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Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis had his license to practice law suspended Monday.  A memo issued by the state court system’s Office of Lawyer Regulation states that Solis’ suspension was for “willfully failing to cooperate with one or more OLR investigations into alleged misconduct.”  The memo also states that Solis violated a Wisconsin Supreme […]

The effects of climate change are being felt in Maryland, and the impact is even greater in Black and brown communities, writes Sacoby Wilson, which is why our lawmakers need to fight to restore the climate justice grants the Trump administration stripped away.

The action comes weeks after executive action by Gov. Tim Walz halted the mining company's efforts to establish a copper-nickel mine in the Rainy River Headwaters Watershed.

The Arkansas Department of Health will lay off more than three dozen people and eliminate unfilled positions in November, a spokesperson confirmed on Monday. In total, 71 positions within the 2,100-person department will be eliminated. Thirty-eight of those positions are currently filled, while the rest are unfilled. The reduction in force will align the department’s […]

KANSAS CITY — The federal government is going after thousands of people suspected of stealing millions of dollars from taxpayers through their participation in a COVID-19 pandemic program meant to protect small businesses and workers, Vice President JD Vance said Monday. The government is permanently suspending 870,000 people from receiving federal government loans after defrauding […]

The Democratic Party of Oregon on Monday kicked off a new “No Trump in Oregon” tour in the state’s most populous city, doubling down on its efforts to tie Republican gubernatorial nominee  Christine Drazan, a state senator from Canby, to the Trump administration.

(The Center Square) — The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to approve nearly $500,000 in opioid settlement funds for "culturally responsive" treatment services last week, but one council member argued the money could have a greater impact elsewhere. Council members approved Resolution 2026-0064 on Sept. 9, authorizing investments from the city’s Opioid Response Fund and allowing the administration to execute related contracts without additional council approval. Councilmember Michael Cathcart, the council's only conservative, was the lone vote against the resolution. Cathcart said he has opposed the allocation previously and believes the city is “nickeling and diming” the opioid response fund rather than concentrating resources on what he considers the highest-priority needs. “I don’t believe it’s the highest and best use of the dollars,” Cathcart said in an interview with The Center Square on Monday. The approved contracts are designed to address gaps in "culturally responsive" treatment for people struggling with opioid addiction. The services are intended to be tailored to the needs of specific communities, including marginalized populations. The contracts involve the Center for Growth and Empowerment through Compassionate Addiction Treatment, The Native Project, Nuestras Raices and Washington State University in partnership with Spokane Tribal Network. The total investment is under $500,000 and was already included in the city's 2026 budget. The city has previously identified culturally specific behavioral health treatment as a priority for opioid settlement dollars. In 2025, city officials proposed $500,000 to support the planning and launch of culturally specific behavioral health treatment. Cathcart said his concern is not with addressing addiction, but with how the limited opioid dollars are being prioritized. He said not all of the money being spent from the fund is going directly toward treatment-type services, and he questioned whether the city should instead be directing more resources toward facilities and programs that can immediately intervene when people are experiencing a substance-use crisis. “I see and hear from people in the community about open drug use,” Cathcart said. Cathcart pointed to the Spokane Regional Stabilization Center as an example of an investment he believes has had a significant impact on the community. He said a former police chief recently described the development of the crisis stabilization center as one of the most “game-changing” investments and policies in three decades. Cathcart said he would like to see the center expanded, particularly to increase bed capacity and strengthen its ability to serve people experiencing behavioral health and substance-use crises. The Spokane Regional Stabilization Center currently serves as a pre-booking jail diversion option, providing medical, mental health and substance-use treatment services. People can be referred by law enforcement, first responders, hospitals and other partners. Spokane County is also expanding the regional system. Construction is underway on a $21 million Crisis Relief and Sobering Center that will add 24-hour crisis relief and sobering services to the existing stabilization center. The expanded facility is expected to open in spring 2027. Cathcart said additional investments in crisis stabilization and treatment capacity could complement the city's efforts to address public drug use and addiction. He also pointed to other local revenue sources, including the city’s 1590 fund, as part of the broader discussion over how Spokane should prioritize behavioral health and public safety spending. The city’s Opioid Response Fund is supported by opioid settlement dollars that are restricted to approved uses related to addressing the opioid crisis. Spokane has previously used opioid settlement funding for initiatives including behavioral health services, crisis response and other programs aimed at addressing addiction. While Cathcart opposed the latest allocation, the other six council members voted in favor of the resolution, allowing the city to move forward with the contracts. Councilmember Kitty Klitzke explained her reasons during last week's meeting for supporting the measure. "I think the reason this program is important is the city is not a provider of medical services, so yes we can contribute to them, we don't receive the bulk of public health or opioid dollars so working with the county is always something we have to do to address this public health crisis," she said. "I do a lot of ride-alongs in my district and I saw a common occurrence where you go to people and ask if they need help and they say 'no, thank you, I am good.' So getting people into treatment and keeping them is hard." Councilmember Paul Dillon said it is important to have wide-ranging approach. "We have to meet people where they are at and the holistic approach. This cultural part is critical. you look at the needs for LGBTQ+, Indigenous and Latino communities, having them be the messenger and more funding to do this work is important" The vote gives the administration authority to execute the agreements without returning to the council for another vote on each contract.

