The decision makes court cases more challenging for thousands of plaintiffs suffering from the consequences of pesticide exposure and will limit the avenues for keeping manufacturers accountable.

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"Očekujemo da će novi visoki predstavnik preuzeti dužnost do kraja juna i da će Christian Schmidt napustiti funkciju visokog predstavnika u junu". Ovo se navodi u odgovoru State departmenta za Radio Slobodna Evropa (RSE) u vezi imenovanja novog visokog predstavnika u BiH, nakon što je postavljen politički cilj da se do 30. juna imenuje Schmidtov nasljednik. Riječ je o roku koji nije pravno obavezujući, već je definisan kao politički cilj nakon sjednice Upravnog odbora Vijeća za...

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"Očekujemo da će novi visoki predstavnik preuzeti dužnost do kraja juna i da će Christian Schmidt napustiti funkciju visokog predstavnika u junu". Ovo se navodi u odgovoru State departmenta za Radio Slobodna Evropa (RSE) u vezi imenovanja novog visokog predstavnika u BiH, nakon što je postavljen politički cilj da se do 30. juna imenuje Schmidtov nasljednik. Riječ je o roku koji nije pravno obavezujući, već je definisan kao politički cilj nakon sjednice Upravnog odbora Vijeća za...

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A guide to the Fresno area's breweries from the perspective of a non-hops lover. The post An IPA hater’s guide to Fresno and Clovis breweries appeared first on Fresnoland.

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La Región de Antofagasta experimenta una clara tendencia al aumento de las patologías respiratorias asociadas a influenza, en conformidad al análisis epidemiológico que efectúa semanalmente la Autoridad Sanitaria. El seremi de Salud, Rodrigo Medina, explicó que el reporte de las atenciones de urgencia de los recintos asistenciales públicos demuestra un incremento de un 13,8% en […] Este artículo Alerta sanitaria en Antofagasta: consultas de urgencia por influenza se disparan casi un 14% en la región fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

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La Región de Antofagasta experimenta una clara tendencia al aumento de las patologías respiratorias asociadas a influenza, en conformidad al análisis epidemiológico que efectúa semanalmente la Autoridad Sanitaria. El seremi de Salud, Rodrigo Medina, explicó que el reporte de las atenciones de urgencia de los recintos asistenciales públicos demuestra un incremento de un 13,8% en […] Este artículo Alerta sanitaria en Antofagasta: consultas de urgencia por influenza se disparan casi un 14% en la región fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Gov. Kathy Hochul is delaying a plan that would have caused major disruptions to tens of thousands of New York City families who receive childcare vouchers. Under New York regulations, parents who receive the vouchers through a popular state-funded program are only supposed to get the benefit for hours when they’re working or in school. Historically, however, that rule has not been enforced for New York City families. In recent months, officials from the state’s Office of Children and Family Services warned city officials that they would need to begin complying with the regulations — sparking panic from officials, providers, and advocates. They warned the change could send shockwaves through the system, leaving families without care and causing providers to shut down.On Thursday, Hochul announced that the state is giving the city two more years to comply with the regulations governing the Child Care Assistance Program vouchers, which pays an average $300 a week to cover kids’ childcare expenses.“This waiver will help ensure that families who are currently receiving support in New York City don’t have their coverage reduced and providers don’t suffer costly disruptions while we work towards full implementation of the program,” Hochul said in a statement.In New York City more than 100,000 kids currently receive vouchers and another 26,000 are on the waitlist.Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has worked with Hochul to make the expansion of free childcare in New York City a major political priority, praised the postponement.“For a parent picking up an extra shift to make ends meet, or a parent whose work schedule changes week to week, access to flexible child care is truly essential,” Mamdani said in a statement. Over the past few years, the voucher program has become a critical piece of the city’s childcare landscape. After Hochul raised the value of the voucher in 2024 and expanded the income eligibility requirements to allow more people to participate, the program exploded in popularity in the five boroughs and hasn’t been able to keep up with the demand, even as funding keeps growing.Most other counties across the state follow the policy limiting vouchers to work and school hours, known as “coupling,” by submitting data to a state attendance system, a Hochul spokesperson said. But New York City does not use that system, the spokesperson said.Some advocates, lawmakers, and city officials say the regulations are impractical and disruptive, making it difficult for parents who are working part-time to find consistent care and for childcare operators to count on consistent enrollment and revenue.“How can a childcare center that has a hundred kids have a different policy of what hours every … kid is coming in?” said Brooklyn Council member Lincoln Restler at a hearing last month. “You can’t hire teachers that way. We will see enormous, enormous disruption to our childcare system.”Officials from the city’s Administration for Children’s Services, which oversees the voucher program in the city, said they have been lobbying state officials to change the regulations.It’s unclear how many families in the city would be affected by stricter enforcement of the coupling regulations.A Hochul spokesperson said the state is asking the city to submit more data in the coming years to give a clearer picture, and said the state is rolling out new technology to improve enforcement of the regulations.Advocates for kids in other parts of the state are taking notice of the carveout for New York City.Dede Hill, the vice president of policy at the Schuyler Center, a statewide child advocacy organization, said now that the state officials have found a way to grant New York City a reprieve from enforcement of the coupling regulations without changing state law, her organization will push the state to extend the same benefit to other parts of the state.Michael Elsen-Rooney is a reporter for Chalkbeat New York, covering NYC public schools. Contact Michael at melsen-rooney@chalkbeat.org

