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Palo Verde High Magnet School will move to a four-day school week as part of a pilot program, the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board voted Tuesday night. The board voted 5-0 to give students Fridays off — making it the first traditional public school in the Tucson area to do so — beginning next […] The post Palo Verde’s 4-day week approved by TUSD Governing Board appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

A few different ideas that are on the table would inject funding into post-green screen IT systems for counties. The post Yes, IT systems for delivering public benefits are outdated. But can the Legislature agree on a fix? appeared first on MinnPost.

(The Center Square) – An internet trade group filed a lawsuit against Minnesota on Wednesday morning, challenging a new law requiring websites to display warnings about social media use. NetChoice argues in NetChoice v. Ellison that this law is a government attack on free speech and has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to declare the requirement unlawful. Paul Taske, co-director of the NetChoice Litigation Center, spoke with The Center Square in an exclusive interview regarding the lawsuit. “At its core, Minnesota’s law is an obvious First Amendment violation,” Taske said. “The law forces social media websites to parrot the government’s views about the alleged harms caused by social media use.” The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, targets a provision of House File 2 set to take effect July 1. According to the lawsuit, the law would require a broad range of platforms to display a “state-authored warning” to every user “every single time they access the site,” regardless of age. “Websites would have to adopt the message as their own and display it to all users—minors and adults—any time the user visits the site,” Taske told The Center Square. Advocates for the legislation say these mental health warning labels are important to protect Minnesotans. “I think the evidence is very clear that social media use is linked with depression, anxiety, loneliness, self harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, all sorts of terrible mental health conditions,” said Rep. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids and one of the sponsors of the bill, last July. But NetChoice argues that, despite lawmakers citing mental health concerns, the U.S. Constitution limits how the state can respond to those concerns. “The Act compels regulated websites and applications to speak the State’s message,” the lawsuit states, adding that it bars platforms from including “extraneous information” that could detract from the warning’s visibility. Taske said that creates two major constitutional problems. “First, it forces websites to carry the government’s message,” he said. “Second, websites have no clear guidance about what specific message—or how many of Minnesota’s many options—they must display.” NetChoice’s lawsuit follows a similar challenge the group brought in Colorado, where, as previously reported by The Center Square, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking a law requiring social media warnings for minors. Taske explained that Minnesota’s law is even broader and more restrictive than that Colorado law. “Colorado’s law applied to minors. Minnesota’s applies to everyone,” he said. “If Colorado’s narrower law was unconstitutional, Minnesota’s certainly is.” He also argued the law selectively targets certain platforms. “Minnesota carved out TV networks and gaming platforms, yet targets places like YouTube and X because that is where free speech thrives today,” Taske said. “This isn’t about protecting Minnesotans; it’s about silencing speech the government doesn't like.” Supporters of warning label laws argue they are a necessary public health measure, particularly for young users. Kids Code Coalition argues social media warning labels are “a critical step toward protecting the health and safety of young people online,” comparing them to labels on tobacco and alcohol that inform consumers of potential risks. The group pointed to a 2023 advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warning that social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to the mental health of children and adolescents, and his subsequent call for Congress to require warning labels on platforms. Taske, however, rejected the comparison to traditional product warnings – often seen on tobacco or alcohol products. “States cannot do by ‘warning label’ what they can’t do by outright ban,” he said. “If the government has a view, it must speak for itself.” He said the stakes go beyond social media. “The First Amendment isn’t just for the speech that everyone agrees with,” Taske said. “It’s for the unpopular speaker, publisher, and website. Otherwise, the government could label anything it dislikes as ‘harmful’ and force you to adopt its talking point.” NetChoice is asking the court to block the law before it takes effect in July. “For us, the ideal outcome is both to stop the law from taking effect and to develop strong case law reinforcing the core First Amendment principle that the government cannot coerce private entities into serving as its preferred mouthpieces,” Taske said. “Social media may be a popular target for regulation, but the very fact that their speech is currently disfavored makes the First Amendment issues even more important.”

Eleven apprenticeships are underway in IRMA’s apprenticeship program, and organizers are celebrating early results.

It all points to the folly of an oil and gas–fuelled economic system in which profit and power are worshipped regardless of the enormous costs. The post War is the enemy of all mankind appeared first on rabble.ca.

