TOPEKA — Kansas acquired land nearly a century ago that is home to some of the state’s oldest buildings, but the state now faces an ownership challenge from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, raising questions about how history is preserved and who is represented. The Shawnee Indian Mission State Historical Site was a Methodist boarding […]

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TOPEKA — Kansas acquired land nearly a century ago that is home to some of the state’s oldest buildings, but the state now faces an ownership challenge from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, raising questions about how history is preserved and who is represented. The Shawnee Indian Mission State Historical Site was a Methodist boarding […]

El presidente de Francia anuncia en Chipre una coalición militar para escoltar petroleros, garantizar la libertad de navegación en la principal ruta energética del mundo y garantizar la seguridad en la frontera sur de la UE en medio de la guerra de Irán.

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El presidente de Francia anuncia en Chipre una coalición militar para escoltar petroleros, garantizar la libertad de navegación en la principal ruta energética del mundo y garantizar la seguridad en la frontera sur de la UE en medio de la guerra de Irán.

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Doctors say Michigan patients can expect longer wait times if an interstate agreement isn’t signed. Members of both political parties blame each other for the stalemate.

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Doctors say Michigan patients can expect longer wait times if an interstate agreement isn’t signed. Members of both political parties blame each other for the stalemate.

(The Center Square) - Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne told The Center Square that the Empowerment Scholarship Account’s error rate is lower than that of other Arizona government programs. Katie Ratlief, executive director for Common Sense Institute Arizona, said the school choice program's error rate is around 1%. The rate is the same as in 2018, before it became universal in the state, Ratlief said. She told The Center Square that nearly 2 million transactions occur each year. Matt Beienburg, director of education policy at Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute, said people can use ESA funds for anything from private school tuition to special education therapy curriculum and supplemental materials. He said the Arizona Department of Education uses risk-based auditing, the same method the Internal Revenue Service uses to audit taxpayers. DOE will “audit purchases based upon the risk profile of those purchases,” Beienburg said. Before the risk-based auditing policy, Arizona families who used ESA funds did not get “their reimbursements” because of the high volume of orders DOE had to process, he told The Center Square. Horne said in cases of fraudulent purchases, DOE suspends those accounts. In extreme cases of fraud, Horne said he sends names to Attorney General Kris Mayes, requesting that they be prosecuted. The superintendent noted only a small percentage of ESA purchases “are actually fraud.” Compared to other government programs, Arizona's ESA error rate is much lower. As an example, in 2024, Arizona’s unemployment insurance program error rate for improper payments was 22%, Ratlief noted. And the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s payment error rate in Arizona is around 10%, according to Glenn Farley, CSI’s director of policy and research. The ESA’s payment rate is also lower than the national Medicaid improper payment rate of 6.55%. According to Beienburg, if Arizona doesn’t get its SNAP payment error rate under control, it could cost the state up to $200 million. Under H.R. 1, also known as Congress' Big Beautiful Bill Act, states will face penalties beginning in fiscal year 2028 if their chosen SNAP payment error rate in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026 exceeds 6%. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed House Bill 2206 in February, which would have required Arizona to bring its SNAP payment error rate below 3% by 2030. The bill was designed to help Arizona avoid potential financial penalties for having a high SNAP payment error rate. Hobbs said in her veto letter that the bill “contains yet more unfunded mandates and not a dollar to help our state agencies implement these changes now, or to modernize our systems in the future.”

