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The Iowa Senate sent legislation to the governor’s desk Tuesday that bans cities and counties from issuing identification cards to its residents, with some exceptions. House File 2296 passed the Senate on a vote of 31-14. It passed the House on Feb. 25. The bill would still allow counties to issue official state driver’s licenses […]

Survivors also want to expand the definition of child sexual abuse to include provisions around AI-generated material and more.

Former North Dakota state senator Judy Estenson lives in District 9 but is running for state Senate in District 15, citing uncertainty around a redistricting decision. Estenson of Warwick is a former Republican lawmaker for District 15, but the district boundaries changed in 2023 as a result of a voting rights lawsuit. That case, brought […]

Stephen Howes and Jezreel Kassam examine the performance of Papua New Guinea's two dominant superannuation funds — Nambawan Super and Nasfund — from 2008 to 2024, finding that real returns to members have averaged just 1.9% and 2.8% respectively, below Australia's benchmark of 3.5%. They identify several constraints on performance, including unfunded government liabilities, limited access to offshore investment, growing reliance on government bonds and rapidly rising administration costs. The authors argue that a new round of reform is needed, starting with the superannuation regulator publicly benchmarking comparative fund performance. **AI Generation Score: 2/10** — The article draws on original analysis of annual reports and offers specific policy recommendations grounded in local institutional knowledge, consistent with expert authorship.DisclosureThis research was undertaken with the support of the ANU-UPNG Partnership, an initiative of the PNG-Australia Partnership, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the ANU Greg Taylor Scholarship Fund. The views are those of the authors only. About the author/sJezreel KassamJezreel Kassam is currently studying a Master of International and Development Economics at ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy. He is a Greg Taylor Scholar at the Development Policy Centre.Stephen HowesStephen Howes is Director of the Development Policy Centre and Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University.

Putts Creek, named for Israel Putnam, a famed fighter in the French and Indian War, winds through Essex County

Montana was set to join at least 25 other states that reimburse doulas through their Medicaid programs to ease gaps in care. Montana lawmakers approved the payments last year, authorizing up to $1,600 per pregnancy. But the state Department of Public Health and Human Services postponed adding doula services to its Medicaid program in late March, citing a budget shortfall driven in part by higher-than-expected Medicaid costs. The post This Northern Cheyenne doula was about to start getting paid — then Medicaid cuts hit appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Իրանը դրականորեն է դիտարկում Պակիստանի կողմից առաջարկված երկշաբաթյա հրադադարի խնդրանքը, Reuters-ին հայտնել է իրանցի բարձրաստիճան պաշտոնյան։ Պակիստանի վարչապետ Շեհբազ Շարիֆը ԱՄՆ նախագահ Դոնալդ Թրամփին խնդրել է երկու շաբաթով երկարաձգել Իրանին տված վերջնաժամկետը: Պակիստանի վարչապետը նաև դիմել է Իրանին՝ որպես բարի կամքի դրսևորում, երկու շաբաթով բացել Հորմուզի նեղուցը: Իրանին տված վերջնաժամկետից ժամեր առաջ ԱՄՆ նախագահը հայտարարել է՝ Իրանում այս գիշեր մի ամբողջ քաղաքակրթություն կվերանա, եթե...

Um novo capítulo da crise no sistema penitenciário do Distrito Federal foi escrito nesta terça-feira (7). Após cerca de 15 dias de interrupção do serviço voluntário (trabalho extra remunerado feito na folga) nas unidades prisionais, os policiais penais suspenderam o movimento, sem que houvesse avanço nas negociações com o Governo do Distrito Federal (GDF). A […] Fonte

Revogação do arcabouço fiscal é medida urgente num possível governo Lula 4. Mas, a seis meses da eleição, há solução pragmática: flexibilizar dispositivo de drenagem dos cofres público pelo rentismo, para avançar em programas sociais emergenciais The post Juros, cada vez mais juros. Até quando? appeared first on Outras Palavras.

The Department of Commerce announced last week it awarded grants to seven projects to increase tourism in rural communities throughout the state. The program stems from 2023 legislation brought by Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, a Billings Republican. Each project is receiving $1.25 million to start and the projects will be eligible for up to $2.75 million […]

Neptune grass is generally regarded as the most ecologically important seagrass and shallow-water habitat in the Mediterranean Sea. It suffered a severe decline during the 20th century, and there have been myriad efforts to actively restore it via replanting schemes. A new study points to the merits of a different approach: Remove the human-caused drivers […]

In back-to-back hearings on federal agents’ use of excessive force and chemicals on crowds outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility, three federal appeals judges seemed disturbed by videos of officers’ conduct and skeptical that such force was warranted. Judges Kenneth Lee and Eric Tung, both Trump appointees to the 9th Circuit Court of […]

سفیر آمریکا در سازمان ملل ضمن محکوم کردن اقدام جمهوری اسلامی در بستن تنگه هرمز و حمله به کشورهای منطقه، گفت که رژیم ایران برای مدت ۴۷ سال ترس و وحشت را بر مردم منطقه اعمال کرده است.

Проект был вынесен на голосование в Совете безопасности ООН Бахрейном

A federal judge on Monday denied the appeal of former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was seeking to overturn a jury’s guilty verdict against her.  Dugan was convicted last year of obstructing federal immigration enforcement efforts for helping an undocumented man who was appearing in her courtroom go out a side door […]

Eastern North Dakota is a top corn and soybean-growing region, with many of its counties among the nation’s largest users of pesticides and herbicides. It’s also home to higher-than-average cancer rates.  Of the top 500 U.S. counties for pesticide use, seven are in North Dakota, all within the Red River Valley.  Three of those counties […] The post North Dakota’s Red River Valley a pesticide and cancer hotspot appeared first on Investigate Midwest.

The Full Service Community School model aims to support students and families beyond the classroom so that kids can reach their full potential.

Though states are missing out on billions in unpaid tax dollars, few have any mechanism to measure how much is being lost, according to a new report. The so-called tax gap — the difference between the taxes legally owed to the government and the amount paid — receives scant state attention, researchers from The Pew […]

Journalism is, by design, perishable. A piece is valued for its immediacy — at best it circulates for a few weeks — and then disappears into the archives. This archive might serve as an internal database for journalists, maybe the occasional article resurfaces via search for a reader, but mostly, it remains (either literally or...

Agência deu 30 dias para empresa privada apresentar defesa contra processo por descumprimento contratual Fonte