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(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, released the last four years of tax returns late last week, providing a glimpse into their financial life over the last four years of Newsom’s time in office. The couple’s annual finances remained relatively stable, with the exception of 2021, when they saw a bump in their income because of the sale of their Marin County house. In 2021, the Newsoms earned $3,558,085 in taxable income, with $417,816 coming from wages and salary. The first couple of California made $1,060,543 in capital gains, and their adjusted gross income was $4,207,113. Their total income that year was $4,210,160. They made additional income from rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, trusts and "S" corporations in the amount of $2,722,646. The "S" refers to a type of federal tax status for small businesses. Newsom also wrote a children’s book published in 2021, "Ben and Emma’s Big Hit." He made $20,386 in income from that book, according to his tax returns from 2021. The Newsoms also profited from the sale of their house in 2021, which they bought in November 2011. They sold it on May 24, 2021, making $763,794 from the sale. In 2022, the couple made $1,595,300 in taxable income. They also earned additional income of $1,294,469. Newsom made $1,204 in income from his children’s book published the year before. Siebel Newsom, who filed taxes that year as an actress and producer, reported $90 of gross profit. In 2023, the Newsoms reported a joint taxable income of $1,391,454 and additional income of $1,333,042. Newsom made $70,000 in gross profit from the sale of his children’s book, although net profit was reported as $51,000. Siebel Newsom reported $30 of income as an actress and producer that year. In 2024, the Newsoms reported $1,391,034 in taxable income, with additional income in the amount of $1,278,557. Newsom’s author income was $75,000 of gross profit and $8,500 in tentative net profit. California’s first couple previously released five years’ worth of tax returns when the governor ran for office in 2022, in line with California’s financial disclosure laws that require the governor to publicly report his sources of income, investments, gifts, business interests, property and other financial holdings every year. According to the California Department of Human Resources, which lists the annual salaries of state politicians, the governor’s 2026 salary is $245,929. Newsom’s salary in 2025 was $242,295, up from $234,101 in 2023. His salary in 2022 was $224,020, up from his 2021 salary of $218,556. Siebel Newsom does not receive a salary for her role as "first partner of California."

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The Fort Worth nonprofit began implementing Intercept in summer of 2025. The program gets caseworkers more involved with the families.

Arizonans will decide in November whether schools should scrutinize who uses which bathrooms during school sports events. Republicans have framed it as a safety issue while critics warn it will only lead to intrusive policing and humiliation.  For the past several years, Republicans across the country have pushed discriminatory policies barring transgender people from using […]

Firefighters were still battling Monday to gain control of wildfires that tore through residential areas in and around Spokane over the weekend. The three fires that are part of the Spokane Complex have burned more than 8,000 acres, according to figures updated Monday morning. Initial estimates indicate around 700 homes and other buildings had burned. […]

A one-month reprieve, which could be extended, buys the hemp-derived THC industry more time to avoid a federal ban on their increasingly popular products. The post U.S. Senate throws Minnesota’s hemp-based THC drinks and gummies industry a lifeline appeared first on MinnPost.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee has recommended the censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards for violating the House Code of Official Conduct by “failing to adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers.” According to the report, Edwards plied two young female staffers with lavish gifts […] The post In cringeworthy detail, House Ethics panel urges censure of Chuck Edwards for sexual harassment of 2 female staffers appeared first on Asheville Watchdog.

O Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) começa a discutir, nesta terça-feira (4), uma proposta de política de prevenção a conflitos de interesse no Poder Judiciário, apresentada pelo presidente do CNJ e do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Edson Fachin. O documento prevê regras para participação em eventos e recebimento de presentes, além de prever um mapeamento […] Fonte

The supporters of a citizen initiative to put a graduated income-tax system in the Colorado constitution said Monday that they had submitted more than 157,000 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state’s office as they seek to qualify for the November ballot. The groups making up the Protect Colorado’s Future campaign had said in advance […]

The trial to determine whether the City of Bakersfield must re-evaluate how it operates the Kern River was bumped another eight months to October 4, 2027, at a court hearing on Monday. The case was set to be heard in February next year, but the parties agreed to move it back as the state Supreme […]

On an August evening in Interior Alaska, the sun hangs low over the hills as a bumblebee makes its final foraging trip of the season. The fireweed is fading, the nights are cooling, and the bee will soon retreat underground to overwinter. Moments like this — quiet and easy to overlook — capture the delicate […]