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(The Center Square) - Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne told The Center Square that the Empowerment Scholarship Account’s error rate is lower than that of other Arizona government programs. Katie Ratlief, executive director for Common Sense Institute Arizona, said the school choice program's error rate is around 1%. The rate is the same as in 2018, before it became universal in the state, Ratlief said. She told The Center Square that nearly 2 million transactions occur each year. Matt Beienburg, director of education policy at Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute, said people can use ESA funds for anything from private school tuition to special education therapy curriculum and supplemental materials. He said the Arizona Department of Education uses risk-based auditing, the same method the Internal Revenue Service uses to audit taxpayers. DOE will “audit purchases based upon the risk profile of those purchases,” Beienburg said. Before the risk-based auditing policy, Arizona families who used ESA funds did not get “their reimbursements” because of the high volume of orders DOE had to process, he told The Center Square. Horne said in cases of fraudulent purchases, DOE suspends those accounts. In extreme cases of fraud, Horne said he sends names to Attorney General Kris Mayes, requesting that they be prosecuted. The superintendent noted only a small percentage of ESA purchases “are actually fraud.” Compared to other government programs, Arizona's ESA error rate is much lower. As an example, in 2024, Arizona’s unemployment insurance program error rate for improper payments was 22%, Ratlief noted. And the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s payment error rate in Arizona is around 10%, according to Glenn Farley, CSI’s director of policy and research. The ESA’s payment rate is also lower than the national Medicaid improper payment rate of 6.55%. According to Beienburg, if Arizona doesn’t get its SNAP payment error rate under control, it could cost the state up to $200 million. Under H.R. 1, also known as Congress' Big Beautiful Bill Act, states will face penalties beginning in fiscal year 2028 if their chosen SNAP payment error rate in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026 exceeds 6%. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed House Bill 2206 in February, which would have required Arizona to bring its SNAP payment error rate below 3% by 2030. The bill was designed to help Arizona avoid potential financial penalties for having a high SNAP payment error rate. Hobbs said in her veto letter that the bill “contains yet more unfunded mandates and not a dollar to help our state agencies implement these changes now, or to modernize our systems in the future.”

(The Center Square) – A convicted child molester who was scheduled to be released from prison on elderly parole is pleading not guilty to new child molestation charges in Placer County, according to the county District Attorney’s Office. David Allen Funston, 64, who was previously convicted of child molestation charges in Sacramento County, was serving three life sentences in prison for his crimes. Because he was expected to be in prison for the rest of his life, the Placer County District Attorney’s Office never pursued a separate charge related to alleged child molestation in Placer County in 1996. He was found by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings to qualify for elderly parole late last year. He was handed over to authorities in Placer County to face the new charges, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Given elder parole and other potential releases based upon good behavior, it’s got to make prosecutors and judges wonder if they should even put a sentence on a particular crime,” Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, told The Center Square in an exclusive interview on Monday. “You have to ask why. We have all these other allowances that people can get out regardless of what their sentence is, and that’s what’s frustrating.” Recent changes to California’s elderly parole laws enabled Funston to qualify for elderly parole after reaching at least age 60 and serving at least 25 years in prison. The state’s laws also allow those who are at least 50 years old to qualify for elderly parole after being incarcerated for 20 years, according to the California Board of Parole Hearings. Officials from the Board of Parole Hearings and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation were not available for interviews on Monday. According to multiple news reports, the Placer County charges from 1996 were also not pursued at the time to spare the child in question from testifying in court. Today, that child is an adult and is expected to testify against Funston. According to data from law firm UnCommon Law, the prison system in California costs the state's taxpayers $17.5 billion, which the organization says is driven largely by an aging prison population who poses little or no risk to public safety. The costs of keeping elderly offenders incarcerated increase by 10% a year, the data show, and many of those elderly inmates have at least three health conditions simultaneously. “With the new charges from 30 years ago, they have nothing to do with the determination that he’s not the person today that he was then,” Keith Wattley, founder and executive director of UnCommon Law, told The Center Square on Monday morning. “The parole consideration is really based on one’s capacity for change, regardless of how reprehensible we find their crimes to have been.” In many cases, Wattley added, those who perpetrate these crimes were previously victims of the same acts. “Miraculous transformation really can happen when they have the opportunity to heal from that harm,” Wattley told The Center Square. “The elderly parole process recognizes that capacity for change and involves a thorough examination, evaluation and determination that that person is no longer a risk to public safety.” Assembly members with knowledge of the case have publicly said Funston should not be released. They've called for Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace the members of the Board of Parole Hearings with new members who will prioritize public safety and victims' rights. "The governor should hold those parole board members accountable, 100%," Assemblymember Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, told The Center Square during the floor session. "If you go back to the purpose of this law, it was really intended for the elderly who are never a threat to society because they're too old to be a threat to anybody." Patterson continued, "This guy is a pervert, perfectly able-bodied and should not have been released from prison." Funston is next scheduled to appear in court on April 6.

