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Mayor Jerry Dyer is proposing city residents fork over as much as $19.5 million in subsidies to kickstart the first phase of his mega-development plan in southeast Fresno, known as SEDA. The subsidies are part of a program to lay the first sewer pipe for SEDA’s first phase, known as South SEDA. City residents would […] The post Fresno City Hall proposes $86 million bond, potential utility rate hike for SEDA’s first sewer line appeared first on Fresnoland.

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the… The post Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Yellowstone National Park is rightly famous for spectacular geysers. It also has hot springs that create thumps you can hear and feel. Black Sand Pool, in Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin (near Old Faithful), is a hidden gem.  Although it is not far from a road and is very accessible via an easy trail, few […]

New York City’s richest earners have gotten richer since before the pandemic, while lower-income earners have struggled to keep up with high inflation, according to a new report on income inequality from the city comptroller. Wednesday’s report analyzed tax returns from 2019 to 2024, finding income inequality in the city has increased over those years […] The post Bottom 90% of New Yorkers’ Incomes Stagnate As Very Richest See 58% Gain Since COVID appeared first on The City Reporter.

(The Center Square) – California’s 2025-2026 legislative session wrapped on Tuesday, ending a nearly 21-month-long stretch of passing bills that will impact 39.5 million Californians throughout the state. Among the most impactful bills were budget legislation, a housing bond and bills that address public safety are chief among them. Here are some of the biggest bills that passed in 2026. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 20 The “Save for California’s Future” Act, authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, will increase the amount of money the state puts away in reserves each year. Effectively the equivalent of California’s savings account, the Budget Stabilization Account will see an increase from 10% to 20% of the state’s general fund revenues during good fiscal years, according to a legislative analysis of the bill. The extra funds deposited in strong budget years would be available during fiscal years when revenues decline. The bill also puts a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot as Proposition 2, which will allow California voters to decide whether to increases the state's "Rainy Day Fund." “For over a decade, nonpartisan experts have been warning us that we need to grow California's rainy day fund, and we’ve seen that taxpayers pay the price every time a downturn forces sudden cuts to schools, health clinics, public safety and other essential services,” Gabriel told The Center Square in a written response sent on Wednesday. “ACA 20 put Proposition 2 on the ballot so voters will have the chance to fix this problem by requiring the state to save more in good years. It’s a commonsense reform that protects taxpayers from boom-and-bust budgeting." Senate Bill 417 SB 417, also called The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, was authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, and gives California voters the chance to decide whether to let the measure take effect. The bill would allow $11.25 billion of general obligation bonds to pay for housing programs for veterans, youth, students and those experiencing homelessness, according to the bill analysis. Approximately $5.1 billion would be allocated to the state’s Multifamily Housing Program, with at least 10% of units designated for extremely low-income households, while $1.25 billion would be allocated to the CalVet Home Loan Program. Approximately $1.15 billion would be allocated to supportive housing under the umbrella of the Multifamily Housing Program. “This bill dedicates more than $11 billion to not only increase supply across our state, but also to ensure that Californians from all income levels can keep a roof over their head,” Limón said at a June press conference announcing the bond. “Affordability is not just a one-and-done.” In addition, $150 million would be used for youth housing, $750 million to affordable housing projects under the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Portfolio Reinvestment Program, $500 million to the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, and $450 million to the Serna Program, which fund grants and loans to pay for construction and rehabilitation for agricultural worker housing. California’s budget bills California’s budget legislation, coming in at roughly $350 billion, was passed at the end of June and signed immediately by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The budget includes $251.1 billion for the general fund and $1 billion of Proposition 98 to community schools. Other trailer budget bills increased the cap on the State Route 710 Rehabilitation Account to $15 million, up from the previously-allocated $1.2 million, according to previous reporting by The Center Square. The Legislature passed the budget during a year that saw the Legislative Analyst’s Office predict a $16.9 billion deficit through 2028. That was despite record revenues brought in by strong stock market activity related to a boom in artificial intelligence technology, The Center Square previously reported. “I would like taxpayers to know that we took seriously the situation we’re in,” Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz and chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, told The Center Square on Tuesday. “So we balanced the budget for two years, put $35 billion in reserves, and cut the structural deficit in half, and did our best to triage against the federal cuts to the social safety net.” Assembly Bill 1577 Introduced by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon, AB 1577 requires data centers to report energy usage and information about energy efficiency to the state. The California Energy Commission, the agency tasked with overseeing compliance, would also have to include that data in a report expected to be released in 2029 and publish the data in an anonymized format for the public. Under this bill, data centers also have to submit energy and