O presidente do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), ministro Kassio Nunes Marques, defendeu nesta terça-feira (3) o sistema eletrônico de votação e disse que a urna representa um "patrimônio da democracia brasileira". As declarações do ministro foram proferidas durante a abertura da sessão do TSE que marcou a volta das sessões presenciais após o recesso de julho. Notícias relacionadas:TSE faz semana de ações para mostrar funcionamento da urna eletrônica.Saiba como a urna eletrônica garante a soberania do voto.TSE terá outra reunião com embaixadores para explicar urna eletrônica.Nunes Marques conclamou os eleitores a participarem das atividades da Semana Nacional do Sistema Eletrônico de Votação, que contará com demonstrações sobre o uso da urna, palestras, exposições e ações de combate à desinformação contra o processo eleitoral.  "O objetivo é ampliar o conhecimento da sociedade acerca das diversas etapas do processo eleitoral e reafirmar, por meio da transparência, de informação qualificada e da participação cidadã, a robustez, a audibilidade e permanente evolução tecnológica de um sistema que constitui patrimônio da democracia brasileira", afirmou. O presidente também reafirmou a transparência do sistema de votação. "As portas da Justiça Eleitoral permanecem abertas para quem deseja conhecer, acompanhar e fiscalizar o processo eleitoral. Transparência não é apenas um compromisso desta instituição, é um dos pilares sobre os quais se sustenta a confiança da sociedade nas eleições brasileiras", completou. Eleições O primeiro turno será realizado no dia 4 de outubro, quando serão eleitos deputados federais, estaduais, distritais, governadores, senadores e o presidente da República. O segundo turno está marcado para o dia 25 e pode ocorrer na disputa para os cargos de governador e presidente. Os eleitores voltarão às urnas se nenhum dos candidatos obtiver mais de 50% dos votos válidos, excluindo brancos e nulos, no primeiro turno.

(The Center Square) - Democratic and Republican leaders across the Lower Basin have opposed the U.S. Department of Interior’s water reduction plan for the Colorado River, while Upper Basin states have widely backed the move. The department's and Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement from Friday has received little fanfare in Nevada and Arizona, where the proposal could make for significant water cuts. The federal Colorado River proposal came after negotiations between the seven U.S. states that rely on the river – Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California – missed two deadlines in November 2025 and February 2026. Arizona, Nevada and California are in the Lower Basin. The rest are in the Upper Basin. The current framework for water management on the river is set to end in December. This comes in a year that has been defined by dry weather, a short and warm winter followed by fierce wildfires across much of the Southwest. The Colorado River provides water for an estimated 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of agriculture to people in seven states, 30 tribes, and the U.S. and Mexico, according to the Bureau of Reclamation, which noted any threat to the river’s survival is serious. As a response, the bureau and the Department of the Interior outlined several potential water usage plans for the river under different circumstances, where the most extreme would require California, Arizona and Nevada to cut annual water usage by 3 million acre-feet – nearly half of the states’ combined total allotment. “Unfortunately, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) released by the Department of the Interior today seeks to impose unrealistic reductions on Nevada and our water users,” said Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, in a statement after the Friday announcement. In Arizona, the state’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs responded to the Bureau of Reclamation announcement with a similar lack of enthusiasm. She also expressed optimism that the federal government would embrace a proposal put forward by the Lower Basin states. “While this FEIS still contains unacceptable options that include the federal government forcing Arizona to take the majority of draconian water cutbacks, implementing the Lower Basin agreement would protect Arizona from massive water cuts, distribute reductions more fairly across the Lower Basin States, and provide stability and protection to the water supply that our communities rely upon,” said Hobbs in a Friday statement. The Lower Basin proposal from earlier this year included a combined 1.25 million acre-feet in reductions in 2027 and 2028. But the federal government has emphasized the cuts Arizona and Nevada leaders have expressed concern over are not guaranteed. “The 3 million acre-feet reduction is the upper end of the sideboard,” Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson Mary Carlson told The Center Square via email Monday. “It should not be interpreted that any year within the 10-year Decision Framework will definitively have 3 million acre-feet of shortages. This is the upper end of the sideboard that was analyzed and included within the Preferred Alternative. The Operating Guidelines will determine the level of shortages for each year, if any.” In the Upper Basin, the Friday announcement was taken as promising news for the next decade of the Colorado River. “We are witnessing the lowest reservoir levels in the Colorado River System’s history, and there is no guarantee regarding the future water supply,” said the governors of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming in a joint statement Friday. “Today’s framework does not represent a final solution, but enables the River to be managed in the short-term while the seven states and DOI continue to negotiate a consensus solution.” Bipartisan leaders in the Upper Basin states also highlighted the need to return to multi-state negotiations over a federally-imposed solution. “States in both the Upper and Lower divisions of the basin are feeling the pain of severe drought,” said the governors. “This is a reality that all states, and the federal government, will need to address practically, which is why a seven-state agreement will provide the best outcome for all water users in the Colorado River Basin. We are committed to continued good-faith discussions with our counterparts.” Now state leaders must wait for the release of a plan called the Record of Decision by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Interior. The plan is intended to be a clearer one for the next two years of river operations. The date of that plan's release has not been announced, but is expected to come before the December 2026 deadline for a new Colorado River water management plan.

