for Votebeat based in Wisconsin. Contact Alexander at ashur@votebeat.org.

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