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The Tapajós supported Indigenous people for millennia, but now vessels, pollution and waves may disrupt their lives.

Georgia lawmakers are considering eliminating the state's 5.19% income tax, which generates $16 billion in revenue, and offsetting the loss with cuts to $30 billion in tax credits and exemptions. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

(The Center Square) – Several defendants who are among the first indicted on terrorism-related charges for their alleged connection to an Antifa attack on law enforcement officers are scheduled to plead guilty this week and next, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Texas. A grand jury indicted nine North Texas Antifa Cell operatives on charges of providing material support to terrorists in the July 4 attack against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. “This is the first indictment in the country against a group of violent Antifa cell members,” Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy Larson said. “The charges the Grand Jury has leveled against these defendants, including material support for terrorists, address the vicious attack perpetrated by an anti-ICE, anti-law enforcement, anti-government, anarchist group.” Terrorism charges were brought after President Donald Trump designated Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” in September and directed federal agencies “to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations” connected to Antifa, The Center Square reported. Charges also brought against the nine include riot,with the intent to commit an act of violence; conspiracy to use and carry an explosive and doing so during a riot; attempted murder of officers and federal employees; discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; and document concealment. Updated charges brought in the case “underscore the seriousness of the crimes committed,” FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Joseph Rothrock said. Overall, 16 were charged for their alleged role in a planned ambush with an intent to kill ICE officers. The attackers wore black clothes, tactical gear and body armor, shot fireworks at the facility, fired at an Alvarado police officer and unarmed corrections officers and vandalized the property, ICE said. Flyers were also found at the scene stating, “fight ICE terror with class war, free all political prisoners,” The Center Square reported. A 12-count indictment charges Cameron Arnold, Zachary Evetts, Benjamin Song, Savanna Batten, Bradford Morris, Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, and Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada with multiple offenses for their alleged roles in the attack. Their arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 3. Seven others were charged by with rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder of an Alvarado police officer and unarmed correctional officers. Some defendants were charged with multiple offenses. Six others, Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Susan Kent, Rebecca Morgan, Lynette Sharp and John Thomas, were charged with providing material support to terrorists. Seth Sikes was charged with one count of providing material support to terrorists. Guilty plea hearings for Baumann, Gibson, Thomas, Sharp and Sikes are scheduled this week; Morgan is scheduled to plead guilty next week, Larson’s office said. The charges state the defendants were members of a North Texas Antifa Cell, which is “part of a larger militant enterprise made up of networks of individuals and small groups primarily ascribing to an ideology that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and the system of law.” Antifa groups organize riots, violent assaults, and armed confrontations with law enforcement officers, and are targeting federal immigration officials, Trump’s order states. The indictment alleges the leader of the group was Benjamin Song, who authorities say opened fire on the officers, striking the Alvarado police officer in the neck. Song, authorities allege, fled the scene, prompting a week-long manhunt ending in his arrest. “Four months ago, in an attempt to sow anarchy and chaos and to undermine the rule of law, a coordinated attack was carried out on the Prairieland Detention Center, leaving one of our local law enforcement officers injured and a community in disarray,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Dallas Acting Field Office Director Robert Cerna said. “In response, the law enforcement community banded together to expose the cowardly thugs responsible for that heinous attack and hold them accountable.” The indictments “are a first step in that process, as we continue to work collectively to ensure that justice is served.” If convicted, Song, Arnold, Evetts, Morris, and Rueda face between 10 years and life in prison. Batten, Elizabeth Soto and Ines Soto each face 10 to 50 years in prison. Sanchez Estrada faces up to 20 years in prison on each count. Providing material support to terrorists charges brought against Baumann, Gibson, Kent, Morgan, Sharp, Thomas and Sikes carry up to 15 years in prison. The charges were brought after FBI—Dallas led a multi-agency investigation including ICE-ERO Dallas, ATF, Texas Department of Public Safety, Alvarado Police Department, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Gatto and Shawn Smith are prosecuting the case.