The Stockton City Council unanimously appointed outside attorney Donald A. Larkin as interim city attorney on Monday, turning to a law firm already under contract with the city while officials prepare to search for a permanent legal chief. Stockton council appoints local Donald Larkin as interim city attorney is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

In a stark reversal of its controversial new policy, the Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously to suspend its new extended parking hours during a marathon meeting on Monday. The move came after intense pushback from residents, business owners and other stakeholders in Sarasota’s downtown and St. Armands Circle. Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch, who is running [...] The post Sarasota reverses extended parking hours after intense pushback appeared first on Suncoast Searchlight.

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The 2026 North Texas Job Fair on Aug. 6 will host more than 650 employers offering over 66,000 positions.

A Justiça Federal condenou o sargento reformado do Exército Antônio Waneir Pinheiro de Lima, o “Camarão”, pelos crimes de cárcere privado qualificado e estupro cometidos contra a historiadora e militante política Inês Etienne Romeu, em 1971, na Casa da Morte (imagem em destaque), centro clandestino de tortura mantido pelo Centro de Informações do Exército (CIE) em Petrópolis, na região serrana do Rio de Janeiro. O réu foi condenado a 12 anos, 11 meses e 25 dias de prisão. Camarão poderá recorrer em liberdade. Ele sempre negou as acusações. As investigações do caso foram realizadas pelos procuradores Vanessa Seguezzi, Antonio do Passo Cabral e Sergio Suiama. Desde o início da ação, os procuradores foram favoráveis à perda do cargo público do acusado, com o "cancelamento de aposentadoria ou qualquer provento de reforma remunerada de que disponha". O grupo de Justiça de Transição do MPF sustentou que o estupro e o cárcere privado, praticados em um contexto de ataque estatal sistemático, constituem crimes contra a humanidade. Com base no direito internacional e em sentenças da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, o MPF defendeu que esses crimes não prescrevem e não são protegidos pela Lei de Anistia de 1979. Relato histórico Inês Etienne morreu em abril de 2015, aos 72 anos, por insuficiência respiratória, em sua casa, em Niterói, na região metropolitana do Rio. A ex-guerrilheira fez um relato histórico ao Conselho Federal da OAB, em 1979, revelando detalhes das torturas físicas e psicológicas a que foi submetida por agentes do Centro de Informações do Exército (CIE) na chamada Casa da Morte de Petropólis, um centro clandestino de tortura e desaparecimento durante a ditadura militar. Sentença Na sentença proferida em 31 de julho, a juíza federal Maria Isadora Frizao julgou procedente o pedido de condenação do Ministério Público Federal pelos crimes de estupro e cárcere privado. A pena fixada ao réu foi de 12 anos, 11 meses e 25 dias de reclusão, em regime inicial fechado, além da perda do cargo público militar. A sentença também reconheceu o crime de estupro, cometido durante a ditadura, como um crime contra a humanidade, portanto, imprescritível e não passível de aplicação da Lei de Anistia. A juíza também condenou o acusado ao pagamento das custas processuais e que fosse enviado ofício ao Ministério da Defesa a fim de que dê ciência sobe à pena de perda do cargo público aplicada ao militar.