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(The Center Square) – A convicted child molester who was scheduled to be released from prison on elderly parole is pleading not guilty to new child molestation charges in Placer County, according to the county District Attorney’s Office. David Allen Funston, 64, who was previously convicted of child molestation charges in Sacramento County, was serving three life sentences in prison for his crimes. Because he was expected to be in prison for the rest of his life, the Placer County District Attorney’s Office never pursued a separate charge related to alleged child molestation in Placer County in 1996. He was found by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings to qualify for elderly parole late last year. He was handed over to authorities in Placer County to face the new charges, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Given elder parole and other potential releases based upon good behavior, it’s got to make prosecutors and judges wonder if they should even put a sentence on a particular crime,” Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, told The Center Square in an exclusive interview on Monday. “You have to ask why. We have all these other allowances that people can get out regardless of what their sentence is, and that’s what’s frustrating.” Recent changes to California’s elderly parole laws enabled Funston to qualify for elderly parole after reaching at least age 60 and serving at least 25 years in prison. The state’s laws also allow those who are at least 50 years old to qualify for elderly parole after being incarcerated for 20 years, according to the California Board of Parole Hearings. Officials from the Board of Parole Hearings and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation were not available for interviews on Monday. According to multiple news reports, the Placer County charges from 1996 were also not pursued at the time to spare the child in question from testifying in court. Today, that child is an adult and is expected to testify against Funston. According to data from law firm UnCommon Law, the prison system in California costs the state's taxpayers $17.5 billion, which the organization says is driven largely by an aging prison population who poses little or no risk to public safety. The costs of keeping elderly offenders incarcerated increase by 10% a year, the data show, and many of those elderly inmates have at least three health conditions simultaneously. “With the new charges from 30 years ago, they have nothing to do with the determination that he’s not the person today that he was then,” Keith Wattley, founder and executive director of UnCommon Law, told The Center Square on Monday morning. “The parole consideration is really based on one’s capacity for change, regardless of how reprehensible we find their crimes to have been.” In many cases, Wattley added, those who perpetrate these crimes were previously victims of the same acts. “Miraculous transformation really can happen when they have the opportunity to heal from that harm,” Wattley told The Center Square. “The elderly parole process recognizes that capacity for change and involves a thorough examination, evaluation and determination that that person is no longer a risk to public safety.” Assembly members with knowledge of the case have publicly said Funston should not be released. They've called for Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace the members of the Board of Parole Hearings with new members who will prioritize public safety and victims' rights. "The governor should hold those parole board members accountable, 100%," Assemblymember Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, told The Center Square during the floor session. "If you go back to the purpose of this law, it was really intended for the elderly who are never a threat to society because they're too old to be a threat to anybody." Patterson continued, "This guy is a pervert, perfectly able-bodied and should not have been released from prison." Funston is next scheduled to appear in court on April 6.

En los últimos meses del 2025, el Hospital Clínico Eloísa Díaz de La Florida tomó la decisión de cancelar el proyecto de la ficha electrónica luego de cuatro años de trabajo. La pérdida fue de más de $4.200 millones. El registro consiste en una plataforma digital en la que se encuentran las Según CIPER, el … Continua leyendo "Más de $4 mil millones perdidos: Hospital de La Florida cancela registro digital tras años de trabajo" The post Más de $4 mil millones perdidos: Hospital de La Florida cancela registro digital tras años de trabajo appeared first on BioBioChile.

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En los últimos meses del 2025, el Hospital Clínico Eloísa Díaz de La Florida tomó la decisión de cancelar el proyecto de la ficha electrónica luego de cuatro años de trabajo. La pérdida fue de más de $4.200 millones. El registro consiste en una plataforma digital en la que se encuentran las Según CIPER, el … Continua leyendo "Más de $4 mil millones perdidos: Hospital de La Florida cancela registro digital tras años de trabajo" The post Más de $4 mil millones perdidos: Hospital de La Florida cancela registro digital tras años de trabajo appeared first on BioBioChile.

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Voters at annual town meeting rejected two articles that would have let the Select Board accept large gifts and make major expenditures without voter approval.

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Voters at annual town meeting rejected two articles that would have let the Select Board accept large gifts and make major expenditures without voter approval.

