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The Louisiana Carrot Initiative gives participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program an extra 30 cents for every dollar they spend on fresh produce at Walmart locations statewide.
The Louisiana Carrot Initiative gives participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program an extra 30 cents for every dollar they spend on fresh produce at Walmart locations statewide.
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The number of remote charter academies operating in North Carolina is expected to nearly double next school year, according to state education officials. Ashley Logue, executive director of the Office of Charter Schools, told the state’s Charter Schools Review Board on Monday that 19 remote academies are expected to operate during the upcoming school year, […]
The number of remote charter academies operating in North Carolina is expected to nearly double next school year, according to state education officials. Ashley Logue, executive director of the Office of Charter Schools, told the state’s Charter Schools Review Board on Monday that 19 remote academies are expected to operate during the upcoming school year, […]
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The first tragedy of the U.S.S. Liberty attack is that it happened at all. The second is that Israel’s critics have weaponized it to spread hate. When Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky stood on the House floor on June 8, the 59th anniversary of the attack, and called for a Congressional probe into the incident,... The post ‘Remember the Liberty’ has become code for ‘Israel Is Evil’ appeared first on The Forward.
The first tragedy of the U.S.S. Liberty attack is that it happened at all. The second is that Israel’s critics have weaponized it to spread hate. When Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky stood on the House floor on June 8, the 59th anniversary of the attack, and called for a Congressional probe into the incident,... The post ‘Remember the Liberty’ has become code for ‘Israel Is Evil’ appeared first on The Forward.
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Tribal and conservation groups today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a land trade that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas to SpaceX. In exchange for these lands, SpaceX is giving 683 acres to the Service.Under the law, any exchanges of wildlife refuge lands must result in net conservation benefits to both the individual refuge where land will be exchanged and the wildlife refuge system as a whole. The wildlife habitat that SpaceX has sought to take ownership of has been degraded by SpaceX’s expanding operations and failed rocket launches. In its decision last week, the Fish and Wildlife Service chose to give those lands to SpaceX in exchange for fewer acres of private lands, the majority of which will be added to a separate wildlife refuge.This land deal resulting in the loss of more than 700 acres of a national wildlife refuge is one of the largest exchanges of land in the refuge system’s history outside the state of Alaska.“Our protected public lands are being gifted for the benefit of the world’s richest man, who could trash them while playing with his exploding rockets,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge was built by decades of conservation work and funded by millions of taxpayer dollars to protect our vulnerable wildlife like ocelots and piping plovers. We’re not letting Trump and his political cronies lock the American people out of Texas’ cherished public lands just to give Elon Musk another payday.”Today’s lawsuit alleges that the Fish and Wildlife Service violated the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 by taking action that will permanently reduce and degrade the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In approving the transfer, the Service also violated the National Historic Preservation Act by giving away hundreds of acres of a National Historic Landmark. The transfer approval also violated the National Environmental Policy Act.Congress created this wildlife refuge in 1979 to protect its diverse wildlife, including rare species like ocelots, aplomado falcons, and migratory birds such as piping plovers, red knots, green jays and Altamira orioles. The refuge protects some of the best remaining habitat in the United States for the endangered ocelot.In 2014 SpaceX chose the nearby Boca Chica area as the location of a rocket launch site and a test site, and it has rapidly expanded its operations and activities in the area. This included numerous rocket launches, some of which have resulted in catastrophic explosions that have propelled debris for miles onto refuge lands, including concrete and metal.“Elon Musk has built his explosive SpaceX facility in the middle of a major wildlife corridor home to endangered and threatened species like ocelots and wetlands. There was never supposed to be space rockets blowing up here,” said Bekah Hinojosa, a Brownsville native, and co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network. “Our community opposes these latest hostile land grabs by SpaceX of our wildlife habitat and Boca Chica beach. This habitat land is meant to be preserved for future generations, not for billionaires to find later and destroy.”In the years following SpaceX’s arrival, it has vastly expanded its operations around the wildlife refuge, increasing manufacturing facilities and adding a second launch pad. In 2025 the Federal Aviation Administration authorized SpaceX to conduct 25 Starship launches per year — a fivefold increase from the previous limit. Launch failures have triggered explosions and wildfires on refuge lands and scattered chunks of concrete and metal more than 6 miles from the launch pad.Post-explosion surveys have revealed environmental damage to nearby lands on the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A 2024 study found that after one launch every single monitored shorebird nest near the launch site suffered egg damage or loss. Instead of taking any enforcement actions or working with SpaceX to reduce or eliminate its harm to the refuge, the Service accepted the damage to the lands and now points to the supposed lowered conservation value as justification for the land exchange.The refuge lands being transferred to SpaceX also include significant portions of the Palmito Ranch Battlefield National Historic Landmark, which is the site of the final battle of the Civil War. Even though the site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and protected as a historic landmark, these historic lands would be privatized and SpaceX could choose not to preserve their historic values or limit public access to the battlefield.“The refuge is a national public treasure with immense ecological and cultural value. The tract being swapped to SpaceX, whose arrival here has been an unmitigated disaster, will permanently sever the very heart of the wildlife corridor established by Congress in 1979,” said Mary Angela Branch, board member at Save RGV. “This corridor, running along the Rio Grande River, is prime wildlife habitat, and nothing gained in this ‘swap’ will be equal. This will be a huge loss. The federal government should protect our public land for future generations, not turn them into hellscapes for soon-to-be trillionaire corporate interests.”The proposed land exchange was first made public in March 2026, but records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show internal agency planning began as early as April 2025. In those discussions with the regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Service developed “the most expedited schedule possible” for completing a transfer and recommended hiring additional staff to meet what they described as an “optimum timeframe.” This request came when Musk was leading his Department of Government Efficiency and publicly threatened to fire federal workers who failed to justify their jobs to him.“SpaceX has been a nightmare of a neighbor to the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife refuge for years, callously harming wildlife that call these special places home,” said Jordahl. “It’s shameful and insulting that this sweetheart deal has been rammed through just to placate another billionaire in Trump’s orbit. We’ll fight this outrageous sell-out of our public lands with everything we’ve got.”“This refuge is sacred to me and to the Carrizo/Comecrudo People,” said Juan Mancias, member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas. “Our ancestors have lived with this land, these waters, and these migration pathways since time immemorial. We are not separate from this place — we are of this continent, and our connection to it cannot be bought, exchanged, or erased. The transfer of these sacred lands to SpaceX continues a long history of colonial dispossession and tribal erasure. We have survived centuries of colonial genocide, and we will continue to resist every attempt to erase our existence, our culture, and our responsibilities to the land. We are still here, and we will continue this fight for as many years and generations as it takes.”The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the Center for Biological Diversity, Save RGV, The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc, and South Texas Environmental Justice Network.Plaintiffs are represented by Center for Biological Diversity attorneys Marc Fink, Brandon Jones-Cobb and Ivan Ditmars.