Officer Saintina’s death is the fifth police killing this month and highlights growing delays in emergency care as gangs tighten control nationwide. The post Haitian police officer dies amid airlift delays after gang clash appeared first on The Haitian Times.

(The Center Square) - Arizona has lost out on billions of dollars in education funding due to mismanagement of its State Land Trust. That's according to a new report that points to valuable land going unused. Common Sense Institute Arizona, a nonpartisan research organization, released a report Wednesday highlighting the lack of revenue being generated by the trust. According to the report entitled "Building What Was Promised," the federal government set aside an estimated 11 million acres of land for Arizona to use when it became a state in 1912. The federal government required Arizona to “hold” the land “on behalf of certain beneficiaries," said Glenn Farley, CSI Arizona’s director of policy and research and one of the report's three authors. Out of the program's 11 million acres, 8 million are held for the benefit of Arizona’s K-12 education system, the report noted. This massive swath of land is roughly the size of Maryland, said Lorenzo Romero, a CSI Arizona education and economic development fellow. He and Zachary Milne are the report's other authors. One of the requirements Arizona is supposed to meet with this land is to maintain these assets in perpetuity, Farley told The Center Square. He explained the State Land Trust makes its money through agricultural grazing leases and similar open land-use rights. He described this economic model as generating “very little revenue.” The money Arizona collects from the land trust must be deposited into the Permanent Land Endowment Trust Fund, Farley said. Arizona has kept 85% of the original land meant to help fund K-12 education, the report found. The report said over the last 100 years, the State Land Trust has generated nearly $6 billion in revenue for K-12 schools. It added that the “average annual return” for the state’s K-12 beneficiaries is only $8.40 per acre annually. Furthermore, the land currently set aside for education funding is worth an estimated $19 billion, the report noted. Romero told The Center Square that between 33% and 45% of this land lies within 5 miles of Arizona's population centers. The report estimated there are 276,700 acres of “unleased trust land within a 10-mile radius” of Arizona’s cities and towns. This untapped land could build over 200,000 housing units, the report noted. The land around Arizona’s urban centers does have value, but it is going unused, Romero said. If Arizona sells some of this land, it would allow more money to be put into PLETF, which earns between 7% and 8% of compound interest annually, he added. PLETF is invested in a “balanced portfolio of traditional financial assets,” such as treasury and private bonds and private equities,” Farley told The Center Square. The research director noted PLETF is “generating these returns” with around one-fifth of the total assets, compared to the state land trust. According to the report, if Arizona had implemented a PLETF-style fund at the beginning of its statehood, the State Land Trust meant to fund K-12 education would be worth $163 billion and would have distributed $140 billion to its beneficiaries. The report also estimated that if Arizona sold the remaining land in its State Land Trust fund over the next 10 years, it would generate $18.5 billion in revenue and $55 billion in new economic activity. In addition, the new economic activity would support the construction of 1 million new homes over the next two decades, according to the report. Over the next 50 years, if the land were sold, it would generate another $65 billion in distributions to K-12 public schools and $5 billion in annual state and local tax revenue, the report noted. However, for this to be possible, Arizona needs to revise some of the rules governing its State Land Trust program. Arizona has some of the “most restrictive laws” in America regarding program management, Romero said. Farley noted Arizona became a state during the “height of the Progressive era” in America. The response from the government at the time was to limit Arizona’s “ability to manage its own trust,” Farley said. According to Farley, the result of these legal restrictions on Arizona has made the state “overly conservative in using this land for fear of running afoul of these federal and constitutional requirements.” Romero said the “highest and best use standard” Arizona must follow for the sale of these lands needs to be “reviewed” to allow for greater flexibility. To make it easier for Arizona to change standards regarding selling the State Land Trust program’s land, it would take a “combination of constitutional changes, state statutory changes and potential federal statutory changes,” Farley noted.

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With the third winter “release season” in Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction plan just weeks away, state wildlife officials are scrambling to find a source for additional relocated wolves. A deal to source up to 15 animals from British Columbia is in doubt after the federal government, under pressure from livestock groups and conservative activists, ordered […]

Jackson officials gained access to JXN Water's financial records amid another delay in a rate increase decision.