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A coalition of climate advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department accusing it of endangering residents’ health by failing to address “thousands of unplugged, inactive oil and gas wells and unremediated extraction sites littered across the state.”

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A coalition of climate advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department accusing it of endangering residents’ health by failing to address “thousands of unplugged, inactive oil and gas wells and unremediated extraction sites littered across the state.”

La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, manifestó este lunes su disposición a construir relaciones a “largo plazo” con Estados Unidos, país con el que retomó relaciones diplomáticas de manera formal el pasado jueves. En una transmisión del canal estatal Venezolana de Televisión, Rodríguez indicó que su país tiene una agenda de trabajo con Estados … Continua leyendo "Tras ser reconocida por Trump: Delcy Rodríguez espera tener relaciones "a largo plazo" con EEUU" The post Tras ser reconocida por Trump: Delcy Rodríguez espera tener relaciones "a largo plazo" con EEUU appeared first on BioBioChile.

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La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, manifestó este lunes su disposición a construir relaciones a “largo plazo” con Estados Unidos, país con el que retomó relaciones diplomáticas de manera formal el pasado jueves. En una transmisión del canal estatal Venezolana de Televisión, Rodríguez indicó que su país tiene una agenda de trabajo con Estados … Continua leyendo "Tras ser reconocida por Trump: Delcy Rodríguez espera tener relaciones "a largo plazo" con EEUU" The post Tras ser reconocida por Trump: Delcy Rodríguez espera tener relaciones "a largo plazo" con EEUU appeared first on BioBioChile.

De 9 a 15 de março, uma delegação, composta por líderes de movimentos populares e partidos políticos de cinco continentes, irá a Cuba e à Venezuela para prestar solidariedade aos povos desses países, ambos alvo das investidas do governo do presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump. A missão, organizada pela Assembleia Internacional dos Povos (AIP), ocorre […] Fonte

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De 9 a 15 de março, uma delegação, composta por líderes de movimentos populares e partidos políticos de cinco continentes, irá a Cuba e à Venezuela para prestar solidariedade aos povos desses países, ambos alvo das investidas do governo do presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump. A missão, organizada pela Assembleia Internacional dos Povos (AIP), ocorre […] Fonte

Thomas Gillier ha comenzado a hacerse un nombre en suelo norteamericano. Con apenas 21 años, el exarquero de Universidad Católica defiende los colores del CF Montreal y sus actuaciones no han pasado desapercibidas. En la más reciente jornada de la MLS, el chileno se destacó con un espectacular tapadón que contribuyó al contundente triunfo 3-0 … Continua leyendo "Alarma en La Roja: Thomas Gillier brilla con tapadón en MLS y despierta interés de selección africana" The post Alarma en La Roja: Thomas Gillier brilla con tapadón en MLS y despierta interés de selección africana appeared first on BioBioChile.

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Thomas Gillier ha comenzado a hacerse un nombre en suelo norteamericano. Con apenas 21 años, el exarquero de Universidad Católica defiende los colores del CF Montreal y sus actuaciones no han pasado desapercibidas. En la más reciente jornada de la MLS, el chileno se destacó con un espectacular tapadón que contribuyó al contundente triunfo 3-0 … Continua leyendo "Alarma en La Roja: Thomas Gillier brilla con tapadón en MLS y despierta interés de selección africana" The post Alarma en La Roja: Thomas Gillier brilla con tapadón en MLS y despierta interés de selección africana appeared first on BioBioChile.

The park is home to the quirky and once-controversial “Bunnyhenge" sculpture.

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The park is home to the quirky and once-controversial “Bunnyhenge" sculpture.

Gov. Josh Stein announced a “critical needs budget” proposal on Monday, calling, among other things, for raises for teachers and state employees, $319 million to fully fund Medicaid after federal funding cuts, and funds to raise the state’s subsidy reimbursement... The post Gov. Stein’s $1.4 billion budget proposal includes funds for Medicaid, 5.8% average raise for teachers appeared first on EdNC.

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Gov. Josh Stein announced a “critical needs budget” proposal on Monday, calling, among other things, for raises for teachers and state employees, $319 million to fully fund Medicaid after federal funding cuts, and funds to raise the state’s subsidy reimbursement... The post Gov. Stein’s $1.4 billion budget proposal includes funds for Medicaid, 5.8% average raise for teachers appeared first on EdNC.

