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Republican lawmakers are accusing Pima County of breaking state law because of a policy that prevents federal immigration agents from stepping foot on county property, like courthouses or police departments, unless they have a judge’s permission.  On Monday, Republican leadership in the Arizona Senate filed what’s known as a 1487 complaint with the Arizona Attorney […]

Keller ISD wants to close these schools by 2027. The move would reshape the path from elementary to high school for thousands of students.

Democratic political consultant and fraudster Abbey Lee Cook will be jailed ahead of her September sentencing after a federal judge found she violated the terms of her release. The post Democratic campaign consultant jailed after violating release terms appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego divulgou nesta segunda-feira (6) a atualização do cadastro de empregadores responsabilizados por trabalho escravo The post Cantor Amado Batista e BYD entram na Lista Suja do Trabalho Escravo appeared first on Repórter Brasil.

No ano em que se completam três décadas do Massacre de Eldorado dos Carajás, um dos episódios mais violentos da história recente do Brasil e que permanece marcado pela impunidade, cerca de 2 mil trabalhadores do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) percorrem mais de 120 km em marcha na Bahia entre os dias […] Fonte

(The Center Square) – A group that advocates for Colorado gun owners is collecting petition signatures in opposition to a bill that would regulate gun barrels in the state. Senate Bill 26-043 was scheduled to be heard Monday in the Colorado House for its third and final reading, but the legislation was never advanced. The bill would require gun barrels to be purchased in-person at a firearm dealer. The legislation has been laid over since March 20 for its third and final reading vote. Once it’s passed on its third reading by the House, the Senate will need to approve amendments to SB 26-043 before it heads to Gov. Jared Polis' desk to become law. The Colorado State Shooting Association’s petition opposing the legislation says, in part, that SB 26-043 would “further infringe on Coloradans' Constitutionally-guaranteed Second Amendment freedoms.” SB 26-043, which passed the Democratic-controlled Senate last month in a 19 to 16 vote, would also require firearm dealers in the state to retain all sales records of barrels for five years. Democratic sponsors of the legislation have argued the bill, when paired with a proposed ban on 3D printed firearm components, would help get unserialized ghost guns “out of our communities” and make it easier for law enforcement to track guns used in crimes. CSSA previously told The Center Square that SB 26-043 is “a ridiculous bill” that “doesn’t do anything to stop gun violence.” Gun barrels are a common component replaced for maintenance or performance purposes. Colorado Democrats have passed several other firearm bills this session, including a ban on 3D-printed firearms and an expansion of the state’s “Red Flag” law.