Tribal and conservation groups today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a land trade that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas to SpaceX. In exchange for these lands, SpaceX is giving 683 acres to the Service.Under the law, any exchanges of wildlife refuge lands must result in net conservation benefits to both the individual refuge where land will be exchanged and the wildlife refuge system as a whole. The wildlife habitat that SpaceX has sought to take ownership of has been degraded by SpaceX’s expanding operations and failed rocket launches. In its decision last week, the Fish and Wildlife Service chose to give those lands to SpaceX in exchange for fewer acres of private lands, the majority of which will be added to a separate wildlife refuge.This land deal resulting in the loss of more than 700 acres of a national wildlife refuge is one of the largest exchanges of land in the refuge system’s history outside the state of Alaska.“Our protected public lands are being gifted for the benefit of the world’s richest man, who could trash them while playing with his exploding rockets,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge was built by decades of conservation work and funded by millions of taxpayer dollars to protect our vulnerable wildlife like ocelots and piping plovers. We’re not letting Trump and his political cronies lock the American people out of Texas’ cherished public lands just to give Elon Musk another payday.”Today’s lawsuit alleges that the Fish and Wildlife Service violated the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 by taking action that will permanently reduce and degrade the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. In approving the transfer, the Service also violated the National Historic Preservation Act by giving away hundreds of acres of a National Historic Landmark. The transfer approval also violated the National Environmental Policy Act.Congress created this wildlife refuge in 1979 to protect its diverse wildlife, including rare species like ocelots, aplomado falcons, and migratory birds such as piping plovers, red knots, green jays and Altamira orioles. The refuge protects some of the best remaining habitat in the United States for the endangered ocelot.In 2014 SpaceX chose the nearby Boca Chica area as the location of a rocket launch site and a test site, and it has rapidly expanded its operations and activities in the area. This included numerous rocket launches, some of which have resulted in catastrophic explosions that have propelled debris for miles onto refuge lands, including concrete and metal.“Elon Musk has built his explosive SpaceX facility in the middle of a major wildlife corridor home to endangered and threatened species like ocelots and wetlands. There was never supposed to be space rockets blowing up here,” said Bekah Hinojosa, a Brownsville native, and co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Network. “Our community opposes these latest hostile land grabs by SpaceX of our wildlife habitat and Boca Chica beach. This habitat land is meant to be preserved for future generations, not for billionaires to find later and destroy.”In the years following SpaceX’s arrival, it has vastly expanded its operations around the wildlife refuge, increasing manufacturing facilities and adding a second launch pad. In 2025 the Federal Aviation Administration authorized SpaceX to conduct 25 Starship launches per year — a fivefold increase from the previous limit. Launch failures have triggered explosions and wildfires on refuge lands and scattered chunks of concrete and metal more than 6 miles from the launch pad.Post-explosion surveys have revealed environmental damage to nearby lands on the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A 2024 study found that after one launch every single monitored shorebird nest near the launch site suffered egg damage or loss. Instead of taking any enforcement actions or working with SpaceX to reduce or eliminate its harm to the refuge, the Service accepted the damage to the lands and now points to the supposed lowered conservation value as justification for the land exchange.The refuge lands being transferred to SpaceX also include significant portions of the Palmito Ranch Battlefield National Historic Landmark, which is the site of the final battle of the Civil War. Even though the site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and protected as a historic landmark, these historic lands would be privatized and SpaceX could choose not to preserve their historic values or limit public access to the battlefield.“The refuge is a national public treasure with immense ecological and cultural value. The tract being swapped to SpaceX, whose arrival here has been an unmitigated disaster, will permanently sever the very heart of the wildlife corridor established by Congress in 1979,” said Mary Angela Branch, board member at Save RGV. “This corridor, running along the Rio Grande River, is prime wildlife habitat, and nothing gained in this ‘swap’ will be equal. This will be a huge loss. The federal government should protect our public land for future generations, not turn them into hellscapes for soon-to-be trillionaire corporate interests.”The proposed land exchange was first made public in March 2026, but records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show internal agency planning began as early as April 2025. In those discussions with the regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Service developed “the most expedited schedule possible” for completing a transfer and recommended hiring additional staff to meet what they described as an “optimum timeframe.” This request came when Musk was leading his Department of Government Efficiency and publicly threatened to fire federal workers who failed to justify their jobs to him.“SpaceX has been a nightmare of a neighbor to the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife refuge for years, callously harming wildlife that call these special places home,” said Jordahl. “It’s shameful and insulting that this sweetheart deal has been rammed through just to placate another billionaire in Trump’s orbit. We’ll fight this outrageous sell-out of our public lands with everything we’ve got.”“This refuge is sacred to me and to the Carrizo/Comecrudo People,” said Juan Mancias, member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas. “Our ancestors have lived with this land, these waters, and these migration pathways since time immemorial. We are not separate from this place — we are of this continent, and our connection to it cannot be bought, exchanged, or erased. The transfer of these sacred lands to SpaceX continues a long history of colonial dispossession and tribal erasure. We have survived centuries of colonial genocide, and we will continue to resist every attempt to erase our existence, our culture, and our responsibilities to the land. We are still here, and we will continue this fight for as many years and generations as it takes.”The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the Center for Biological Diversity, Save RGV, The Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas, Inc, and South Texas Environmental Justice Network.Plaintiffs are represented by Center for Biological Diversity attorneys Marc Fink, Brandon Jones-Cobb and Ivan Ditmars.