(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued another directive related to data centers after a legislative hearing was held and statewide protests are ongoing. Last week, Republican state lawmakers backtracked on a law they previously supported that fast tracked data expansion at taxpayers’ expense. Some rural Texans have demanded a special session be called to ban data center expansion in Texas, The Center Square reported. Ahead of the hearing, multiple anti-data center events were held statewide. Abbott on Monday directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to conduct a comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process. The agencies must complete the audit before any data center project moves forward, he said. ERCOT is currently considering approximately more than 474 gigawatts of requests to connect to the Texas grid, more than five times Texas’ record peak electricity demand for ERCOT. The overwhelming majority of new power requests – 90% – are from data centers. “That unprecedented load growth could endanger the reliability and stability of the Texas electric grid,” Abbott said. “Our top priority is to protect Texans’ safety and quality of life,” Abbott said when issuing the directive. “Any project that fails to comply with the requirements set forth by the PUCT and ERCOT, and by state law, must be denied connection to the Texas grid. Simply put, Texans must come first.” The directive requires information gathering from data centers: how much state and local tax incentives, grants, abatements, or other public financial assistance they have received or expect to receive; whether they “are providing their own power or depending on the ERCOT grid for that power,” including projected annual and peak electricity consumption; and “any effort and progress to construct or procure on-site electric generation including generation type, or other measures to reduce demand on the ERCOT grid.” They are also to disclose if they “are bringing their own water and reusing their own water as opposed to using water needed by local communities,” including projected annual and peak water consumption, anticipated sources of water supply, the cooling technology they plan to use; and what measures are being taken to reduce impacts on the local community. It’s the second PUCT and ERCOT directive Abbott has issued in one month. Last month, he directed the agencies to ensure data centers’ interconnections would result in reduced residential electrical bills and add to Texas’ electric capacity. That directive requires data centers to pay for all electric infrastructure costs, not to pass costs onto local ratepayers, and to use water-efficient technologies like closed-loop cooling systems and not drain local water resources. It also requires them to use noise-reduction technology and other measures to lessen impacts on communities. Abbott said he’s working with state lawmakers to propose codifying these regulatory restrictions, including requiring yearly reporting of electricity and water usage data to the agencies. He also called for the legislature to repeal sales tax exemptions and “other outdated or unnecessary incentives for data centers.” Under Abbott and the Republican-led legislature, billions of dollars in tax breaks have enabled data center expansion in areas where counties have little recourse, residents in townhalls across the state argue. The anti-data center issue is uniting Republicans and Democrats ahead of the midterm election. Opposition to data centers includes tax breaks, increased electric costs, water, air and noise pollution, draining limited water resources among other concerns. State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, who is running against Abbott in November, points to Abbott touting that he’s brought more AI and data centers to Texas than any other state. Last fall, Abbott touted Google announcing its plan to invest $40 billion to build AI infrastructure in Texas. “Texas is the epicenter of AI development, where companies can pair innovation with expanding energy,” he said, The Center Square reported. Hinojosa said she has been meeting with Texans whose “entire lives have been taken over by the data centers that Greg Abbott invited into Texas. When I'm governor, I'll make sure their voices are heard,” she said. Hood County residents, who are historically conservative, have been at the forefront of data center opposition. More than 10,000 acres are being sold in the rural county for AI, data centers and other energy projects, which residents argue are already destroying home values and quality of life.

(The Center Square) – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance bipartisan legislation that would prevent the U.S. Department of Education from transferring several major education offices to other federal agencies. In a 13-9 vote, a bipartisan bill S.5046, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, with two Republican cosponsors - Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska - would prohibit the department from moving programs administered by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Office of Postsecondary Education and the Office of Indian Education through interagency agreements. This response from the HELP Committee follows a letter signed by 86 Democrats in the House Education Committee to also block the transfer, The Center Square previously reported. In that letter to the department, the lawmakers said the Trump administration's proposal to move programs to a different agency violates congressional authority. Collins said in a statement that these transfers are misaligned with their program purposes and that the change “fundamentally misunderstands” the intent and history of the programs within the department. “The quality of our schools directly corresponds to students’ success and the strength of our economy,” Kaine said in a statement sent to The Center Square. “I am glad that the HELP Committee passed my bipartisan legislation to stop the Administration from spinning off specialized agencies within the Education Department, including those supporting special education, to other departments that are not equipped to administer them.” The Department of Education pushed back on responses stating that the system has failed students. “The era of coddling a failed status quo must end,” Education Department Press Secretary Savannah Newhouse told The Center Square. “It is an insult to American families — and downright malpractice — that Washington politicians are rushing to protect a system where roughly 30% of our nation’s students are proficient in math and reading. The needs of the system cannot be more important than the needs of the kids.” Newhouse said Education Secretary Linda McMahon has provided Congress with "a proof of concept" demonstrating how partner agencies can administer the programs more effectively and said it is premature to halt the effort before it has the opportunity to reduce bureaucracy and improve services for students, families and educators. The bill now moves to the full Senate for consideration. The Center Square contacted the offices of Collins and Murkowski for comment but did not receive a response.