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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox.Gov. Kathy Hochul is delaying a plan that would have caused major disruptions to tens of thousands of New York City families who receive childcare vouchers. Under New York regulations, parents who receive the vouchers through a popular state-funded program are only supposed to get the benefit for hours when they’re working or in school. Historically, however, that rule has not been enforced for New York City families. In recent months, officials from the state’s Office of Children and Family Services warned city officials that they would need to begin complying with the regulations — sparking panic from officials, providers, and advocates. They warned the change could send shockwaves through the system, leaving families without care and causing providers to shut down.On Thursday, Hochul announced that the state is giving the city two more years to comply with the regulations governing the Child Care Assistance Program vouchers, which pays an average $300 a week to cover kids’ childcare expenses.“This waiver will help ensure that families who are currently receiving support in New York City don’t have their coverage reduced and providers don’t suffer costly disruptions while we work towards full implementation of the program,” Hochul said in a statement.In New York City more than 100,000 kids currently receive vouchers and another 26,000 are on the waitlist.Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has worked with Hochul to make the expansion of free childcare in New York City a major political priority, praised the postponement.“For a parent picking up an extra shift to make ends meet, or a parent whose work schedule changes week to week, access to flexible child care is truly essential,” Mamdani said in a statement. Over the past few years, the voucher program has become a critical piece of the city’s childcare landscape. After Hochul raised the value of the voucher in 2024 and expanded the income eligibility requirements to allow more people to participate, the program exploded in popularity in the five boroughs and hasn’t been able to keep up with the demand, even as funding keeps growing.Most other counties across the state follow the policy limiting vouchers to work and school hours, known as “coupling,” by submitting data to a state attendance system, a Hochul spokesperson said. But New York City does not use that system, the spokesperson said.Some advocates, lawmakers, and city officials say the regulations are impractical and disruptive, making it difficult for parents who are working part-time to find consistent care and for childcare operators to count on consistent enrollment and revenue.“How can a childcare center that has a hundred kids have a different policy of what hours every … kid is coming in?” said Brooklyn Council member Lincoln Restler at a hearing last month. “You can’t hire teachers that way. We will see enormous, enormous disruption to our childcare system.”Officials from the city’s Administration for Children’s Services, which oversees the voucher program in the city, said they have been lobbying state officials to change the regulations.It’s unclear how many families in the city would be affected by stricter enforcement of the coupling regulations.A Hochul spokesperson said the state is asking the city to submit more data in the coming years to give a clearer picture, and said the state is rolling out new technology to improve enforcement of the regulations.Advocates for kids in other parts of the state are taking notice of the carveout for New York City.Dede Hill, the vice president of policy at the Schuyler Center, a statewide child advocacy organization, said now that the state officials have found a way to grant New York City a reprieve from enforcement of the coupling regulations without changing state law, her organization will push the state to extend the same benefit to other parts of the state.Michael Elsen-Rooney is a reporter for Chalkbeat New York, covering NYC public schools. Contact Michael at melsen-rooney@chalkbeat.org

Twenty-five Metro Detroit communities have exceeded Michigan's lead action level in drinking water since 2018.

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Twenty-five Metro Detroit communities have exceeded Michigan's lead action level in drinking water since 2018.

وەزارەتی دەرەوەی ئەمەریکا بەیاننامەیەکی هاوبەشی لەگەڵ وەزیرانی دەرەوەی وڵاتانی ئەنجومەنی هاریکاری کەنداو بڵاوکردەوە، تێیدا جەخت کراوەتەوە لەسەر گرنگی چارەسەرکردنی پرسی مووشەکە بالیستییەکانی ئێران بۆ ئاسایشی ناوچەکە. ڕۆژی پێنجشەممە کۆبوونەوەیەکی وەزاری لە مەنامەی پایتەختی بەحرەین بەڕێوە چوو. کۆبوونەوەکە بە سەرپەرشتی وەزیری دەرەوەی ئەمەریکا مارکۆ روبیۆ و وەزیری دەرەوەی بەحرەین عەبولەتیف بن ڕاشید زەینی ئەنجام درا، وەزیرانی دەرەوەی ئەنجومەنی هاریکاری کەنداو بەشدار بوون، وە دواتر بەیاننامەیەکی...

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وەزارەتی دەرەوەی ئەمەریکا بەیاننامەیەکی هاوبەشی لەگەڵ وەزیرانی دەرەوەی وڵاتانی ئەنجومەنی هاریکاری کەنداو بڵاوکردەوە، تێیدا جەخت کراوەتەوە لەسەر گرنگی چارەسەرکردنی پرسی مووشەکە بالیستییەکانی ئێران بۆ ئاسایشی ناوچەکە. ڕۆژی پێنجشەممە کۆبوونەوەیەکی وەزاری لە مەنامەی پایتەختی بەحرەین بەڕێوە چوو. کۆبوونەوەکە بە سەرپەرشتی وەزیری دەرەوەی ئەمەریکا مارکۆ روبیۆ و وەزیری دەرەوەی بەحرەین عەبولەتیف بن ڕاشید زەینی ئەنجام درا، وەزیرانی دەرەوەی ئەنجومەنی هاریکاری کەنداو بەشدار بوون، وە دواتر بەیاننامەیەکی...

The Stop the Repeal campaign will rely on grassroots efforts to encourage Bay Staters to "vote no" against the ballot measure funded by "out-of-state" interests, said chair Ryan Dominguez, the executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition.

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Le chef de la diplomatie des États-Unis, Marco Rubio, s'est rendu auprès des pays du golfe Persique alliés de Washington cette semaine. Le secrétaire d'État américain a tenté de rassurer les six monarchies du Conseil de coopération du Golfe, même si celles-ci n'attendent pas Washington pour réfléchir à l'avenir de leur région.