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هەشتەمین کاروانی ئاوارەکانی عەفرین کە لە هەزار و 600 خێزان پێکهاتوون، ئەمڕۆ چوارشەممە گەڕانەوە زێدی خۆیان. ئەم گەڕانەوەیە لە چوارچێوەی پڕۆسەی ڕیککەوتنی سیاسی نوێی ڕۆژاڤا دێت لەنێوان هێزەکانی سوریای دیموکرات و حکومەتی کاتی سوریا سەیر دەکرێت.
هەشتەمین کاروانی ئاوارەکانی عەفرین کە لە هەزار و 600 خێزان پێکهاتوون، ئەمڕۆ چوارشەممە گەڕانەوە زێدی خۆیان. ئەم گەڕانەوەیە لە چوارچێوەی پڕۆسەی ڕیککەوتنی سیاسی نوێی ڕۆژاڤا دێت لەنێوان هێزەکانی سوریای دیموکرات و حکومەتی کاتی سوریا سەیر دەکرێت.
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Wilton’s vote reversed an April straw poll, while Jay’s broke from its Select Board’s preferred option.
Wilton’s vote reversed an April straw poll, while Jay’s broke from its Select Board’s preferred option.
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پیت هگست، وزیر جنگ ایالات متحده، درباره به چالش کشیدن بیشتر آمریکا به جمهوری اسلامی هشدار داد.
پیت هگست، وزیر جنگ ایالات متحده، درباره به چالش کشیدن بیشتر آمریکا به جمهوری اسلامی هشدار داد.
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A Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania (CCJ) da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou, nesta quarta-feira (10), a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição nº 32/15, que reduz a maioridade penal de 18 para 16 anos no Brasil. A PEC recebeu 44 votos favoráveis e 18 contrários. O aval da comissão representa o primeiro passo […] Fonte
A Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania (CCJ) da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou, nesta quarta-feira (10), a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição nº 32/15, que reduz a maioridade penal de 18 para 16 anos no Brasil. A PEC recebeu 44 votos favoráveis e 18 contrários. O aval da comissão representa o primeiro passo […] Fonte
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Some farmers in southern Tulare County – where excessive groundwater pumping has already caused hundreds of millions in damage to the Friant-Kern Canal – are back to pumping like crazy while there’s a gap in oversight. It hasn’t gone unnoticed. “They have got to be serious about stopping the pumping,” said Jeevan Muhar, general manager […]
Some farmers in southern Tulare County – where excessive groundwater pumping has already caused hundreds of millions in damage to the Friant-Kern Canal – are back to pumping like crazy while there’s a gap in oversight. It hasn’t gone unnoticed. “They have got to be serious about stopping the pumping,” said Jeevan Muhar, general manager […]
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Families fled burning homes as violence flared in the city.
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Families fled burning homes as violence flared in the city.