efficiency information to local government agencies in the area in which they want to build or operate a data center, according to the bill analysis. “This is yet another bill that ensures that data centers here in California work not just for the companies that are building them, but the constituents,” Bauer-Kahan said on the Assembly floor on Aug. 27. “This is a transparency bill on energy. It would ensure that our rig is able to stand up to the needs of these data centers.” Senate Bill 904 This bill, authored by Sen. Kelly Seyarto, R-Murietta, requires state agencies to assist in expediting rebuilding permits for wildfire survivors by identifying state regulations that would slow down rebuilding and recovery. The California Department of Housing and Community Development, along with other state agencies, will be required to submit reports to the governor and the Legislature outlining what those regulations are and recommend suspension of those rules, according to a legislative analysis of the bill. “The reason I did the bill was because we keep trying to reinvent the wheel every time we have a big emergency,” Seyarto told The Center Square on Wednesday. “Part of that wheel was found in the executive orders that were given by the governor after the state of emergency that was declared in the Palisades and Altadena. We’ve had several of those type of fires, and they all need that kind of attention.” That attention comes from agencies responsible for permitting, studies and other regulatory requirements that impede rebuilding and recovery, Seyarto said. “What this does is it puts them on a timeline to identify areas that we can take advantage of to be able to get people back into their homes faster and recovery faster, no matter where the fire is,” Seyarto said. Assembly Bill 1776 The COMPETE Act, authored by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, was introduced this year after concerns that large corporations based in California were engaging in anti-competitive behavior, threatening the Golden State’s small businesses. The legislation would prohibit anyone from conspiring to engage in behavior that could be considered to be monopolistic, as well as monopsonistic - where a single company has control over an entire market as the sole or major purchaser of goods or services. “Markets have changed,” Aguiar-Curry said during a February press conference announcing the legislation. “Industries have consolidated. When competition dries up, our families pay more; our small businesses struggle to compete. Our workers have fewer options and innovation slows down.” The bill was supported by small business owners, who said in the February press conference that large internet shopping platforms routinely “scraped” the websites of those small businesses, recreating product listings similar to those on sites of small businesses and steering customers towards larger shopping sites, according to previous reporting by The Center Square. Assembly Bill 2727 Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, introduced this bill amid calls for elderly parole reform. The bill increases the eligible age for elderly parole from 50 to 65 and requires those who were convicted of certain sex crimes to serve at least 25 years of their sentence for those crimes. The legislation also requires the state’s Board of Parole Hearings to consider the results of a sexual dangerousness screening, among other things, when determining if someone qualifies for elderly parole after previously being convicted of certain sex crimes. According to previous reporting by The Center Square, two convicts who were serving sentences for crimes against children were eligible for elderly parole this year. Gregory Lee Vogelsang, 57, was up for elderly parole in May. That parole hearing was met with intense opposition by lawmakers. Another man, David Allen Funston, 64, pleaded guilty to new child molestation charges brought by the Placer County Sheriff’s Office the day he was set to be released on elderly parole on a different case. “This bill will put guardrails around these individuals who qualify for elderly parole to ensure the screening is going to say they can be released out in the community and not commit another sexual violent offense,” Nguyen said when presenting the bill for a vote on the Assembly floor in May. Senate Bill 1090 This bill, introduced by Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Pasadena, places a three-year moratorium on a previous state law, the Starter Home Revitalization Act, in an effort to help homeowners who lost their homes in the January 2025 Eaton Fire. The 2021 law required cities and counties throughout the state to allow zoning to build more dense single-family housing in an effort to increase construction of homes to address California’s housing shortage. However, after the Eaton Fire damaged or destroyed roughly 6,000 homes, that law was used to buy out homeowners who couldn’t afford to rebuild their homes, Pérez previously said. “As the rebuilding has begun and we’ve had this huge issue with outside investors and speculators making lowball offers to disaster victims, there’s been real concern about those same developers utilizing these laws to try to increase density,” Pérez told The Center Square on Tuesday. “I want to make sure that the pause is temporary over these next three years, and that we’re giving folks time to rebuild.” Assembly Bill 2700 Former Assemblymember and current U.S. Rep. James Gallagher, R-Sutter County, introduced AB 2700 to help wildfire victims get restitution money after utility company-caused wildfires. Ultimately, the bill requires the California Energy Commission to compile a report due by Jan. 1, 2028 that assesses the restitution shortfalls for victims of wildfires that started before July 12, 2019. The bill also requires restitution mechanisms to be in place for electricity companies to pay restitution to those victims. “It makes sure that our fire victims are fully compensated,” Gallagher said of the bill in May. “There were people who were devastated. We lost community members. We lost homes. People lost everything in these fires.” Gallagher won a special election in June to the late U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s seat and left the California Legislature to serve in Congress, according to previous reporting by The Center Square.