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Le chef de la diplomatie des États-Unis, Marco Rubio, s'est rendu auprès des pays du golfe Persique alliés de Washington cette semaine. Le secrétaire d'État américain a tenté de rassurer les six monarchies du Conseil de coopération du Golfe, même si celles-ci n'attendent pas Washington pour réfléchir à l'avenir de leur région.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Coretta Shane, the mom of a Chicago seventh-grader, applied earlier this year to serve on a new committee that would help steer the district’s Black Student Success Plan, a five-year initiative to address academic disparities Black students face. She got an email thanking her and promising updates in the following weeks. That was back in March.Shane knows the plan is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, which has withheld federal dollars from the district over its refusal to scrap it. Still, the silence hasn’t sat well with her. “I’ve just heard nothing, which is maddening to me,” she said. “I wish there would be some communication.”Over the past year, district officials have worked to reassure parents and advocates that they are forging ahead with the initiative — while appearing to move slowly and cautiously to ward off further federal scrutiny and fallout. On Thursday, Jitu Brown, the board member slated to lead the Black Student Achievement Committee, announced yet another delay in naming its members. And when the district this past spring challenged in court the U.S. Department of Education’s move to withhold grant dollars over the plan, one of CPS’ arguments was that it hadn’t even started implementing the program.Those who pushed to codify the committee in state law have voiced impatience with the slow pace — a sentiment Brown echoed at the board’s monthly meeting on Thursday. Other advocates and experts say they understand the precarious position CPS is in — and recognize the first year of the plan’s rollout was likely to largely involve low-key planning. “I just remind myself that this is something CPS has never done before,” said Dominique McKoy, the executive director of the University of Chicago’s To & Through Project, who has followed work on the plan. “This is an effort that’s trying to disrupt decades and generations of frustration for a population that historically hasn’t been served well by the city and the school district.”In a Thursday statement, CPS said it is making headway on the initiative, and recently got a $250,000 grant from a Chicago-based foundation for its work on cultivating Black student unions and hiring more Black male educators. The district is planning a fall conference bringing together members of more than two dozen Black student unions on CPS campuses this fall. The statement also cited an increase in Black student enrollment in Advanced Placement courses and ongoing efforts to reduce discipline for Black students. The district has pushed back on the feds’ call to kill the plan CPS unveiled the plan in early 2025 after a yearslong process of gathering input from community members who had decried gaps Black students face on a long list of academic metrics and in access to some advanced courses and other opportunities. The day after its release, a conservative advocacy group filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education, arguing the plan discriminates against non-Black students, particularly Latinos. The Trump administration began investigating, and last fall announced it would withhold millions in magnet school grants unless CPS scrapped the initiative altogether.The plan sets a number of sweeping goals, which include hiring more Black male educators and reducing punitive discipline for Black students, who make up roughly a third of the district’s student body. But it doesn’t go into detail about how the district would tackle these goals or what progress toward them would look like in each year of the rollout. CPS also did not spell out a specific budget for implementation. Brown, a longtime advocate for Black students in the district, said last summer that the first year of the initiative would be about listening to district employees, parents, and students, and figuring out how to replicate practices that have worked well for Black students. He had initially said the committee to oversee the rollout would be announced last September. The board office said in May that Brown would be available for an interview only after the new committee is onboarded, but it did not give a timeline for when its members would be named. The district in recent weeks has also asked for more time before providing an interview with officials, and on Thursday, it referred questions about the committee delays to the board office. At Thursday’s board meeting, Brown blamed the delays on an internal “struggle” after the board held two separate rounds of taking applications this past school year. He did not elaborate what exactly was getting in the way but said, “I am very frustrated, very concerned.” In the meantime, the district held several community roundtables to gather more input on the plan this past spring. District budget materials from last summer also said CPS’ various central office departments would work on their own visions for implementing the plan during 2025-26. In response to a public records request from Chalkbeat, the district declined to provide these department-level plans, citing an exemption for internal documents that are in draft form.CPS said a first-year focus would be supporting Black student unions at its high schools and expanding their number. McKoy said there’s some momentum on this issue as well as conversations about cultivating closer partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities. Some Black students in CPS have expressed interest in better understanding what these campuses might have to offer, McKoy said. Sona Fokum, a research project manager at the Black Researchers Collective, said CPS officials had preliminary conversations last year with the group and other local experts about tracking and evaluating the initiative’s outcomes, including by involving students in the effort. But the collective hasn’t heard about next steps more recently.When it comes to the federal pushback, the plan remains in limbo. In its lawsuit against the feds, the district has demanded that the government reinstate its magnet funding, noting the decision to withhold it happened before the investigation into the initiative was even formally completed. The district argued the plan is on solid legal footing because it sets out to rectify historical discrimination and missteps that have led to measurable disparities between the outcomes for Black students and those of their peers. “The Plan does not take anything away from non-Black students,” the district said in court filings.The Department of Education hasn’t filed a response to the district’s complaint in court, and a spokeswoman did not respond to an inquiry about the status of the investigation. District Superintendent Macquline King was subpoenaed to testify before a congressional education committee earlier this month on CPS’s handling of hot-button issues, including the Black Student Success Plan and policies on transgender students, which are also under a federal investigation. But the plan itself sparked just a brief exchange with a friendly Democratic lawmaker, in which King stressed the community input that went into designing it and its goal of helping “students that have been historically and systematically void of opportunities.”Committee’s creation lagsShane, the mom who applied to serve on the Black Student Achievement Committee earlier this year, lives in South Shore, but she drives her daughter to school across the city to the North Side’s Walt Disney Magnet School, where she was recently elected to the local school council. Shane has long been a critic of the more meager academic offerings — especially when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and math — that some schools in predominantly Black neighborhoods have. She saw the committee as a chance to advocate for more robust programs at the district level.