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Irla iparraldeko aireportuan utzi gaitu hegazkinak, eta hegoaldera eraman autobusak, edo guaguak, bertakoei ikasi diegun moduan. Ez dira Aste Santuko oporrak, ez eta udakoak ere, unibertsitateko klaseek bere horretan jarraitzen dute gu hemen egon arren. Behe-denboraldi deritzon horretan etorri garela hona, alegia. Ohikoa den moduan, hegaldi merkeenaren legeak iradoki digu lau eguneko ihesaldi honen jomuga: Los Cristianos, Tenerife. Egoki edo dezente bezala deskriba daitekeen apartamentuan motxilak utzi eta itsas pasealekura atera gara zuzenean, aspaldian sumatu gabeko berotasun horren bila. Lagun batek esan zidan hemen, leku honetan, dena dela ilusio optiko erraldoi baten parte, ehizaki jakin batzuk erakarri asmoz hotel, resort eta jatetxez jositako armiarma-sare arriskutsu bezain delikatua dela. Baina ederra da itsasoa, argitasuna, brisa… eta are ederragoa presa zantzurik gabeko jendearen erritmoa. Nire buruak analitikoki deskribatzen du eguzkitako betaurrekoetatik igaro eta begietan barrena sartzen den iruditegia. Jubilatuak dira gehienak hemen, britainiarrak, azala zimur-zimur eginda eta ilea zuri-zuri duten horietakoak. Hondartza alboko azoka txikietan erositako soineko edo blusa koloretsuak daramatzate soinean, eta scooter delakoetan mugitzen dira aurrera eta atzera pasealekuan zehar. Gehienek ez dute oinez ibiltzeko arazorik, baina denok nahi izaten dugu noizean behin eraman gaitzaten. Dena da ilusio optiko erraldoi baten parte, ehizaki jakin batzuk erakarri asmoz hotel, resort eta jatetxez jositako armiarma-sare arriskutsu bezain delikatua Lehenengo lerro honetan denda eta jatetxe ugari daude, eta argi dago oinetan hozka eginez azala leun uzten dizuten arraintxoen lokalak direla jubilatuen gustukoenak. Ilaran esertzen dira bi edo hiru, oinak uretan sartu, mugikorrak atera, eta arraintxoek eraso egiten dieten bitartean haien biloben argazkiak erakusten dizkiote elkarri; “begira zeinen ondo egin ditudan gauzak” esateko beste modu bat. Gu zerbait saldu nahi digun norbait saihestu nahian gabiltza une oro, eta ez gara toki berean luze geratzen. Dekorazioari dagokionez, torero eta paella ugari daude Los Cristianoseko ikonografian, eta tanto gorrizko trajez jantzitako flamenko dantzariak ere bai. Turista batek espero dezakeenera murriztu da hemengotarren kultura, eta hizkuntza bera exotismo bat da; kartel eta menu guztiak ingelesez daude. Koktelak ez dira salbuespena: Blue Lagoon, Sex on the Beach… pelikula pornografiko baten izenburu izan litezke guztiak. Guri eskatzeak lotsa apur bat ematen digu. Eguna besterik gabe igaro da, eta eguzkia sartu orduko intentsitate handiko koloretako argiz bete da guztia. Terraza gehienetan hogeita hamar urte inguruko gizon bat irten da jendartera gitarra eskuan harturik, eta batek Ed Sheeranen Perfect jo badu, besteak John Lennonen Imagine. Aitaren mezua: “Misilik ikusi duzue zeruan? Iran bonbardatu dute”. Bost izarreko makro hotelean Freddie Mercuryren imitatzailea dena ematen ari da: “I want to break free” dio, eta jubilatuek ere “I want to break free”. Denak dantzan, denak pozik, denak ondo; bizitza bat egokitasunez bizi izanaren lasaitasuna aurpegian. Hamaiketarako oheratuko dira denak eta bihar babarrun tostada gosalduko dute itsasoari begira. Amerikanada britainiar bat da Los Cristianos. Apartamentura bueltan goazela, desmuntatze lanetan harrapatu ditugu azokako langileak, eta apur bat haratago futboleko kamisetak poltsetan biltzen ari dira pare bat kale-saltzaile. Jatetxeetako langileak ere garbiketa lanetan ari dira, eta amaitzera doan lanegun baten nekea igartzen zaie aurpegian. Armiarma-sare honen ezkutuko jostun txikiak dira den-denak, eta nik jada ez dakit zein den nire rola. Heldu gara apartamentu parera. Zeruari badaezpadako azken begiratua bota diot: ez da misilik ageri.

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly told Legislators Monday to focus on fully funding special education and to prioritize public schools instead of giving tax credits for youths attending private schools.  Kelly vetoed House Bill 2468, which changes tax credit limits for a low-income student scholarship program and approves participation in federal tax credits for individual […]

A Hoover regional director for U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville surrendered to authorities Thursday on a charge of using his position on a state board for personal gain. Michael Raita, 67, was released on a $25,000 bond Thursday from the Talladega County Sheriff’s Office, according to public records. Messages seeking comment were left Monday for Talladega […]

Tras el hostigamiento policial al cineasta Alan Gómez en pleno rodaje, medios comunitarios y organizaciones sociales de la Villa 31 convocan a un streaming en vivo este martes. Denuncian un «efecto cerrojo» que criminaliza la cultura y asfixia la economía popular bajo la excusa del ordenamiento urbano. Por Mario Canaviri para ANRed. Integrantes de la […]

The Maine Legislature passed legislation to strengthen existing avenues for oversight of Maine jails, a compromise after an initial proposal for a corrections ombudsman faced pushback.   Debate on this bill underscored the current lack of independent oversight of the Maine Department of Corrections, as there have been years-long vacancies on boards of visitors — panels […]

Polka music echoed through the streets of Gordon Square once again for the 16th annual Cleveland Dyngus Day festival. The post Cleveland Dyngus Day 2026: A Pierogi-eating contest, polka dancing and squirt guns appeared first on Signal Cleveland.

Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. Colorado lawmakers avoided major cuts to K-12, early childhood, and higher education funding in next year’s budget proposal despite an overall shortfall of more than $1.2 billion.Major reductions proposed in the bill introduced Monday focus on Medicaid benefits and health care programs. The bill also cuts into the state’s reserves. Lawmakers are required to pass a balanced budget and the School Finance Act before the end of the session on May 13.Rep. Emily Sirota, a Denver Democrat and chair of the powerful Joint Budget Committee, said during a news conference late last week that lawmakers wanted to avoid bringing back a maneuver called the Budget Stabilization Factor, which allowed the state to withhold money from constitutionally mandated K-12 funding. Lawmakers also tried to preserve higher education funding but ended up allowing tuition increases that are higher than originally proposed. Sirota said lawmakers didn’t want to create another education funding hole after they “worked extremely hard over the last many years to dig our way out.”The Long Bill, as it’s called, proposes that the 2026-27 state budget would grow to $46.8 billion, an increase over this year’s $43.9 billion budget. General fund spending, or the state tax revenue used on the budget, would increase to $17.3 billion, up from $17.1 billion.Spending on K-12 schools would increase to $10.2 billion statewide, or about $184 million more than this year. Lawmakers would need to dip into state reserves to fund some of the increase. For example, JBC members propose using the state’s education savings fund to pay for statutorily required increases to funding for special education, English language learners, at-risk students, and others.Other cuts to K-12 programsDespite avoiding serious cuts to education, the JBC has proposed smaller reductions.These include eliminating a statewide program that helps students become teachers, reducing how often certain teachers need to be evaluated, and allowing some students to skip the state’s social studies test. Below are some of the most significant proposals:Budget lawmakers filed House Bill 1353 to alter the state’s social studies test so it’s administered only to seventh grade public school students. The move would save the state about $303,000 a year.House Bill 1356 would eliminate a grant program that allows charter schools and districts to create a local accountability system that compliments the state system. The measure would save the state about $507,000.House Bill 1357 would phase out the state’s Teacher Recruitment Education Program, or TREP, to save about $1.6 million next year and about $3 million in the year after. The idea to eventually eliminate the extended high school program created in 2021 wouldn’t allow schools to designate any new students for the program, meaning many students preparing to use TREP would no longer be eligible.Colorado lawmakers want to reduce a grant fund to improve state math instruction by about $5.2 million. House Bill 1358 would leave about $3.5 million next year for the program started in 2023 with onetime funding.Lawmakers proposed halving spending on school bullying prevention grants to $1 million.The state’s School Counselor Corps Grant Program would also be reduced by $1 million, down to $11 million per year. The grant helps schools hire more counselors and supports training.The state would reduce adult education and literacy grants by $1 million, bringing that grant fund down to $2 million available through the 2028-29 budget year.The state would also eliminate the Menstrual Hygiene Grant, or a cut of about $100,000 a year. Budget lawmakers noted that the state requires most schools to provide free menstrual hygiene products for students.Higher ed and early childhood funding remains stableJBC members were also able to avoid big cuts to higher education and early childhood funding. Those budgets would only change slightly compared to this year.JBC lawmakers proposed a slight increase to $6.5 billion in total spending next year on higher education, although a portion of the funding includes programs such as History Colorado. This means of the total higher education budget, about $1 billion in state support, would go toward colleges and universities. Another $3 billion would come from tuition revenue, according to legislative staff documents.The state would allow most colleges and universities to increase tuition by 3.5% for resident undergraduate students. The state’s community colleges would be allowed to increase tuition by 5% for residents. And nonresident tuition rates could increase by up to 5%.The tuition changes would account for $160 million of the $164 million state higher education budget increase. In-state tuition assistance would remain at $116 per credit hour, or $3,480 per year for a full-time, full-year student.The state’s early education budget also wouldn’t change significantly. The state proposes to spend about $798 million on those programs, including a $14 million increase for the state’s universal preschool program.The budget bill took longer this year after lawmakers faced a larger than expected spending shortfall that the state’s budget forecasters have warned could be as high as $1.5 billion. This is the second year that the state has faced a more than $1 billion shortfall, mostly due to increased Medicaid costs. Republican lawmakers have said overspending by Democratic lawmakers is the problem.The release of the budget now sets up hearings in the House and Senate. Lawmakers will file amendments and debate to finalize the budget. Once both chambers finish their deliberations, the bill will be sent to Gov. Jared Polis to sign into law.Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.