O indicado ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Jorge Messias defendeu, em sabatina na Comissão de Constituição e Justiça (CCJ) no Senado, nesta quarta-feira (29), que é um dever do Supremo se aprimorar e exercer a autocontenção em pautas que dividem a sociedade. Declarando-se evangélico, Messias ainda defendeu o Estado laico. “Precisamos, por sua importância, de […] Fonte

Pesquisa Genial/Quaest divulgada nesta quarta-feira (29) aponta que Rui Costa e Jaques Wagner, candidatos do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), lideram as intenções de voto para a disputa do Senado Federal pela Bahia. Já para o governo do estado, o atual governador, Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT), e o ex-prefeito de Salvador ACM Neto (União) aparecem tecnicamente empatados […] Fonte

Estudantes da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) e profissionais do Hospital Universitário (HU) realizam uma manifestação nesta quarta-feira (29), em São Paulo (SP), a partir das 13h, para denunciar o sucateamento da estrutura hospitalar e a cobrança para realização de estágio no Hospital das Clínicas (HC). O ato prevê bloqueio da […] Fonte

Residents adopt an ordinance freezing lot rental fees for mobile home parks, retroactive to Dec. 8.

(The Center Square) – Federal courts overstepped when they required the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional district, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting dispute. State Attorney General Liz Murrill called the ruling a “seismic decision,” saying it reaffirms equal protection principles and ends years of what she described as federal overreach. “The Supreme Court has finally vindicated our original position,” Murrill said in a statement, adding that the case cost the state years of litigation and millions of dollars. In Louisiana v. Callais, the justices rendered a 6-3 decision stating the lower courts went too far in directing Louisiana to rely on race in crafting its congressional map, emphasizing the Constitution limits when race can be used in redistricting. The decision marks a significant clarification of how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 can be applied. Writing for the majority, the court said race-based line drawing is permissible only in narrow circumstances, particularly where there is clear evidence of intentional discrimination that must be remedied. After the ruling, first-term Republican Secretary of State Nancy Landry referred to the case as "active litigation." "My lawyers are currently analyzing the opinion," she wrote on social media. "We are limited in what we can say at this time as this continues to be active litigation with the case remanded for proceeding back to the Western District." Murrill, a Republican also in her first term, said the lengthy proceedings have been a nightmare "of federal courts coercing the state to draw a racially discriminatory map." "That was always unconstitutional," she said, "and this is a seismic decision reaffirming equal protection under our nation’s laws. “I vigorously defended our first map and said then that the only way to draw a second majority-minority district was to expressly take race into account. We raised our objections at that time to racial gerrymandering, but the District Court and the 5th Circuit directed us to draw the map anyway." The dispute began after Louisiana adopted a congressional map with one majority-Black district following the 2020 census. Civil rights groups challenged the plan, saying it diluted Black voting strength in violation of the Voting Rights Act. A federal District Court, later backed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ordered the state to draw a second majority-Black district. State officials complied continuing to appeal, saying creation of a second such district would require unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In its ruling, the Supreme Court agreed that courts must apply strict scrutiny when race predominates in redistricting and cautioned against compelling states to adopt maps that prioritize race without sufficient justification. Murrill said, "It is gratifying that the Supreme Court has finally vindicated our original position and, in doing so, clarified that only under very narrow circumstances – where there is proof of intentional discrimination – may race be used as a remedy under Section 2. It is frustrating that this has taken five years, millions of dollars, and many lost hours to get here. "I will continue to work with the governor and the Legislature to provide guidance as we move forward to adopt a constitutionally compliant map.”