“The fact that my daughter can’t go to a school in our neighborhood because of a lack of resources really bothers me,” she said.Koron Nash, the father of two CPS students, attended a virtual meeting about the plan with Brown, the school board member, organized by the parent advocacy group Kids First this spring. Nash, who also applied to serve on the committee, felt Brown’s commitment to advancing the plan was genuine. Nash strongly supports the plan’s goals. But he wants to see specifics on how CPS will tackle them, with a budget and metrics to track progress: “At this point, we should be well beyond informing people. We should be taking action. We’re behind the eight ball.”David Stovall, a professor of Black studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, said with any new multiyear initiative, planning and troubleshooting tend to take up the first year. Still, he said, he is eager to see the district flesh out the plan — and address head-on the issue of its severely underenrolled schools, many of which serve predominantly Black students. He said he got involved with offering input when the district was first crafting the plan. But he left because officials did not seem open to discussing that issue or addressing it explicitly in the initiative. “It’s nonsense to talk about a success plan when you’re not doing anything to address this glaring issue,” he said. “If you are going to address marginalization, you have to start with the most marginalized.”McKoy says the district needs the help of other city agencies, academia, and others to address the needs of Black students and families. He believes the district is still genuinely committed to the initiative in the face of the Trump administration’s attack on it.“There’s no way that’s not having an effect,” McKoy said. “But I am not seeing folks shy away and change the messaging.”On Thursday, Brown, the school board member, said he will push to finally name the committee overseeing the initiative in July. “I’m not really interested in any more conversations about it,” he said. “We need to announce this committee and get to work.”Chalkbeat Chicago reporters Reema Amin and Makiya Seminera contributed to this report. Mila Koumpilova is Chalkbeat Chicago’s senior reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Mila at mkoumpilova@chalkbeat.org.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.Coretta Shane, the mom of a Chicago seventh-grader, applied earlier this year to serve on a new committee that would help steer the district’s Black Student Success Plan, a five-year initiative to address academic disparities Black students face. She got an email thanking her and promising updates in the following weeks. That was back in March.Shane knows the plan is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, which has withheld federal dollars from the district over its refusal to scrap it. Still, the silence hasn’t sat well with her. “I’ve just heard nothing, which is maddening to me,” she said. “I wish there would be some communication.”Over the past year, district officials have worked to reassure parents and advocates that they are forging ahead with the initiative — while appearing to move slowly and cautiously to ward off further federal scrutiny and fallout. On Thursday, Jitu Brown, the board member slated to lead the Black Student Achievement Committee, announced yet another delay in naming its members. And when the district this past spring challenged in court the U.S. Department of Education’s move to withhold grant dollars over the plan, one of CPS’ arguments was that it hadn’t even started implementing the program.Those who pushed to codify the committee in state law have voiced impatience with the slow pace — a sentiment Brown echoed at the board’s monthly meeting on Thursday. Other advocates and experts say they understand the precarious position CPS is in — and recognize the first year of the plan’s rollout was likely to largely involve low-key planning. “I just remind myself that this is something CPS has never done before,” said Dominique McKoy, the executive director of the University of Chicago’s To & Through Project, who has followed work on the plan. “This is an effort that’s trying to disrupt decades and generations of frustration for a population that historically hasn’t been served well by the city and the school district.”In a Thursday statement, CPS said it is making headway on the initiative, and recently got a $250,000 grant from a Chicago-based foundation for its work on cultivating Black student unions and hiring more Black male educators. The district is planning a fall conference bringing together members of more than two dozen Black student unions on CPS campuses this fall. The statement also cited an increase in Black student enrollment in Advanced Placement courses and ongoing efforts to reduce discipline for Black students. The district has pushed back on the feds’ call to kill the plan CPS unveiled the plan in early 2025 after a yearslong process of gathering input from community members who had decried gaps Black students face on a long list of academic metrics and in access to some advanced courses and other opportunities. The day after its release, a conservative advocacy group filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education, arguing the plan discriminates against non-Black students, particularly Latinos. The Trump administration began investigating, and last fall announced it would withhold millions in magnet school grants unless CPS scrapped the initiative altogether.The plan sets a number of sweeping goals, which include hiring more Black male educators and reducing punitive discipline for Black students, who make up roughly a third of the district’s student body. But it doesn’t go into detail about how the district would tackle these goals or what progress toward them would look like in each year of the rollout. CPS also did not spell out a specific budget for implementation. Brown, a longtime advocate for Black students in the district, said last summer that the first year of the initiative would be about listening to district employees, parents, and students, and figuring out how to replicate practices that have worked well for Black students. He had initially said the committee to oversee the rollout would be announced last September. The board office said in May that Brown would be available for an interview only after the new committee is onboarded, but it did not give a timeline for when its members would be named. The district in recent weeks has also asked for more time before providing an interview with officials, and on Thursday, it referred questions about the committee delays to the board office. At Thursday’s board meeting, Brown blamed the delays on an internal “struggle” after the board held two separate rounds of taking applications this past school year. He did not elaborate what exactly was getting in the way but said, “I am very frustrated, very concerned.” In the meantime, the district held several community roundtables to gather more input on the plan this past spring. District budget materials from last summer also said CPS’ various central office departments would work on their own visions for implementing the plan during 2025-26. In response to a public records request from Chalkbeat, the district declined to provide these department-level plans, citing an exemption for internal documents that are in draft form.CPS said a first-year focus would be supporting Black student unions at its high schools and expanding their number. McKoy said there’s some momentum on this issue as well as conversations about cultivating closer partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities. Some Black students in CPS have expressed interest in better understanding what these campuses