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La consejera de Hacienda y portavoz en funciones, Carolina España, cita al titular de Presidencia, Antonio Sanz, y al de Industria, Jorge Paradela, por su gestión de las agencias vinculadas con la productora ADM, cuyo CEO está siendo investigado desde hace dos meses por agresión sexual y acoso a una reporteraUn juez de violencia de género imputa al CEO de la principal productora de Canal Sur por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera “Se han adoptado las medidas correspondientes”. Sin entrar en mucha profundidad, la portavoz en funciones del Gobierno andaluz, Carolina España, considera que se ha actuado correctamente ante la imputación de Gustavo Fuentes, CEO de ADM, la principal productora de Canal Sur, por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera, pero no ha aclarado ni cuándo ni cómo se tuvo constancia de los hechos. Eso sí, ha apuntado que la cuestión afecta a las competencias de dos consejeros, a los que ha señalado explícitamente: Antonio Sanz, titular de Presidencia, y Jorge Paradela, máximo responsable de Industria. Ante la pregunta de cómo se enteró la Junta de Andalucía de esta situación y si considera que la Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA) ha actuado con la suficiente determinación, España ha señalado que no sabe “exactamente” cómo ha sido el proceso. Eso sí, a renglón seguido ha recordado que las dos empresas públicas afectadas por este caso (la Agencia Digital de Andalucía (ADA) y la RTVA) son competencia “de dos consejeros diferentes, están el consejero Paradela y el consejero Sanz, no sé exactamente cómo se han enterado, no he hablado con ellos directamente”. ADM (Andalucía Digital Multimedia SA) es una empresa público-privada cuyo accionista mayoritario es la propia Junta de Andalucía, ya que controla un 47,81% del accionariado a través de la empresa pública de telecomunicaciones Sandetel, adscrita a la Consejería de Industria, Energía y Minas que dirige Jorge Paradela, máximo responsable también de ADA. ADM es la principal productora de Canal Sur –es por ejemplo responsable de uno de sus programas más destacados, Andalucía Directo–, de ahí que la imputación de Fuentes salpique también a la RTVA, que depende de Antonio Sanz, consejero de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias. No pertenecen a la Junta Carolina España ha subrayado que ADM “no es una entidad de la Junta de Andalucía”, aunque considera que “se han adoptado las medidas correspondientes” en su consejo de administración, que ha acordado la “suspensión temporal de funciones” de Fuentes, asimismo presidente del Clúster Audiovisual y de Contenidos Digitales de Andalucía (LAND). Este puesto también ha dejado de ejercerlo de manera “temporal”, mientras que la dirección de Canal Sur ha descartado tomar cartas en el asunto con el argumento de que ya está abierta una vía judicial. LAND es un grupo de empresas con participación y financiación de la Junta que nació en el marco de la estrategia digital impulsada en su momento por Antonio Sanz, aunque estas competencias corresponden ahora a Paradela, a cuya consejería está adscrita la Agencia Digital de Andalucía. Este periódico requirió el martes explicaciones a estas dos consejerías así como a la RTVA, que se pasaron la pelota el uno al otro, aunque desde Canal Sur se incidió en que es Sandetel la máxima responsable de ADM. Tras las decisiones adoptadas por ADM y el Clúster, “esperemos que la Justicia haga su trabajo también y que llegue hasta el final”. “Respeto absoluto a la Justicia y que se llegue al final”, además de trasladar el “total rechazo” del Gobierno andaluz “a cualquier abuso o cualquier acto que atente contra la dignidad de las personas”. Y ha insistido en más de una ocasión en que ADM “es de mayoría privada” y que, como el Clúster, son entidades “independientes” que cuelgan del organigrama de la Junta. Una situación conocida Por su parte, Gustavo Fuentes ha insistido este miércoles a Europa Press en su inocencia, con el argumento de que en sus más de 30 años de carrera profesional “nunca he tenido una conducta inapropiada de ningún tipo, especialmente de la tipología de la denunciada”. Asimismo, ha afirmado tener “plena confianza en la justicia, con la tranquilidad de quien no ha hecho nada, confiando en el esclarecimiento de los hechos a la mayor brevedad”. También este miércoles han continuado las reacciones políticas. En este sentido, la secretaria general del PSOE-A, María Jesús Montero, ha lamentado que por parte de ADM y de Canal Sur “no se haya querido actuar anticipadamente” ante esta denuncia por acoso sexual a una reportera. “Parece que esta situación se conocía por parte de la empresa de la productora y de Canal Sur, no sé si también por parte del Gobierno de Andalucía, desde hace tiempo y no se había hecho absolutamente nada”, ha señalado Montero, que ha calificado de insuficiente la “suspensión temporal de funciones” de Fuentes acordada por ADM. “Aquí parece que habido un tapar, una dejación de funciones y ponerse de perfil”, ha subrayado. Por su parte, el portavoz de Adelante Andalucía, José Ignacio García, ha asegurado que llevará a la primera comisión de la RTVA en el Parlamento una petición de explicaciones acerca del conocimiento que pudiese haber tenido la entidad acerca de este caso. “Queremos que se llegue hasta el final y queremos que se repare a esta mujer, a esta compañera”, además de lamentar que el se haya producido en una empresa que “tiene de mayoría en el accionariado la Junta de Andalucía”. “Es vergüenza”, ha subrayado García quien ha mostrado su apoyo tanto a la víctima como a la plantilla de la empresa.