“Jadi dalam satu tahun ini dengan mencari pola, pattern yang baru, (diharapkan) pada tahun kedua nanti bisa akan lebih cepat lagi (kepastian hukum hutan adat lainnya). Hingga (harapannya) apa yang dikerjakan delapan tahun lalu, mungkin nanti bisa kami lampaui dalam waktu yang lebih pendek lagi,” kata Raja Juli Antoni, Menteri Kehutanan seperti dikutip dari Kantor Berita Antara […] The post Opini: Menakar Percepatan Penetapan Hutan Adat appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

(The Center Square) – A new bill introduced in the California Assembly would give homeowners who are selling to first-time home buyers a tax break to make home buying possible for many who would not otherwise get their desired house. Assembly Bill 1714 would give new home sellers a tax break in the amount of 40% of the costs they paid for repairs needed to close on a house they are buying. The cap on the tax break is $25,000, according to the bill. Homeowners who sell a house between Jan. 1, 2028 and Jan. 1, 2033 can claim this tax credit if the bill passes. “AB 1714 creates a targeted personal income tax credit for sellers who complete repairs that are required for a first-time buyer using CalHFA assistance,” Assemblyman David Tangipa, R-Fresno, testified during a Monday's hearing of the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. “This bill is not about cosmetic upgrades or optional remodeling or rewarding ordinary home improvements. It is narrowly focused on repairs that create artificial scarcity for first-time home buyers," said Tangipa, who sponsored the bill. Prior to his 2024 election to the Assembly, Tangipa worked as a Realtor in Central California who focused on helping first-time home buyers buy homes to break generational wealth, the legislator testified. Many of his customers who were first-time home buyers lost out on homes because they couldn’t afford to make required repairs to their desired home were required under the terms of a California Housing Financing Authority, an agency that awards mortgages to low- and moderate-income Californians. “Really, it’s a negotiation tool to help people who are the most disadvantaged qualify and have a foot in the door,” Tangipa told the committee. “As a Realtor who has helped so many qualify for this program, we were losing negotiations time and time again because when a seller has multiple options to go with, they choose the easiest one for them.” The Franchise Tax Board, the state agency that regulates tax collection and tax breaks in California, estimated the bill would result in a revenue loss of $4.5 million in fiscal year 2027-28 and $9.2 million in fiscal year 2028-29, according to a legislative analysis. Nonprofit organization United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties is in support of the bill, while the California Federation of Teachers opposed the bill, according to the analysis. A representative from United Way also testified in support of the bill on Monday. However, not everyone supported the bill in their testimony during the bill hearing. “We doubt whether the tax benefits proposed in the bill would provide real relief or improvement in first-time home buyers programs in this state,” Danielle Kando-Kaiser, a lobbyist for the California Tax Reform Association, testified in opposition to the bill. “It could have a disadvantage to those home buyers by obligating the buyer rather than the seller to make the necessary repairs, which is part of a negotiated process.” The bill is one of a package of legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers this year aimed at reducing the cost of living and making living in California more affordable. A small coalition of Republican legislators announced the bills in a press conference held at the state Capitol in late March. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, home prices in California exceed those in the rest of the country. A January 2026 report from that office shows that price for mid-tier homes in California are roughly $755,000, more than twice as expensive as the typical mid-tier home in the rest of the U.S. Between 2020 and 2022, home prices for mid-tier homes in the state increased 14% a year, while home prices for lower-tier homes increased 15% a year. The increasing unaffordability of the Golden State’s homes has led more than a third of the state’s residents to say they considered leaving the state because of housing costs, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

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President Trump’s annual budget request to Congress continues his administration’s defunding of climate change programs, environmental protection and renewable energy, slashing the budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  The spending plan for fiscal 2027 “builds on the President’s vision by continuing to constrain […]

Voters will decide on dozens of candidates for city councils and school boards as well as a handful of propositions.

San Diego Music Awards nominees will perform at local showcases all month. Tamar Berk will join other nominees on stage Sunday.