might have to offer, McKoy said. Sona Fokum, a research project manager at the Black Researchers Collective, said CPS officials had preliminary conversations last year with the group and other local experts about tracking and evaluating the initiative’s outcomes, including by involving students in the effort. But the collective hasn’t heard about next steps more recently.When it comes to the federal pushback, the plan remains in limbo. In its lawsuit against the feds, the district has demanded that the government reinstate its magnet funding, noting the decision to withhold it happened before the investigation into the initiative was even formally completed. The district argued the plan is on solid legal footing because it sets out to rectify historical discrimination and missteps that have led to measurable disparities between the outcomes for Black students and those of their peers. “The Plan does not take anything away from non-Black students,” the district said in court filings.The Department of Education hasn’t filed a response to the district’s complaint in court, and a spokeswoman did not respond to an inquiry about the status of the investigation. District Superintendent Macquline King was subpoenaed to testify before a congressional education committee earlier this month on CPS’s handling of hot-button issues, including the Black Student Success Plan and policies on transgender students, which are also under a federal investigation. But the plan itself sparked just a brief exchange with a friendly Democratic lawmaker, in which King stressed the community input that went into designing it and its goal of helping “students that have been historically and systematically void of opportunities.”Committee’s creation lagsShane, the mom who applied to serve on the Black Student Achievement Committee earlier this year, lives in South Shore, but she drives her daughter to school across the city to the North Side’s Walt Disney Magnet School, where she was recently elected to the local school council. Shane has long been a critic of the more meager academic offerings — especially when it comes to science, technology, engineering, and math — that some schools in predominantly Black neighborhoods have. She saw the committee as a chance to advocate for more robust programs at the district level.“The fact that my daughter can’t go to a school in our neighborhood because of a lack of resources really bothers me,” she said.Koron Nash, the father of two CPS students, attended a virtual meeting about the plan with Brown, the school board member, organized by the parent advocacy group Kids First this spring. Nash, who also applied to serve on the committee, felt Brown’s commitment to advancing the plan was genuine. Nash strongly supports the plan’s goals. But he wants to see specifics on how CPS will tackle them, with a budget and metrics to track progress: “At this point, we should be well beyond informing people. We should be taking action. We’re behind the eight ball.”David Stovall, a professor of Black studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, said with any new multiyear initiative, planning and troubleshooting tend to take up the first year. Still, he said, he is eager to see the district flesh out the plan — and address head-on the issue of its severely underenrolled schools, many of which serve predominantly Black students. He said he got involved with offering input when the district was first crafting the plan. But he left because officials did not seem open to discussing that issue or addressing it explicitly in the initiative. “It’s nonsense to talk about a success plan when you’re not doing anything to address this glaring issue,” he said. “If you are going to address marginalization, you have to start with the most marginalized.”McKoy says the district needs the help of other city agencies, academia, and others to address the needs of Black students and families. He believes the district is still genuinely committed to the initiative in the face of the Trump administration’s attack on it.“There’s no way that’s not having an effect,” McKoy said. “But I am not seeing folks shy away and change the messaging.”On Thursday, Brown, the school board member, said he will push to finally name the committee overseeing the initiative in July. “I’m not really interested in any more conversations about it,” he said. “We need to announce this committee and get to work.”Chalkbeat Chicago reporters Reema Amin and Makiya Seminera contributed to this report. Mila Koumpilova is Chalkbeat Chicago’s senior reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Mila at mkoumpilova@chalkbeat.org.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.The Chicago Board of Education unanimously passed a legislative agenda Thursday that calls for more state funding and a millionaire’s tax — even though Illinois state lawmakers passed a state budget last month and have adjourned for the summer.While some board members were happy with the items in the new agenda, they were also frustrated that it would be adopted after lawmakers had left Springfield. “This would have been fantastic for us to have in January or even February,” said Anusha Thotakura, an appointed board member who has previously pressed CPS for a legislative plan. “There is absolutely no opportunity for this legislative agenda to result in increased state funds for the upcoming school year — zero.”Several board members called for the agenda to be a “living document” that CPS could add ideas to. And others wanted more demands of local officials. Elected board member Che “Rhymefest” Smith said he was disappointed the agenda didn’t include anything about pressing the city to send more special taxing district dollars to the district – an amount that can vary year to year. The agenda is a list of issues that Chicago Public Schools wants to advocate for with lawmakers, typically on the state level. But in recent years the board has not always had an agenda: It last adopted one in early 2024 under former CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, who then didn’t present one in 2025.The district CEO is charged with creating a legislative agenda and presenting it to the board for approval in January of each year, but the board waived that requirement in January 2024 and January 2026, though not in 2025, according to board records. Those waivers say that the CEO would still be expected to present something early in the year. Neither CPS nor the school board office explained why this legislative agenda came later in the year and after the state legislative session ended. CPS CEO Macquline King and board members have visited Springfield over the past year to meet with lawmakers, which state Rep. Ann Williams, who represents North Side neighborhoods, described as “very visible and engaging” during public comment on Thursday.This is King’s first legislative agenda, which asks for more state funding as the district faces a $732.5 million deficit in its budget for next fiscal year, which the district is aiming to finalize by July 30. It also makes several new asks that weren’t in the 2024 list, such as a millionaire’s tax to raise more revenue for education funding and more charter school regulations. The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing lawmakers to hold a special session this summer to address funding issues. During a union press conference Thursday morning, CTU vice president Jackson Potter said schools are slated, for now, to lose lots of staff and claimed district officials are considering cutting up to two weeks of instructional time next school year if it doesn’t get more funding to close its deficit. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates relayed a similar message to the union’s executive board in a letter earlier this week.In a statement, CPS spokesperson Sylvia Barragan disputed that, saying “at no point has the district considered shortening the school year to alleviate financial challenges” and doing so “is not a viable option.” School districts are required to have 176 instructional days, which is the exact number of days for student attendance on CPS’s approved calendar for next school year. Cutting from that now could put the district out of compliance with the state. The new legislative agenda includes a mix of old asks and new demands. Similar to the 2024 agenda, CPS is asking for more funding through the state’s main education funding formula in order to reach the state’s definition of “adequate funding.” It also wants heftier reimbursements for certain required services it provides, such as transportation for students with disabilities. And, it again calls for the state to help pay for Chicago teacher pensions in the way it does for other Illinois school districts, something one bill aimed, but failed, to do this year. (CPS has a special tax levy to help cover most teacher pension costs, and state money covers about a third of the costs.) Some of the newer items include language about supporting more regulations around charter schools, in line with a resolution the board passed last year. It also includes multiple proposals for raising progressive revenue. In its language supporting a millionaire’s tax, the district states that “by capturing a portion of ultra-high incomes, this dedicated revenue source would directly help address structural budget gaps, support classroom investments, and reduce reliance on volatile or one time revenue streams.”Thotakura said the millionaire’s tax is a “notable” addition and could help the board avoid raising the property tax levy to the legally allowed limit, which it typically does annually. Ed Bannon, an appointed board member, said it’s possible the agenda “just kind of didn’t get prioritized” early this year as King was still the interim CEO at the time and was navigating a host of issues. Despite the late timing, he said he’s happy a document now exists as the board gets ready to fill a long-vacant position on its intergovernmental team, which helps establish CPS’ advocacy presence in Springfield. “The state needs to fulfill its obligation to fully fund education, and having an official legislative agenda is a step in the right direction,” Bannon said. Reema Amin is a reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Reema at ramin@chalkbeat.org.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.The Chicago Board of Education unanimously passed a legislative agenda Thursday that calls for more state funding and a millionaire’s tax — even though Illinois state lawmakers passed a state budget last month and have adjourned for the summer.While some board members were happy with the items in the new agenda, they were also frustrated that it would be adopted after lawmakers had left Springfield. “This would have been fantastic for us to have in January or even February,” said Anusha Thotakura, an appointed board member who has previously pressed CPS for a legislative plan. “There is absolutely no opportunity for this legislative agenda to result in increased state funds for the upcoming school year — zero.”Several board members called for the agenda to be a “living document” that CPS could add ideas to. And others wanted more demands of local officials. Elected board member Che “Rhymefest” Smith said he was disappointed the agenda didn’t include anything about pressing the city to send more special taxing district dollars to the district – an amount that can vary year to year. The agenda is a list of issues that Chicago Public Schools wants to advocate for with lawmakers, typically on the state level. But in recent years the board has not always had an agenda: It last adopted one in early 2024 under former CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, who then didn’t present one in 2025.The district CEO is charged with creating a legislative agenda and presenting it to the board for approval in January of each year, but the board waived that requirement in January 2024 and January 2026, though not in 2025, according to board records. Those waivers say that the CEO would still be expected to present something early in the year. Neither CPS nor the school board office explained why this legislative agenda came later in the year and after the state legislative session ended. CPS CEO Macquline King and board members have visited Springfield over the past year to meet with lawmakers, which state Rep. Ann Williams, who represents North Side neighborhoods, described as “very visible and engaging” during public comment on Thursday.This is King’s first legislative agenda, which asks for more state funding as the district faces a $732.5 million deficit in its budget for next fiscal year, which the district is aiming to finalize by July 30. It also makes several new asks that weren’t in the 2024 list, such as a millionaire’s tax to raise more revenue for education funding and more charter school regulations. The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing lawmakers to hold a special session this summer to address funding issues. During a union press conference Thursday morning, CTU vice president Jackson Potter said schools are slated, for now, to lose lots of staff and claimed district officials are considering cutting up to two weeks of instructional time next school year if it doesn’t get more funding to close its deficit. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates relayed a similar message to the union’s executive board in a letter earlier this week.In a statement, CPS spokesperson Sylvia Barragan disputed that, saying “at no point has the district considered shortening the school year to alleviate financial challenges” and doing so “is not a viable option.” School districts are required to have 176 instructional days, which is the exact number of days for student attendance on CPS’s approved calendar for next school year. Cutting from that now could put the district out of compliance with the state. The new legislative agenda includes a mix of old asks and new demands. Similar to the 2024 agenda, CPS is asking for more funding through the state’s main education funding formula in order to reach the state’s definition of “adequate funding.” It also wants heftier reimbursements for certain required services it provides, such as transportation for students with disabilities. And, it again calls for the state to help pay for Chicago teacher pensions in the way it does for other Illinois school districts, something one bill aimed, but failed, to do this year. (CPS has a special tax levy to help cover most teacher pension costs, and state money covers about a third of the costs.) Some of the newer items include language about supporting more regulations around charter schools, in line with a resolution the board passed last year. It also includes multiple proposals for raising progressive revenue. In its language supporting a millionaire’s tax, the district states that “by capturing a portion of ultra-high incomes, this dedicated revenue source would directly help address structural budget gaps, support classroom investments, and reduce reliance on volatile or one time revenue streams.”Thotakura said the millionaire’s tax is a “notable” addition and could help the board avoid raising the property tax levy to the legally allowed limit, which it typically does annually. Ed Bannon, an appointed board member, said it’s possible the agenda “just kind of didn’t get prioritized” early this year as King was still the interim CEO at the time and was navigating a host of issues. Despite the late timing, he said he’s happy a document now exists as the board gets ready to fill a long-vacant position on its intergovernmental team, which helps establish CPS’ advocacy presence in Springfield. “The state needs to fulfill its obligation to fully fund education, and having an official legislative agenda is a step in the right direction,” Bannon said. Reema Amin is a reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Reema at ramin@chalkbeat.org.