La consejera de Hacienda y portavoz en funciones, Carolina España, cita al titular de Presidencia, Antonio Sanz, y al de Industria, Jorge Paradela, por su gestión de las agencias vinculadas con la productora ADM, cuyo CEO está siendo investigado desde hace dos meses por agresión sexual y acoso a una reporteraUn juez de violencia de género imputa al CEO de la principal productora de Canal Sur por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera “Se han adoptado las medidas correspondientes”. Sin entrar en mucha profundidad, la portavoz en funciones del Gobierno andaluz, Carolina España, considera que se ha actuado correctamente ante la imputación de Gustavo Fuentes, CEO de ADM, la principal productora de Canal Sur, por agresión y acoso sexual a una reportera, pero no ha aclarado ni cuándo ni cómo se tuvo constancia de los hechos. Eso sí, ha apuntado que la cuestión afecta a las competencias de dos consejeros, a los que ha señalado explícitamente: Antonio Sanz, titular de Presidencia, y Jorge Paradela, máximo responsable de Industria. Ante la pregunta de cómo se enteró la Junta de Andalucía de esta situación y si considera que la Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA) ha actuado con la suficiente determinación, España ha señalado que no sabe “exactamente” cómo ha sido el proceso. Eso sí, a renglón seguido ha recordado que las dos empresas públicas afectadas por este caso (la Agencia Digital de Andalucía (ADA) y la RTVA) son competencia “de dos consejeros diferentes, están el consejero Paradela y el consejero Sanz, no sé exactamente cómo se han enterado, no he hablado con ellos directamente”. ADM (Andalucía Digital Multimedia SA) es una empresa público-privada cuyo accionista mayoritario es la propia Junta de Andalucía, ya que controla un 47,81% del accionariado a través de la empresa pública de telecomunicaciones Sandetel, adscrita a la Consejería de Industria, Energía y Minas que dirige Jorge Paradela, máximo responsable también de ADA. ADM es la principal productora de Canal Sur –es por ejemplo responsable de uno de sus programas más destacados, Andalucía Directo–, de ahí que la imputación de Fuentes salpique también a la RTVA, que depende de Antonio Sanz, consejero de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias. No pertenecen a la Junta Carolina España ha subrayado que ADM “no es una entidad de la Junta de Andalucía”, aunque considera que “se han adoptado las medidas correspondientes” en su consejo de administración, que ha acordado la “suspensión temporal de funciones” de Fuentes, asimismo presidente del Clúster Audiovisual y de Contenidos Digitales de Andalucía (LAND). Este puesto también ha dejado de ejercerlo de manera “temporal”, mientras que la dirección de Canal Sur ha descartado tomar cartas en el asunto con el argumento de que ya está abierta una vía judicial. LAND es un grupo de empresas con participación y financiación de la Junta que nació en el marco de la estrategia digital impulsada en su momento por Antonio Sanz, aunque estas competencias corresponden ahora a Paradela, a cuya consejería está adscrita la Agencia Digital de Andalucía. Este periódico requirió el martes explicaciones a estas dos consejerías así como a la RTVA, que se pasaron la pelota el uno al otro, aunque desde Canal Sur se incidió en que es Sandetel la máxima responsable de ADM. Tras las decisiones adoptadas por ADM y el Clúster, “esperemos que la Justicia haga su trabajo también y que llegue hasta el final”. “Respeto absoluto a la Justicia y que se llegue al final”, además de trasladar el “total rechazo” del Gobierno andaluz “a cualquier abuso o cualquier acto que atente contra la dignidad de las personas”. Y ha insistido en más de una ocasión en que ADM “es de mayoría privada” y que, como el Clúster, son entidades “independientes” que cuelgan del organigrama de la Junta. Una situación conocida Por su parte, Gustavo Fuentes ha insistido este miércoles a Europa Press en su inocencia, con el argumento de que en sus más de 30 años de carrera profesional “nunca he tenido una conducta inapropiada de ningún tipo, especialmente de la tipología de la denunciada”. Asimismo, ha afirmado tener “plena confianza en la justicia, con la tranquilidad de quien no ha hecho nada, confiando en el esclarecimiento de los hechos a la mayor brevedad”. También este miércoles han continuado las reacciones políticas. En este sentido, la secretaria general del PSOE-A, María Jesús Montero, ha lamentado que por parte de ADM y de Canal Sur “no se haya querido actuar anticipadamente” ante esta denuncia por acoso sexual a una reportera. “Parece que esta situación se conocía por parte de la empresa de la productora y de Canal Sur, no sé si también por parte del Gobierno de Andalucía, desde hace tiempo y no se había hecho absolutamente nada”, ha señalado Montero, que ha calificado de insuficiente la “suspensión temporal de funciones” de Fuentes acordada por ADM. “Aquí parece que habido un tapar, una dejación de funciones y ponerse de perfil”, ha subrayado. Por su parte, el portavoz de Adelante Andalucía, José Ignacio García, ha asegurado que llevará a la primera comisión de la RTVA en el Parlamento una petición de explicaciones acerca del conocimiento que pudiese haber tenido la entidad acerca de este caso. “Queremos que se llegue hasta el final y queremos que se repare a esta mujer, a esta compañera”, además de lamentar que el se haya producido en una empresa que “tiene de mayoría en el accionariado la Junta de Andalucía”. “Es vergüenza”, ha subrayado García quien ha mostrado su apoyo tanto a la víctima como a la plantilla de la empresa.
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The same day the Democratic Party dropped its lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new U.S. House map, the state NAACP chapter is petitioning a federal judicial panel to block the map while its case goes forward. The motion argues that the new map violates the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution and that the new map […]
The same day the Democratic Party dropped its lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new U.S. House map, the state NAACP chapter is petitioning a federal judicial panel to block the map while its case goes forward. The motion argues that the new map violates the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution and that the new map […]
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გერმანია კიდევ 300 მილიონ ევროს გამოყოფს ჩეხეთის ინიციატივისთვის, რომელიც ითვალისწინებს უკრაინისთვის საბრძოლო მასალების მიწოდებას. ამას აცხადებს გერმანიის თავდაცვის მინისტრი, ბორის პისტორიუსი, ჩეხეთის თავდაცვის მინისტრთან, იარომირ ზუნასთან შეხვედრის შემდეგ. მის სიტყვებს ავრცელებენ DW და Novinky. პისტორიუსის თქმით, ეს თანხა შესაძლებელს გახდის უკრაინის არმიისთვის შეისყიდონ 50 ათასამდე საარტილერიო საბრძოლო მასალა. პისტორიუსმა ჩეხეთის ინიციატივას უწოდა მნიშვნელოვანი ინტრუმენტი იმ სახელმწიფოს...