Uno de los hechos más relevantes que nos permite este yacimiento arqueológico es vivir en primera persona como se llevaba a cabo la planificación urbana romanaLos censos del Imperio romano reducen el mito: en Hispania, solo un pequeño porcentaje de la población era esclava o liberta A aproximadamente 30 minutos en tren de Roma, a 25 kilómetros al suroeste de la capital, se encuentra una joya escondida de los restos de la Antigua Roma, siguiendo el curso del río Tíber. Se trata del yacimiento arqueológico de Ostia Antica, que es uno de los mejor conservados de Italia y de Europa, con una superficie total de 150 hectáreas y con detalles que permite ver elementos de la vida cotidiana y la arquitectura urbana del Imperio Romano. Ostia Antica: el poco conocido yacimiento romano bien conservado Si hablamos de yacimientos arqueológicos bien conservados, los primeros que nos vienen a la mente Pompeya o Herculano, pero a tan solo media hora de Roma encontramos también el de Ostia Antica, que al encontrarse cerca de la desembocadura del río Tiber y de las salinas quedó bajo sedimentos de lino y arena, después de un proceso lento de abandono, y permitió que se quedara bajo tierra en buen estado. La ciudad de Ostia, fundada en entre los años 640 y 616 a.C, recibe su nombre precisamente de su ubicación, pues procede del latín ‘ostium’ que significa ‘desembocadura’. La mayoría, sin embargo, de los restos que nos han llegado proceden de la colonia romana nacida en el siglo IV a.C, aunque sería su principal desarrollo económico en época de los emperadores Claudio y Trajano, entre el 42 y 110 d.C, mayormente como ciudad comercial y de abastecimiento portuario de la capital. Las excavaciones de Ostia Antica tuvieron lugar durante las décadas de 1930 y 1940, durante el régimen fascista de Mussolini, que, con el imperio Romano como uno de sus temas principales de propaganda, planeó sacar fuera los restos de esta ciudad antigua con el objetivo de entrar dentro de la Exposición Universal de 1942, que no se llegó a celebrar debido a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Debido a esto el trabajo fue acelerado y de forma masiva, lo que llevó a diversos problemas como la eliminación de niveles superiores como los medievales, con personal poco cualificado, la priorización de edificios majestuosos frente a los más populares o el hecho de que se llegaron a reconstruir muros sin diferenciación. La mejor manera de conocer la arquitectura urbana romana Uno de los hechos más relevantes que nos permite el yacimiento arqueológico de Ostia Antica es vivir en primera persona como se llevaba a cabo la planificación urbana, con el castrum como idea principal. La planta era una cuadrícula con dos ejes reconocibles: el decumanus (eje este-oeste) y el cardo (eje norte-sur), que se cruzan en el centro, el espacio público principal. El resto se dividía en cuarteles o insulae. Los mosaicos de temática marina de las Termas de Neptuno en el yacimiento de Ostia Antica. En Ostia Antica se pasea por esta forma con restos muy bien conservados de calzada romana, sobre todo en el Decumanus Maximus, la columna vertebral de la antigua ciudad que sirve todavía para conocer los principales edificios de la localidad como el teatro de Agripa, las termas de Neptuno, el tempro principal con estructura clara o la horrea, que eran los almacenes de grano, un hecho de principal relevancia si tenemos en cuenta que la población abastecía también a Roma. En las termas de Neptuno están algunos de los mosaicos de temática marina que mejor se conservan de toda la antigua Roma. Cómo era la ciudad romana popular Durante la visita del yacimiento arqueológico de Ostia Antica uno de los detalles más evidentes es el uso del ladrillo para la gran mayoría de los edificios, lo que demuestra el carácter popular de la ciudad, a diferencia de por ejemplo Roma o Pompeya, donde los restos son más de piedra. En ella, además, podemos apreciar menos conservación de frescos respecto por ejemplo a Pompeya, lo que también nos deja ver que había menos construcciones de lujo. Restos de un local comercial en Ostia Antica. De hecho, en Ostia Antica se encuentran algunos de los mejores conservados insulae, que eran edificios populares, grandes bloques donde vivían las clases menos pudientes, y que llegaban a tener hasta cuatro alturas, siendo así uno de los detalles más importantes que deja el yacimiento a nivel arquitectura. En las ruinas de la ciudad se pueden apreciar buena conservación de algunos lugares comerciales como son las thermopolium, una especie de bares o restaurantes de comida rápida, guardando las distancias, en la Antigua Roma, pudiendo apreciar el mostrador de obra, así como recipientes cerámicos encastrados en superficie (dolia). El mejor ejemplo es el thermopolium di Via di Diana. Por último, una de sus entradas se da a través de la necrópolis, lo que estaba situado fuera del pomerium, a lo largo de las vías de entrada, y siendo la de Ostia Antica que es de las mejor conservadas, con estructuras funerarias claras o también algunas tumbas con relieves y detalles.

Produzido em Jóia, o queijo "Sete Povos" é um alimento que materializa memória, identidade e território. Fonte

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Информационный дайджест «Время Свободы с Андреем Шароградским». Среда, 29 апреля 01:15 Кремль подтвердил, что парад Победы в Москве в этом году пройдет без бронетехники 02:44 Польский журналист Анджей Почобут и российский археолог Александр Бутягин освобождены в рамках обмена заключенными при посредничестве США 09:08 Предполагаемые последствия выхода Объединенных Арабских Эмиратов из ОПЕК 15:35 Дональд Трамп планирует долгую блокаду Ирана. Израиль продолжает операцию против...

Информационный дайджест «Время Свободы с Андреем Шароградским». Среда, 29 апреля 01:15 Кремль подтвердил, что парад Победы в Москве в этом году пройдет без бронетехники 02:44 Польский журналист Анджей Почобут и российский археолог Александр Бутягин освобождены в рамках обмена заключенными при посредничестве США 09:08 Предполагаемые последствия выхода Объединенных Арабских Эмиратов из ОПЕК 15:35 Дональд Трамп планирует долгую блокаду Ирана. Израиль продолжает операцию против...

During the week of April 28, 2026, we enjoy reports of bird calls, insects emerging, and spring wildflowers. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

During the Phenology Report for the week of April 28, 2026 Staff Phenologist John Latimer remarks on loons returning, bloodroot flowering, and the first leaves emerging on raspberries.

The measure could spark a legal battle between the administration and states that adopted gender identity protections.

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La loi des États-Unis dit clairement que le président ne dispose que de 60 jours pour mener un conflit sans l'accord du Congrès… Au-delà, la guerre devient illégale.