“The greatest predictor of student achievement is a high-quality teacher,” said Stephanie Logan, instructional facilitator at Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School in Wake County. “Watching another teacher in action is the best thing you can do for a... The post Blue Ribbon Commission: Educators teach students and mentor other teachers appeared first on EdNC.

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The North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association (NCSSA) has named Dr. Jennifer Griffin, superintendent of Hickory City Schools, as the recipient of the Dr. Brad Sneeden Leadership Award, according to a Monday press release. The annual award recognizes a superintendent who... The post North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association selects Hickory City School superintendent for leadership award appeared first on EdNC.

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Students of all ages gathered on the front lawn of the North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday, holding signs that read: “Education is a right, not a budget cut,” “Hate has no place in schools,” “Fund Leandro,” and more. These... The post NC students urge legislature to support schools and well-being, plus updates on Helene recovery and more appeared first on EdNC.

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AISD will offer two new virtual options as a new state law removes barriers for Texas public schools.

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A bill sponsored by Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines aimed at renewing a $2 billion investment in addressing deferred maintenance throughout the nation’s public lands is winding its way through Congress with a goal of receiving a presidential signature by July 4.  The America the Beautiful Act, S. 1547, was introduced by Daines and Sen. […]

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(The Center Square) – A new report shines a light on local governments that have burdensome and costly regulations for short-term rentals. They're in states varying from California and Nevada to Illinois and New York. A short-term rental is anything rented for less than 30 days. Airbnb and VRBO are among the most common options.Researchers at Open the Books.com looked at local governments that either don’t allow homeowners to rent their properties for short-term rentals or make it expensive and burdensome.John Hart, CEO of Open the Books.com (based in The Villages, Fla.), said it is a problem for many people, especially younger generations of Americans.“Younger generations are feeling increasingly priced out of the American dream, but local governments have gone out of their way to put another thumb on the wrong side of the scale,” Hart told The Center Square during an exclusive interview Thursday. “Between taxes, fees and burdensome licensing requirements, they’ve piled nearly a billion dollars in added costs to the short-term rental market. If you’re a prospective homeowner trying to make the math work on a mortgage, you won’t find a lifeline in many of these major tourist destinations.”Clark County, Nevada, where Las Vegas is located, is highlighted as the most severe example in this latest Open the Books report.Rachel O’Brien, deputy public policy editor at Open the Books.com, said local officials have also been “slow walking” this issue.“The state of Nevada passed a law a couple years ago that said that counties are required to allow these short-term rentals,” O’Brien told The Center Square in an exclusive interview. “County commissioners opened a license approval window in 2023 where maybe 500 people applied, and the county still has close to 300 applications pending that they have not even gone through yet.”O’Brien is not surprised.“The county commissioner, Chairman Richard 'Tick' Segerblom' - he has said when talking about why this short-term rental law is really not being implemented and how the county's handling it, he said, 'It's very complicated. I think we're trying to do it the right way, from my perspective. There's no rush because I don't like them anyway,”” said O’Brien. “He acknowledges that they're slow-walking it.”Frustrated by this, homeowners operating short-term rentals sued the county, saying it is not following the letter of the law passed by the state legislature.In December 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted homeowners a preliminary injunction that halted Clark County from enforcing short-term rental licensing requirements, imposing fines, issuing liens and forcing platforms such as Airbnb to remove listings.Before the injunction, the county was issuing hefty fines. That has since been paused, and homeowners are now able to have their short-term rentals functioning while the case continues.“Clark County has collected the largest amount in fines against homeowners since 2019,” said O’Brien. “They collected $4.6 million in fines, but they only collected $1.3 million in registration fees, which is like a striking difference because clearly their focus is not on registering people, the focus is on fining people.”The data is from 2019 to 2025.No other municipality examined by Open the Books came close to Clark County's $4.6 million in fines. “Besides making no bones about slow walking the process, they're also making no bones about their desire to protect the many hotel casinos that exist there,” said O’Brien. “Las Vegas is known for their hotel casinos, and these regulations specifically prohibit rentals from being within 2,500 feet of a resort hotel, within 1,000 feet of any other licensed short-term rental, so they make it incredibly burdensome.”Across the border in California, nine cities are mentioned in this new report from Open the Books.Cupertino, Hermosa Beach, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Monica are highlighted.Palm Springs collected the most fines among the California cities listed, with $3,997,871.Los Angeles came in second with $666,773, followed by Santa Monica ($358,496), Hermosa Beach ($139,500) and San Francisco ($73,382) rounding out the top five.The data is from 2019 to 2025.In terms of which California cities collected the most registration fees, Los Angeles topped the list with $23,469,451.Palm Springs ($17,118,704), San Diego ($9,605,331), San Francisco ($4,205,061), and Santa Monica ($221,604) were the other cities near the top for the largest amounts of registration fees in the Golden State.This data is also from 2019 to 2025.“In terms of the cities that charge large registration fees, Hermosa Beach, Calif., $1,600 just to register your property; San Diego, $1,000 to register; San Francisco, $925 to register,” said O’Brien. “So those are hefty numbers, and there are a lot of cities that are significantly lower than that. For instance, Atlanta is $150.”Transient occupancy taxes, often referred to as a hotel or bed tax, were also collected.San Diego was No. 1 in that category with $310,903,019.Los Angeles ($265,489,592), Santa Monica ($25,271,708), Laguna Beach ($5,980,367) and Manhattan Beach ($3,303,393), Cupertino ($1,217,090) and Hermosa Beach ($893,169) rounded out the list in that order.Data was unavailable for Palm Springs and San Francisco.Other cities that made this Open the Books report are Atlanta; Charleston; Chicago; Dallas; New Orleans; New York City; Portland, Maine; Sarasota, Florida, and Seattle.“If you want to look at a city that really does it backwards, look at New York City just as an example for how not to do this,” said O’Brien. “They have an essential ban on short-term rentals. They do not allow them in any real way. They do claim that they allow them, but the homeowner must be present in the unit as it's being rented, so New York City makes it impossible to have these, and of course, that's a big problem.”O’Brien said it is also something that Americans in general should care about, regardless of whether they want to rent out or stay in something that is a short-term rental.“Homeowners who need a little extra money want to be able to use their properties to earn some money, and they should be able to do that within reasonable parameters,” said O’Brien, noting that properties have guidelines for noise levels and occupancy.