გერმანია კიდევ 300 მილიონ ევროს გამოყოფს ჩეხეთის ინიციატივისთვის, რომელიც ითვალისწინებს უკრაინისთვის საბრძოლო მასალების მიწოდებას. ამას აცხადებს გერმანიის თავდაცვის მინისტრი, ბორის პისტორიუსი, ჩეხეთის თავდაცვის მინისტრთან, იარომირ ზუნასთან შეხვედრის შემდეგ. მის სიტყვებს ავრცელებენ DW და Novinky. პისტორიუსის თქმით, ეს თანხა შესაძლებელს გახდის უკრაინის არმიისთვის შეისყიდონ 50 ათასამდე საარტილერიო საბრძოლო მასალა. პისტორიუსმა ჩეხეთის ინიციატივას უწოდა მნიშვნელოვანი ინტრუმენტი იმ სახელმწიფოს...
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ပဋိက္ခတွေ အေးအေးချမ်းချမ်းအဖြေရှာဖို့ အာဆီယံ ဘုံသဘောတူညီချက် ၅ ရပ် အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ဖို့ မလုပ်မဖြစ် အရေးကြီးဟုဆို။
ပဋိက္ခတွေ အေးအေးချမ်းချမ်းအဖြေရှာဖို့ အာဆီယံ ဘုံသဘောတူညီချက် ၅ ရပ် အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ဖို့ မလုပ်မဖြစ် အရေးကြီးဟုဆို။
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Casi la mitad de los usuarios brasileños de internet desconfía de medios de noticias, de acuerdo con una nueva encuesta. Ante esta tendencia, las redacciones están experimentando con grupos de WhatsApp y estrategias de construcción de comunidades. The post En Brasil, el algoritmo está ganando. Y las redacciones se están adaptando appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review.
Casi la mitad de los usuarios brasileños de internet desconfía de medios de noticias, de acuerdo con una nueva encuesta. Ante esta tendencia, las redacciones están experimentando con grupos de WhatsApp y estrategias de construcción de comunidades. The post En Brasil, el algoritmo está ganando. Y las redacciones se están adaptando appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review.
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Federata e Futbollit të Maqedonisë (FFM) ka caktuar datën e fillimit dhe mbarimit të kampionatit të Ligës së Parë për sezonin 2026/2027, transmeton Portalb.mk. Më 25 korrik pritet të fillojë sezoni i futbollit në Ligën e Parë, ndërsa pritet të mbarojë më 23 maj. Në këtë sezon do të luhen 36 xhiro, ashtu që pas […]
Federata e Futbollit të Maqedonisë (FFM) ka caktuar datën e fillimit dhe mbarimit të kampionatit të Ligës së Parë për sezonin 2026/2027, transmeton Portalb.mk. Më 25 korrik pritet të fillojë sezoni i futbollit në Ligën e Parë, ndërsa pritet të mbarojë më 23 maj. Në këtë sezon do të luhen 36 xhiro, ashtu që pas […]
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(The Center Square) – The University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized agreements establishing a new 10-year partnership that supporters say will strengthen Minnesota's healthcare system. The agreements, announced Tuesday by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, is the culmination of a mediation process Ellison first launched in 2025. The clock was ticking as the parties worked to replace a 30-year partnership set to expire at the end of 2026. Under the agreements, the University and M Physicians finalized terms making M Physicians the sole faculty practice group for the University of Minnesota Medical School's Twin Cities campus. The university and Fairview also reached an academic affiliation agreement allowing the medical school's faculty, students, residents and fellows to continue teaching and conducting research within Fairview facilities. That partnership serves about 1.2 million patients annually, trains roughly 70% of Minnesota’s physicians and supports medical research and economic development throughout the state, according to Ellison's office. The Democrat applauded the agreements, which his office has been helping to facilitate. “These three organizations – the University of Minnesota, M Physicians, and Fairview –and their leaders have demonstrated remarkable commitment to ensuring Minnesota remains a world-class place for caring for patients, training the next generation of doctors and medical professionals, and building a career as a physician and researcher,” Ellison said in a statement. He added that, if these agreements had not ben reached, the costs would have been "too great for us to bear." The new agreement includes a $1 billion commitment from Fairview to invest in facilities at the University of Minnesota Medical Center over the next decade, as well as $50 million annually in financial support for the medical school, with the potential for additional funding tied to system performance. The parties also agreed to explore programs aimed at improving access to specialized care for patients throughout Minnesota and to establish new structures designed to strengthen collaboration among the organizations. “We are pleased to finalize these agreements with our valued partners,” said Rebecca Cunningham, president of the University of Minnesota. “Forged through good-faith negotiations and mutual compromise, these final agreements provide vital clarity and strengthen our collective future.” Fairview President and CEO James Hereford added the agreements offer long-term certainty for patients in Minnesota. “The Strategic Partnership Agreement and the lease agreement for the Clinic and Surgery Center provide long-term certainty for the patient care provided there,” he said. “By resolving these foundational issues, we can turn our full attention to serving patients, supporting healthcare professionals, and addressing the significant issues that face health care delivery in Minnesota.” The agreement takes effect Jan. 1, pending approval by the governing boards of the university, Fairview and M Physicians. “These agreements, combined with the stability agreement that Fairview and M Physicians reached last fall, required compromise from all parties and will require goodwill, collaboration, and clear communication going forward,” Ellison said. “This accomplishment marks a fresh start, and amid the highly complex challenges facing healthcare in Minnesota, is an occasion for optimism about our future.”