Houve um tempo em que Santos e São Paulo eram chamadas “cidades casadas”, já que, mesmo tendo que vencer o obstáculo da Serra do Mar, os fluxos de pessoas, recursos e produtos eram muito intensos. E cada vez mais frequentes, pois conectavam o mundo ao rico hinterland cafeeiro, acompanhando a crescente chegada dos imigrantes estrangeiros […] Fonte

L’Ukraine prendra des « mesures de désescalade » si la Russie fait de même, a déclaré lundi 14 septembre le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, sans toutefois confirmer les affirmations de Donald Trump selon lesquelles Moscou et Kiev auraient accepté de ne plus frapper leurs infrastructures énergétiques. En attendant, dans la capitale ukrainienne, les alertes aériennes incessantes désorganisent le quotidien des familles. Lorsque la menace est trop forte, le métro et certains transports s’interrompent, compliquant les trajets entre le domicile, le travail et l’école.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.With a new school year underway, School District of Philadelphia Chief of Safety Craig Johnson is determined to maintain the downward trends he’s been seeing in student violence.The number of weapons confiscated from students dropped about 67%, from 516 in the 2021-22 school year to 171 in the 2024-25 school year, according to district-provided data. Knives are the most commonly found weapons, and firearms typically account for about 4% of confiscated weapons.The total number of student assaults and fights dipped 22% districtwide from 2021 to 2025, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of serious incident reports.Still, parents have expressed worries about violence throughout the year, arguing that the district’s plan to shutter 17 campuses in fall 2027 could escalate existing tensions between students from different schools.Johnson said his team has been working to build a culture of safety in Philadelphia schools, from training a small faction of the district’s school safety officers in conflict mediation to offering post-fight “stabilization groups” and ongoing care sessions through a partnership with the city’s behavioral health department.John Bartram High School in West Philadelphia uses a model called the Youth Violence Reduction Initiative, which provides mentorship and case management to students at risk of violence, and saw significant drops in both fighting and gun violence perpetrated by students.The district also works with local organizations such as the Philadelphia Anti-Gang, Anti-Violence Network, or PAAN, for help breaking up campus fights and preventing street violence near schools. Chalkbeat Philadelphia spoke with Johnson about what’s worked, and what’s next.This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Why do you think these incident numbers have been trending down?Our training changed, and so we really focus on building relationships with students and meeting them where they are … allowing us to be more proactive and intervene prior to violence occurring.When does the school district partner with outside organizations to train staff or mediate conflict?Sometimes the concern is when adults are involved. We’re equipped to handle children. When you have adults involved as well, we need a little outside assistance. Getting folks in a room and just having a discussion and trying to iron out what the issue is. And getting everybody to come to some common agreements of how they’re going to comport themselves and behave themselves.What are some of the primary channels where you hear about a conflict brewing between students?We firmly believe every child needs an anchor. At least one anchor, and that’s a person that you can go to to talk to about anything, without fear of judgment or reprisal. And I think our department and the district as a whole has done a really good job of making that the culture in our schools. I don’t believe there’s a student out there in any school that doesn’t have at least one adult in that building that they’re comfortable talking to. And so the majority of our information comes from students who think something may be wrong. Students don’t want to see violence.What’s happening to keep things calm at dismissal?We all know that fights can happen at any time. Sometimes we have advance notice of a potential issue at dismissal time … Or if there had been some kind of an altercation in school during the day that we’re aware of, we will usually bolster our presence outside, either through the use of our patrol resources or some support from the Philadelphia Police Department, who we share an absolutely tremendous working relationship with. They provide outstanding support to the school district on a daily basis.What else is on the horizon?I’m just looking forward to a great school year. I’m very hopeful that the numbers continue to trend downward as they have for the last couple of years, and we will continue to work with our men and women to be a big part of that. This story is part of a collaboration between Chalkbeat Philadelphia and The New York Times’s Headway Initiative, supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) via the Local Media Foundation.Sammy Caiola covers solutions to gun violence in and around Philadelphia schools. Have ideas for her? Get in touch at scaiola@chalkbeat.org.

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上周，全球人工智能領軍企業安特羅匹克(Anthropic)公司的兩名研究人員預測，這項迅速發展的人工智能技術可能會在不久的將來毀滅人類，這一“末日論”引發的恐慌已超越互聯網辯論和矽谷，公眾對人工智能潛在風險的擔憂驟然加劇。

上周，全球人工智能领军企业安特罗匹克(Anthropic)公司的两名研究人员预测，这项迅速发展的人工智能技术可能会在不久的将来毁灭人类，这一“末日论”引发的恐慌已超越互联网辩论和硅谷，公众对人工智能潜在风险的担忧骤然加剧。

For Native communities in northwest New Mexico’s Grants mineral belt, one of the central concerns with the idea of resumed uranium mining is the potential harm to Mount Taylor. That concern led the state to designate Mount Taylor as a traditional cultural property nearly two decades ago. But as uranium mining companies hoping to operate […]

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Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen, a coal-fired power station in Bartow County, Georgia, on July 28,2026. (Photo by Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder)]]>

Iowans supporting Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate campaign said at a Monday roundtable they believe the Democratic candidate would be more effective than Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson at limiting corporate influence in politics. The event, hosted by End Citizens United in Des Moines, brought in community members and advocates for Turek’s Senate campaign to speak […]

The Trump administration is moving on two fronts to weaken protection for South Dakota’s wetlands and streams. One proposal could remove most seasonal streams and wetlands from the Clean Water Act. The other could permanently certify old and potentially inaccurate maps associated with the Swampbuster program, which is supposed to discourage farmers from converting wetlands […]

While not disavowing Trump, Bailey had kept some distance in 2026.

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