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(The Center Square) – A new report shines a light on local governments that have burdensome and costly regulations for short-term rentals. They're in states varying from California and Nevada to Illinois and New York. A short-term rental is anything rented for less than 30 days. Airbnb and VRBO are among the most common options.Researchers at Open the Books.com looked at local governments that either don’t allow homeowners to rent their properties for short-term rentals or make it expensive and burdensome.John Hart, CEO of Open the Books.com (based in The Villages, Fla.), said it is a problem for many people, especially younger generations of Americans.“Younger generations are feeling increasingly priced out of the American dream, but local governments have gone out of their way to put another thumb on the wrong side of the scale,” Hart told The Center Square during an exclusive interview Thursday. “Between taxes, fees and burdensome licensing requirements, they’ve piled nearly a billion dollars in added costs to the short-term rental market. If you’re a prospective homeowner trying to make the math work on a mortgage, you won’t find a lifeline in many of these major tourist destinations.”Clark County, Nevada, where Las Vegas is located, is highlighted as the most severe example in this latest Open the Books report.Rachel O’Brien, deputy public policy editor at Open the Books.com, said local officials have also been “slow walking” this issue.“The state of Nevada passed a law a couple years ago that said that counties are required to allow these short-term rentals,” O’Brien told The Center Square in an exclusive interview. “County commissioners opened a license approval window in 2023 where maybe 500 people applied, and the county still has close to 300 applications pending that they have not even gone through yet.”O’Brien is not surprised.“The county commissioner, Chairman Richard 'Tick' Segerblom' - he has said when talking about why this short-term rental law is really not being implemented and how the county's handling it, he said, 'It's very complicated. I think we're trying to do it the right way, from my perspective. There's no rush because I don't like them anyway,”” said O’Brien. “He acknowledges that they're slow-walking it.”Frustrated by this, homeowners operating short-term rentals sued the county, saying it is not following the letter of the law passed by the state legislature.In December 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted homeowners a preliminary injunction that halted Clark County from enforcing short-term rental licensing requirements, imposing fines, issuing liens and forcing platforms such as Airbnb to remove listings.Before the injunction, the county was issuing hefty fines. That has since been paused, and homeowners are now able to have their short-term rentals functioning while the case continues.“Clark County has collected the largest amount in fines against homeowners since 2019,” said O’Brien. “They collected $4.6 million in fines, but they only collected $1.3 million in registration fees, which is like a striking difference because clearly their focus is not on registering people, the focus is on fining people.”The data is from 2019 to 2025.No other municipality examined by Open the Books came close to Clark County's $4.6 million in fines. “Besides making no bones about slow walking the process, they're also making no bones about their desire to protect the many hotel casinos that exist there,” said O’Brien. “Las Vegas is known for their hotel casinos, and these regulations specifically prohibit rentals from being within 2,500 feet of a resort hotel, within 1,000 feet of any other licensed short-term rental, so they make it incredibly burdensome.”Across the border in California, nine cities are mentioned in this new report from Open the Books.Cupertino, Hermosa Beach, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Monica are highlighted.Palm Springs collected the most fines among the California cities listed, with $3,997,871.Los Angeles came in second with $666,773, followed by Santa Monica ($358,496), Hermosa Beach ($139,500) and San Francisco ($73,382) rounding out the top five.The data is from 2019 to 2025.In terms of which California cities collected the most registration fees, Los Angeles topped the list with $23,469,451.Palm Springs ($17,118,704), San Diego ($9,605,331), San Francisco ($4,205,061), and Santa Monica ($221,604) were the other cities near the top for the largest amounts of registration fees in the Golden State.This data is also from 2019 to 2025.“In terms of the cities that charge large registration fees, Hermosa Beach, Calif., $1,600 just to register your property; San Diego, $1,000 to register; San Francisco, $925 to register,” said O’Brien. “So those are hefty numbers, and there are a lot of cities that are significantly lower than that. For instance, Atlanta is $150.”Transient occupancy taxes, often referred to as a hotel or bed tax, were also collected.San Diego was No. 1 in that category with $310,903,019.Los Angeles ($265,489,592), Santa Monica ($25,271,708), Laguna Beach ($5,980,367) and Manhattan Beach ($3,303,393), Cupertino ($1,217,090) and Hermosa Beach ($893,169) rounded out the list in that order.Data was unavailable for Palm Springs and San Francisco.Other cities that made this Open the Books report are Atlanta; Charleston; Chicago; Dallas; New Orleans; New York City; Portland, Maine; Sarasota, Florida, and Seattle.“If you want to look at a city that really does it backwards, look at New York City just as an example for how not to do this,” said O’Brien. “They have an essential ban on short-term rentals. They do not allow them in any real way. They do claim that they allow them, but the homeowner must be present in the unit as it's being rented, so New York City makes it impossible to have these, and of course, that's a big problem.”O’Brien said it is also something that Americans in general should care about, regardless of whether they want to rent out or stay in something that is a short-term rental.“Homeowners who need a little extra money want to be able to use their properties to earn some money, and they should be able to do that within reasonable parameters,” said O’Brien, noting that properties have guidelines for noise levels and occupancy.

აშშ-ის სახელმწიფო მდივანმა, მარკო რუბიომ 25 ივნისს დაასრულა სამდღიანი ტურნე სპარსეთის ყურეში, მესიჯით, რომელიც მიმართული იყო რეგიონში ვაშინგტონის მოკავშირეთა დამშვიდებისკენ - მან კიდევ ერთხელ გაიმეორა ირანთან დიპლომატიის მიზანი და ჰორმუზის სრუტეში მოძრაობის თავისუფლების მნიშვნელობა. ბაჰრეინში, სპარსეთის ყურის თანამშრომლობის საბჭოს (GCC) შეხვედრის შემდეგ საუბრისას, რუბიო შეეცადა გაეფანტა შეშფოთება გამოკვეთის პროცესში მყოფი, აშშ-ირანის ჩარჩოს გარშემო - განაცხადა, რომ მოლაპარაკების პროცესში...

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აშშ-ის სახელმწიფო მდივანმა, მარკო რუბიომ 25 ივნისს დაასრულა სამდღიანი ტურნე სპარსეთის ყურეში, მესიჯით, რომელიც მიმართული იყო რეგიონში ვაშინგტონის მოკავშირეთა დამშვიდებისკენ - მან კიდევ ერთხელ გაიმეორა ირანთან დიპლომატიის მიზანი და ჰორმუზის სრუტეში მოძრაობის თავისუფლების მნიშვნელობა. ბაჰრეინში, სპარსეთის ყურის თანამშრომლობის საბჭოს (GCC) შეხვედრის შემდეგ საუბრისას, რუბიო შეეცადა გაეფანტა შეშფოთება გამოკვეთის პროცესში მყოფი, აშშ-ირანის ჩარჩოს გარშემო - განაცხადა, რომ მოლაპარაკების პროცესში...

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Downtown has languished in the post-COVID virtual work environment. A plan to buoy it with tax revenue from new construction faces questions about transparency and equity. The post Tax diversion plan to fund Downtown renovation roils transit advocates appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.

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Downtown has languished in the post-COVID virtual work environment. A plan to buoy it with tax revenue from new construction faces questions about transparency and equity. The post Tax diversion plan to fund Downtown renovation roils transit advocates appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.