(The Center Square) – The University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized agreements establishing a new 10-year partnership that supporters say will strengthen Minnesota's healthcare system. The agreements, announced Tuesday by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, is the culmination of a mediation process Ellison first launched in 2025. The clock was ticking as the parties worked to replace a 30-year partnership set to expire at the end of 2026. Under the agreements, the University and M Physicians finalized terms making M Physicians the sole faculty practice group for the University of Minnesota Medical School's Twin Cities campus. The university and Fairview also reached an academic affiliation agreement allowing the medical school's faculty, students, residents and fellows to continue teaching and conducting research within Fairview facilities. That partnership serves about 1.2 million patients annually, trains roughly 70% of Minnesota’s physicians and supports medical research and economic development throughout the state, according to Ellison's office. The Democrat applauded the agreements, which his office has been helping to facilitate. “These three organizations – the University of Minnesota, M Physicians, and Fairview –and their leaders have demonstrated remarkable commitment to ensuring Minnesota remains a world-class place for caring for patients, training the next generation of doctors and medical professionals, and building a career as a physician and researcher,” Ellison said in a statement. He added that, if these agreements had not ben reached, the costs would have been "too great for us to bear." The new agreement includes a $1 billion commitment from Fairview to invest in facilities at the University of Minnesota Medical Center over the next decade, as well as $50 million annually in financial support for the medical school, with the potential for additional funding tied to system performance. The parties also agreed to explore programs aimed at improving access to specialized care for patients throughout Minnesota and to establish new structures designed to strengthen collaboration among the organizations. “We are pleased to finalize these agreements with our valued partners,” said Rebecca Cunningham, president of the University of Minnesota. “Forged through good-faith negotiations and mutual compromise, these final agreements provide vital clarity and strengthen our collective future.” Fairview President and CEO James Hereford added the agreements offer long-term certainty for patients in Minnesota. “The Strategic Partnership Agreement and the lease agreement for the Clinic and Surgery Center provide long-term certainty for the patient care provided there,” he said. “By resolving these foundational issues, we can turn our full attention to serving patients, supporting healthcare professionals, and addressing the significant issues that face health care delivery in Minnesota.” The agreement takes effect Jan. 1, pending approval by the governing boards of the university, Fairview and M Physicians. “These agreements, combined with the stability agreement that Fairview and M Physicians reached last fall, required compromise from all parties and will require goodwill, collaboration, and clear communication going forward,” Ellison said. “This accomplishment marks a fresh start, and amid the highly complex challenges facing healthcare in Minnesota, is an occasion for optimism about our future.”
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.The Illinois State Board of Education approved a numeracy plan Wednesday aimed at helping educators improve how they teach math. The plan offers districts and teachers resources, but does not mandate a curriculum or require schools to follow certain practices. The 192-page document is being finalized two years after the state approved a literacy plan in 2024. The latter came about after advocates unsuccessfully lobbied Illinois lawmakers to pass a bill to standardize reading instruction across the state.Illinois students’ math scores dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to lag behind in 2024. Last fall, officials reported 38% of students had met math proficiency benchmarks on the annual state standardized test given to all third through eighth graders in public school. But they also changed the cut scores used to define proficiency, making comparisons to previous years difficult. “The goal is for students to build those numeracy skills,” said Ronda Dawson, executive director of Teaching & Learning at ISBE. The first draft of the “Comprehensive Numeracy Plan” was first made public in October and revised in February before several public hearings in the spring. Kirsten Parr, director of Standards & Instruction, presented changes that were made to the plan as a result of the public feedback during an ISBE meeting Wednesday. She said the state added more “examples and non-examples” of strong math instruction, added best practices and tips for supporting students with dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects how a person learns, understands, and retains math concepts, and included more high school level data.“This is not just an elementary plan,” she noted. “This is really to increase the numeracy skills of students across all of our ages and stages.”ISBE Vice Chair Donna Leek applauded the plan for also including resources to build students confidence in math. “I always have struggled with people who say, ‘Oh, you know, I don’t do math, I’m not a math person.’ Nobody ever says I don’t read, right?” Leek noted. “So, how do we take away that stigma of mathematics being something that is attainable for everyone?”She said the plan provides a good road map for school leaders and educators to also feel confident in their math teaching practices and urged ISBE to provide support to them as they roll out the plan.Becky Vevea is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Chicago. Contact Becky at bvevea@chalkbeat.org.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools.The Illinois State Board of Education approved a numeracy plan Wednesday aimed at helping educators improve how they teach math. The plan offers districts and teachers resources, but does not mandate a curriculum or require schools to follow certain practices. The 192-page document is being finalized two years after the state approved a literacy plan in 2024. The latter came about after advocates unsuccessfully lobbied Illinois lawmakers to pass a bill to standardize reading instruction across the state.Illinois students’ math scores dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to lag behind in 2024. Last fall, officials reported 38% of students had met math proficiency benchmarks on the annual state standardized test given to all third through eighth graders in public school. But they also changed the cut scores used to define proficiency, making comparisons to previous years difficult. “The goal is for students to build those numeracy skills,” said Ronda Dawson, executive director of Teaching & Learning at ISBE. The first draft of the “Comprehensive Numeracy Plan” was first made public in October and revised in February before several public hearings in the spring. Kirsten Parr, director of Standards & Instruction, presented changes that were made to the plan as a result of the public feedback during an ISBE meeting Wednesday. She said the state added more “examples and non-examples” of strong math instruction, added best practices and tips for supporting students with dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects how a person learns, understands, and retains math concepts, and included more high school level data.“This is not just an elementary plan,” she noted. “This is really to increase the numeracy skills of students across all of our ages and stages.”ISBE Vice Chair Donna Leek applauded the plan for also including resources to build students confidence in math. “I always have struggled with people who say, ‘Oh, you know, I don’t do math, I’m not a math person.’ Nobody ever says I don’t read, right?” Leek noted. “So, how do we take away that stigma of mathematics being something that is attainable for everyone?”She said the plan provides a good road map for school leaders and educators to also feel confident in their math teaching practices and urged ISBE to provide support to them as they roll out the plan.Becky Vevea is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Chicago. Contact Becky at bvevea@chalkbeat.org.