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Starting July 1, tribal police helping their state or local counterparts will be recognized as law enforcement officers under South Dakota law.  Gov. Larry Rhoden signed House Bill 1007 and other public safety and public welfare-related bills into law on Monday. Currently, the definition of law enforcement doesn’t include tribal officers, who routinely assist their […]

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Starting July 1, tribal police helping their state or local counterparts will be recognized as law enforcement officers under South Dakota law.  Gov. Larry Rhoden signed House Bill 1007 and other public safety and public welfare-related bills into law on Monday. Currently, the definition of law enforcement doesn’t include tribal officers, who routinely assist their […]

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Santa Monica State Beach, the only other California site in the top 10, was noted for its boardwalk and surfing opportunities.

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Santa Monica State Beach, the only other California site in the top 10, was noted for its boardwalk and surfing opportunities.

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Antropólogo analisa como uma tríade – clientelismo armado, milícias e captura institucional – forjou o ultradireita, contando com o “realismo político” de parte da esquerda. Diálogo e pluralidade, diz, são antídotos ao vírus impotência coletiva The post Caminhos para enfrentar as engrenagens do medo appeared first on Outras Palavras.

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Antropólogo analisa como uma tríade – clientelismo armado, milícias e captura institucional – forjou o ultradireita, contando com o “realismo político” de parte da esquerda. Diálogo e pluralidade, diz, são antídotos ao vírus impotência coletiva The post Caminhos para enfrentar as engrenagens do medo appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Son días complicados para Timothée Chalamet. Cada año, una polémica en los días previos a la ceremonia de los Oscar sazona la antesala a la gala; y este año, el protagonista es justamente el actor neoyorkino y sus desafortunadas declaraciones contra la ópera y el ballet. “Cada noche, en la Royal Opera House, miles de … Continua leyendo "Timothée Chalamet en la cuerda floja tras dichos contra la ópera: ¿peligra su candidatura al Oscar?" The post Timothée Chalamet en la cuerda floja tras dichos contra la ópera: ¿peligra su candidatura al Oscar? appeared first on BioBioChile.

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Son días complicados para Timothée Chalamet. Cada año, una polémica en los días previos a la ceremonia de los Oscar sazona la antesala a la gala; y este año, el protagonista es justamente el actor neoyorkino y sus desafortunadas declaraciones contra la ópera y el ballet. “Cada noche, en la Royal Opera House, miles de … Continua leyendo "Timothée Chalamet en la cuerda floja tras dichos contra la ópera: ¿peligra su candidatura al Oscar?" The post Timothée Chalamet en la cuerda floja tras dichos contra la ópera: ¿peligra su candidatura al Oscar? appeared first on BioBioChile.

Tiempo de lectura: 3 minutosMujeres Q’eqchi’ y mestizas de El Estor, Izabal, conmemoraron el 8 de marzo con una reforestación del nacimiento de agua en El Barrio Los Cerritos, para lo cual contaron con el apoyo del Consejo Comunitario de Desarrollo (COCODE). Por Juan Bautista Xol Mujeres Q’eqchi’ y mestizas de El Estor, Izabal conmemoraron el 8 de marzo ... Read more

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Tiempo de lectura: 3 minutosMujeres Q’eqchi’ y mestizas de El Estor, Izabal, conmemoraron el 8 de marzo con una reforestación del nacimiento de agua en El Barrio Los Cerritos, para lo cual contaron con el apoyo del Consejo Comunitario de Desarrollo (COCODE). Por Juan Bautista Xol Mujeres Q’eqchi’ y mestizas de El Estor, Izabal conmemoraron el 8 de marzo ... Read more

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Learn about a foreign film festival in Castleton Square in the 1980s and IndyGo’s Poetry on the Bus in the library's new digital collection. The post What were arts and culture like in Indianapolis 40 years ago? appeared first on Mirror Indy.

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Learn about a foreign film festival in Castleton Square in the 1980s and IndyGo’s Poetry on the Bus in the library's new digital collection. The post What were arts and culture like in Indianapolis 40 years ago? appeared first on Mirror Indy.