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Richard Koné, attaquant ivoirien au parcours hors du commun, vient de faire ses premiers pas avec la sélection nationale ce mardi 18 novembre, lors du match amical Côte d’Ivoire-Oman (2-0).  Des terrains de rue de Treichville à la Championship anglaise, zoom sur cet attaquant au parcours atypique qui brille sans être passé par les voies classiques du football.

(The Center Square) – Analysis by five groups often associated with litigation against election policy by the Republican majority General Assembly in North Carolina has yielded recommendations in five areas. The 2024 County Board of Elections Monitoring Report is billed as “a comprehensive, on-the-ground analysis of North Carolina’s election administration during the 2024 General Election.” With the report, election staff and volunteers are commended on professionalism. The report also found “persistent and systemic issues that jeopardize equitable ballot access.” "This report makes clear the ongoing importance of election monitors and support for our state’s County Board of Elections, and the need for policies that strengthen – not undermine – voter access and confidence in our elections,” said Adrienne Kelly, executive director of Democracy North Carolina. Oversight of the elections in 100 counties for the presidential cycle ultimately fell to the State Board of Elections, a group then with a 3-2 majority of Democrats. Each county board was also 3-2 Democrats. Between July 22 and Sept. 12, seven lawsuits were filed against the State Board of Elections that includes Democrats Alan Hirsch, its chairman, Jeff Carmon and Siobhan Millen; and Republicans Stacy Eggers and Kevin Lewis; and Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell. A state Supreme Court race that dragged through Board of Elections decisions and multiple court rulings at Wake County Superior Court, the state Court of Appeals, the state Supreme Court, and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended 184 days after Election Day. It also triggered a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice against the elections board, leading to a settlement and creation of the Registration Repair Project. More than 82,000 registered voters are impacted, as are future elections that should be able to avoid such litigious aftermath. The board’s new membership of Republicans Eggers, Bob Rucho and Chairman Francis DeLuca, and Democrats Millen and Carmon were seated in May. Sam Hayes succeeded Brinson Bell as executive director. “It's crucial that state lawmakers and county officials work in a bipartisan way to ensure our elections system is properly funded, adequately staffed, and fully prepared to meet the high rates of voter participation we expect to see in 2026 and beyond," said Tyler Daye, policy and civic engagement manager with Common Cause North Carolina. The monitoring report’s recommendations are in the areas of voter photo identification, provisional voting, voter registration, voting by mail, and election funding and staff capacity. The analysis was provided by Democracy North Carolina; Common Cause North Carolina; League of Women Voters of North Carolina; Blueprint NC; and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

Women were often jailed for their association with anti-Franco male relatives. Behind bars, they suffered mental and physical torture.

The Montana Department of Commerce is polling people on new designs for the state’s “Welcome to Montana” highway signs that greet travelers at the border. This spring, Gov. Greg Gianforte and Commerce unveiled an update of the state’s branding — the first update in more than a decade — with a new logo, color scheme […]

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Quase uma em cada três mulheres no mundo já sofreu violência física ou sexual, por parte do parceiro ou de outras pessoas, informou a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) nesta quarta-feira (19). A OMS lamentou que pouco progresso foi feito nessa área nos últimos anos.

President Donald Trump has taken his most decisive step yet toward dismantling the Department of Education, a move that will have widespread ramifications for vulnerable students and has raised concerns among education leaders and lawmakers who contend that it will create chaos and confusion for families instead of giving them the help they actually need.   […]

Tiempo de lectura: 4 minutosAcoso, criminalización y manipulación de los procesos judiciales son los tres patrones identificados por la organización Cristosal sobre la persecución política en Guatemala, un fenómeno que cobró notoriedad durante el gobierno de Jimmy Morales y que se intensificó de manera selectiva con la reelección de Consuelo Porras como fiscal general en mayo de 2022. Por Prensa ... Read more