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(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says there could be a special legislative session in Illinois this summer, but he won’t raise people’s taxes to pay for a new Chicago Bears stadium. Pritzker spoke in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon and said there could be a special session if the General Assembly can get together on one piece of Bears legislation. “The first priority for me is we're not raising people's taxes to pay for a privately owned stadium, that’s number one, or any stadium for a billionaire-owned family,” Pritzker said. The governor also said the legislature would be meeting again in few months. Fall veto session is scheduled Nov. 17-19 and Dec. 1-3. After stadium and megaprojects bills stalled in the General Assembly, the Bears said last Friday that the team’s board of directors voted to advance a stadium project in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact site “to be selected.” Pritzker said the Bears didn’t show up for the end of Illinois’ legislative session. “From the beginning, of course, there were some fumbles that occurred by the Bears, beginning with a press conference with the mayor of Chicago talking about a multi-billion-dollar stadium that they wanted to have built with taxpayer dollars. That's not something I was ever willing to do,” Pritzker said. The governor also called out the Bears for talking to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after team officials issued a statement saying they were focused on Arlington Heights. “And then late April, it turns out they're talking to the mayor of the city of Chicago. So, look, I think all of that has to be worked out by the Bears,” Pritzker said. Pritzker said people in Indiana would pay higher sales taxes and tolls if the Bears move there, and he didn’t think the people of Illinois would want that. State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, plans to file a bill by early next week that would prevent local taxing bodies from getting stadium development money from taxpayers. Ugaste said his proposal would also benefit the Bears. “I’ve listened to their public comments, what they say they need. That’s what I’m trying to provide, as well as protecting the local taxpayers in the area and provide property tax relief for everyone throughout the state,” Ugaste said. State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, is also planning to introduce legislation aimed at keeping the Bears in Illinois. McLaughlin’s Taxpayer and Investment Protection Act applies to private developments with more than $2.5 billion in investments in counties with more than 1 million people. According to McLaughlin’s website, the proposal provides long-term property tax certainty for investors, new revenue from surrounding businesses, infrastructure improvements, and year-round economic activity and jobs. Taxpayer protections would come in the form of mandatory independent fiscal neutrality certification, negotiated property tax with 2.5% annual growth, infrastructure support with guardrails and a requirement that infrastructure support be repaid if the developer breaks a mandated 30-year commitment.
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says there could be a special legislative session in Illinois this summer, but he won’t raise people’s taxes to pay for a new Chicago Bears stadium. Pritzker spoke in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon and said there could be a special session if the General Assembly can get together on one piece of Bears legislation. “The first priority for me is we're not raising people's taxes to pay for a privately owned stadium, that’s number one, or any stadium for a billionaire-owned family,” Pritzker said. The governor also said the legislature would be meeting again in few months. Fall veto session is scheduled Nov. 17-19 and Dec. 1-3. After stadium and megaprojects bills stalled in the General Assembly, the Bears said last Friday that the team’s board of directors voted to advance a stadium project in Hammond, Indiana, with the exact site “to be selected.” Pritzker said the Bears didn’t show up for the end of Illinois’ legislative session. “From the beginning, of course, there were some fumbles that occurred by the Bears, beginning with a press conference with the mayor of Chicago talking about a multi-billion-dollar stadium that they wanted to have built with taxpayer dollars. That's not something I was ever willing to do,” Pritzker said. The governor also called out the Bears for talking to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after team officials issued a statement saying they were focused on Arlington Heights. “And then late April, it turns out they're talking to the mayor of the city of Chicago. So, look, I think all of that has to be worked out by the Bears,” Pritzker said. Pritzker said people in Indiana would pay higher sales taxes and tolls if the Bears move there, and he didn’t think the people of Illinois would want that. State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, plans to file a bill by early next week that would prevent local taxing bodies from getting stadium development money from taxpayers. Ugaste said his proposal would also benefit the Bears. “I’ve listened to their public comments, what they say they need. That’s what I’m trying to provide, as well as protecting the local taxpayers in the area and provide property tax relief for everyone throughout the state,” Ugaste said. State Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, is also planning to introduce legislation aimed at keeping the Bears in Illinois. McLaughlin’s Taxpayer and Investment Protection Act applies to private developments with more than $2.5 billion in investments in counties with more than 1 million people. According to McLaughlin’s website, the proposal provides long-term property tax certainty for investors, new revenue from surrounding businesses, infrastructure improvements, and year-round economic activity and jobs. Taxpayer protections would come in the form of mandatory independent fiscal neutrality certification, negotiated property tax with 2.5% annual growth, infrastructure support with guardrails and a requirement that infrastructure support be repaid if the developer breaks a mandated 30-year commitment.
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President Donald Trump said the United States is going to attack Iran “very hard” if a deal aimed at ending the three-month war is not finalized.
President Donald Trump said the United States is going to attack Iran “very hard” if a deal aimed at ending the three-month war is not finalized.