El presidente argentino reivindica el equilibrio fiscal y rechaza moderar su política económica pese a las tensiones con sectores productivos.

Iowa Environmental Council’s annual “condition of the state” report on Iowa’s electric generation shows that while wind continues to dominate Iowa’s electricity generation sources, there has been a “reversal” in the state’s progress to meet energy demand with renewable sources.  For the first time in several years, according to the report, the share of energy […]

کاخ سفید روز چهارشنبه ۱۱ شهریور، همزمان با دیدار پرزیدنت ترامپ با مدیران صنعت سفر و گردشگری آمریکا، تابستان امسال را از جام جهانی فوتبال تا جشن‌های دویست‌وپنجاهمین سالگرد استقلال آمریکا «فوق‌العاده» توصیف کرد و گفت این رویدادها دستاورد بزرگی برای اقتصاد و اشتغال آمریکا به همراه داشته‌اند.

9月3日出刊的法国世界报有两则与中国相关的报道。第一则关注了中国国家主席习近平的外交马拉松：从敌视西方的国家，一路走向华盛顿。世界报在这篇报道当中回顾了本周初在吉尔吉斯斯坦举行的上合组织峰会，认为该峰会如今已经成为了“敌视西方之于世界的主导地位”的国家之间，彼此表达认同感的一个大型平台。中国，处在这些国家的中心。

9月3日出刊的法國世界報有兩則與中國相關的報道。第一則關注了中國國家主席習近平的外交馬拉松：從敵視西方的國家，一路走向華盛頓。世界報在這篇報道當中回顧了本周初在吉爾吉斯斯坦舉行的上合組織峰會，認為該峰會如今已經成為了“敵視西方之於世界的主導地位”的國家之間，彼此表達認同感的一個大型平台。中國，處在這些國家的中心。

State officials say Kalshi must follow NJ’s gambling laws. The company says only federal regulators have authority over its sports contracts.

Autor volta a Guizhou, província de sua infância. Paisagem montanhosa e pobre está agora coalhada de cidades vibrantes, ferrovias e polos tecnológicos. A natureza persiste, preservada. Regresso convida a refletir sobre as mudanças, impasses e desafios de um país em transe The post China: Crônica sobre três décadas de transformações appeared first on Outras Palavras.

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جشنواره فیلم ونیز آغاز شد؛ با ریاست مگی جیلنهال بر هیئت داوران، تجلیل از جورج کلونی، افتتاحیه دنی بویل، و حضور دو فیلم ایرانی «کمی نور» و «مراقب» در بخش‌های اصلی جشنواره

Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.This time last year, Bruno was picking out a new backpack, asking friends about their junior year class schedules, and starting college courses through his Newark high school. The 16-year-old should be preparing for his first day of senior year, but instead, he’s packing his bags to head back to Brazil. Bruno and his family, who came to the United States in 2022 to pursue a better life, have grown increasingly alarmed by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. After months of consulting with their immigration attorney, his parents decided that leaving on their own terms, rather than waiting to be deported, would give Bruno and his 14-year-old sister the best chance of returning to the United States one day. “Our dream is for our children to finish their schooling and go to college,” said Lourdes, Bruno’s mom, to Chalkbeat in Portuguese. (Chalkbeat is identifying Bruno and Lourdes using first names only due to risks associated with their immigration status.) “We are just hardworking parents. We shouldn’t have to live in fear of being pursued by ICE.”Bruno will leave behind his friends, the church he serves, and his passion for making movies. But his family’s gamble has the biggest impact on his education. Immigrants across the country are grappling with whether to stay and risk being swept up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, or return to their home countries and face an uncertain future. The Department of Homeland Security has said that more than a million immigrants have chosen voluntary departure since President Donald Trump took office, the legal option that lets people leave the country on their own by a set deadline. For Bruno’s family, the decision will be yet another setback to his educational journey. The pandemic, moving to a new country, and learning English have already disrupted Bruno’s K-12 education. Now, moving back to Brazil could blow up the timeline for his schooling and nullify his coursework in both high school and college. It also means Bruno won’t get to choose between attending seminary school or going to college to study filmmaking or biology. He also won’t get to shop for a tux for prom, or earn a high school diploma and associate’s degree in June. Many people he’s met in the U.S. are “very important for me … and also I have more opportunities here than in Brazil.”Parents hope self-deportation will help children’s futureEarlier this year, Bruno’s parents received an immigration summons letter in the mail for a meeting. The family was waiting on a judge’s ruling on their case, but in the meantime, they were still undocumented. There were family friends who received similar letters and got deported. The number of ICE arrests and deportations grew in New Jersey over the summer. And they worried that being deported would make it harder for their children to secure U.S. student visas later.Bruno is an active member of the Saint James Roman Catholic Church in Newark, New Jersey.A deportation order also carries a reentry bar, a set period during which someone can’t reenter the country, although the details of that prohibition can vary. So they applied for voluntary departure rather than wait for ICE to decide their case for them.Still, Priscilla Monico Marin, executive director of the New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, cautioned that self-deportation doesn’t guarantee future benefits and comes with risks.“It’s one thing to be deported and fall into the shadows, but it’s another to be given the benefit of voluntary departure and not do it,” Monico Marin said. The family was originally supposed to leave in May, but Lourdes asked for more time so Bruno could finish his junior year. The federal government gave them until Aug. 3 to leave, and they were supposed to receive plane tickets on July 20. But the tickets never came, and now the family has a self-imposed deadline to leave by October, with or without them. “If we stayed here without authorization, my husband and I could be arrested, which would complicate matters and make our children even sadder than they already are,” Lourdes said. In the meantime, Bruno goes to the gym, helps out at church, and works with his dad while his friends head back to school. He also enjoys walks around the Ironbound, his neighborhood in Newark, but he has to carry his passport around just in case ICE is nearby. “My mother, she doesn’t trust me to walk alone some days,” Bruno said. What a student loses when leaving the U.S. Bruno used to spend his mornings at East Side High School taking classes and making documentaries with friends through a school club where he led the video production team. In the afternoons, he would take classes at Essex County College. He was on track to earn a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in June 2027. “I miss everyone there,” Bruno said.In Brazil, the school year typically runs from February to December, Bruno said. So arriving in October would put Bruno towards the end of Brazil’s school year. Bruno says he will likely have to repeat his junior year from scratch. Bruno poses for a picture outside East Side High School on July 29, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey.After pandemic-related education disruptions in Brazil, Bruno came to Newark midway through seventh grade but said he “didn’t speak English so I couldn’t understand anything.” Bruno said he didn’t really start learning English or class material until his freshman year at East Side.Despite all that, Bruno’s optimistic things will improve and that he’ll stay in touch with his friends: “I will try to talk through Instagram, WhatsApp with them sometimes. So I’m trying to figure out what good things can happen.”Bruno’s plans once he’s back in Brazil are modest. In addition to enrolling in school and finding work, he wants to continue serving as an altar boy. He’s been in that role at Newark’s Saint James Roman Catholic Church, which has served as a steadying force in his life and reaffirmed his faith. He hopes to come back to the U.S. from Brazil “one day.”Jessie Gómez is a reporter for Chalkbeat Newark, covering public education in the city. Contact Jessie at jgomez@chalkbeat.org.

رسانه‌های حقوق بشری روز چهارشنبه ۱۱ شهریور از تداوم بازداشت و بازخواست مخالفان جمهوری اسلامی خبر دادند و اعلام کردند قوه قضاییه رژیم ایران با رد درخواست اعاده دادرسی علیرضا سپاهی بدون تشکیل جلسه، پرونده او را برای اجرای حکم اعدام به شعبه اجرای احکام ارسال کرده است.

Thomas Ross, the Republican nominee for Missouri’s 161st House District, is being held without bond in the Joplin City Jail after being arrested Wednesday on an “unspecified warrant,” according to the city’s public safety portal. Missouri Republican Party Chairman Peter Kinder called on Ross to “immediately withdraw his candidacy” in a social media statement Wednesday. […]

A nurse practitioner is suing over state rules that require oversight from a doctor for her to run her practice.   Jamie Gallagher says in a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court that the requirement for her to have a contract with a doctor in order to practice violates her rights and is an unnecessary […]

From mid-October to early November, fall colors move from the Appalachian Mountains to western lakes, creating a long season for scenic drives and weekend trips. The post 8 places to see Kentucky’s best fall color in 2026 appeared first on Good Info Newswire.

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