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Medicare for All, AIPAC and AI were among the hot topics in a debate between Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow.

Practice your English skills with a movie club; enjoy family activities at a day of play; learn about the city’s mental health resources; and more. The post 5 things to know and do the weekend of May 29 appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

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The mother of a woman who died while in custody at Tarrant County Jail is suing the county and 10 jailers two years after her death.

A federal official overseeing a major rural health grant approved by Congress last summer emphasized to Idaho lawmakers that time was of the essence this summer if the state wanted to make full use of the award.  Kate Sapra, deputy director of the Office of Rural Health Transformation within the federal Centers for Medicare and […]

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O Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos anunciou nesta quinta-feira (28) que vai classificar o Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) e o Comando Vermelho (CV) como organizações terroristas. A medida, que entra em vigor em 5 de junho, inclui as duas facções brasileiras nas categorias de “organizações terroristas estrangeiras” e “terroristas globais especialmente designados”, segundo […] Fonte

Our Sister’s House used to staff a 24-hour hotline. No matter what time of day a domestic violence survivor called for help, an advocate would be able to help them stay safe. But then a lack of funding meant that hours and staff had to be reduced. Now if someone calls for help overnight or […]

El PNV ha endurecido su discurso contra Pedro Sánchez y considera que la legislatura está “prácticamente terminada”, reclamando un adelanto electoral ante el deterioro institucional provocado por las investigaciones judiciales.

(The Center Square) – Patients' rights groups are praising President Donald Trump’s announcement of drug price transparency expansion as the first step toward price transparency in healthcare, stating that taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going. Founder and chairman of PatientsRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) Cynthia Fisher told The Center Square: “We applaud President Trump, Secretaries Kennedy and Oz, Mark Cuban, and all those involved for expanding consumer choice in prescription drug pricing, which is a critical first step toward true price transparency in healthcare.” “Prescription medications account for nearly 15% of healthcare spending for American families, which is why President Trump’s broader healthcare agenda also targets hospital and insurance pricing,” Fisher said. “Full transparency across prescription drugs, hospital services, and insurance pricing will promote competition, empower consumers and employers, and help prevent the overcharges that drive up healthcare costs for working families and businesses alike,” Fisher said. Fisher additionally stated that “transparent models like Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs have demonstrated how openness and competition can directly lower costs and expand access.” “President Trump’s policies have laid the foundation for enforcing transparency reforms that not only have the potential to transform the American healthcare system for generations to come, but also create an opportunity to go much further in reducing costs and restoring accountability across the entire healthcare marketplace,” Fisher said. Meanwhile, former director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg noted that "Americans are tired of hidden prices, surprise bills, and unexplained costs.” “They want accountability,” Bremberg said. “And unlike many healthcare debates, this is not fundamentally about ideology,” Bremberg said. “It is about whether patients, employers, and taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going.” “Maximum price transparency enforcement is the fastest way to empower Americans and make healthcare affordable again, and the Trump Administration can get it done,” Bremberg said. As The Center Square reported last week, Trump announced that TrumpRx would be “expanding to about seven times its current size” by “adding more than 600 generic prescription drugs” to its website. The president called for “unprecedented price transparency” at the healthcare affordability event where TrumpRx’s expansion was announced. The Trump administration made a commitment to healthcare price transparency earlier this year, The Center Square reported. Trump’s statements come shortly after a Pew Research Center report showed that “73% of adults now say the affordability of health care is a very big problem for the country.” TrumpRx is a discounted drug government website where Americans can purchase “drugs in cash” outside of their insurance for the “lowest prices on prescription medications in the developed world,” according to the TrumpRx website.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.A longtime Detroit public school principal who has faced misconduct allegations in the past won’t be returning to his leadership position in the fall. Jeffery Robinson, principal at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, will no longer lead the K-8 Afrocentric school due to “several disciplinary incidents and performance concerns,” Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti confirmed to BridgeDetroit. Robinson is currently serving a 30-day suspension without pay that was approved by the school board earlier this month. When his suspension is over, Robinson will be reassigned to a different school as a principal on special assignment working under the direction of another principal, Vitti said. The district will decide which school Robinson will be assigned to when his suspension is completed. Reginald Kirkland, the former principal of Carleton Elementary School, has been selected as the new principal of PRMX and was already introduced to staff and families, Vitti added. BridgeDetroit reached out to Robinson, where he said via text message that he cannot comment on his current status with DPSCD and that any comment made will be done through his attorney. This isn’t the first time Robinson has faced disciplinary action. Last year, the educator was placed on administrative leave for more than a month amid allegations of misconduct. Robinson was under investigation after a staff member saw him drag a female student by her legs down the hallway. The staff member said the student seemed disturbed by the incident, according to a district report detailing the incident. During his investigatory interview, Robinson admitted to grabbing the student by her legs and dragging her into the hallway, but said it was done in a “playful” way, the report noted. A district representative then asked Robinson what he thought his actions would convey to the school’s staff and students, according to the document. The principal stated that people would see it as “being silly with the seventh-grade girls,” but added that he could see his actions were unprofessional.Robinson is an expert in African-centered education in DPSCD and one of the original staff members of Malcolm X Academy, the first public African-centered school in the country, according to the school’s website. Robinson taught math and computer science for 18 years and has received several awards, including the Milken Family Foundation’s Milken Educator Award in 2001 and the Wayne County RESA Middle School Teacher of the Year in 2003, according to the school’s website.Robinson took on the principal’s role after Paul Robeson Academy and Malcolm X Academy, once separate schools with a focus on African-centered education, combined. A former teacher at Malcolm X, Robinson has led the combined school for more than 15 years. Principal’s absence causes confusion Tahmyya Johnson, vice president of PRMX’s Parent Teacher Association, said parents have been given few details since Robinson was suspended. She has not received any emails or letters from school administrators or the district about Robinson’s absence or his reassignment. “We don’t know what’s happening,” Johnson said. “Dr. Vitti or anybody has not provided us any information on why he was removed, nothing.” She only found out about the school’s new principal last week when a counselor posted in the digital platform Class Dojo that Kirkland was doing a virtual meet-and-greet on May 22. Johnson and some other parents attempted to join the meeting, but said the Zoom link wasn’t working. “We expressed in the comments that we weren’t able to join, and they (the school) said that an in-person meet-and-greet would be established, but that was it,” Johnson said. “We haven’t heard anything else.” Johnson became a part of the PRMX community when she enrolled her son in pre-K a few years ago. He is now about to complete his second grade year. Johnson initially had a tough time choosing a school for her son and had talked to several DPSCD principals. But when she talked to Robinson, he was friendly and personable, she said. “He wanted to have a one-on-one meeting with me and tell me more about the school, and that stood out to me as a first-time parent trying to navigate public school,” Johnson said. “He didn’t make me feel like he was too busy to talk to me.” Johnson likes the family-friendly environment of PRMX and said that Robinson has a rapport with the students and knows them by name. She’s unsure if she will bring her son back to the school next year. “It almost feels as if they (the district) don’t want us there,” Johnson said. “Once the new school is up, they want new children, new teachers, new leadership. That’s exactly what it’s starting to feel like.” Reginald Kirkland is the new principalAccording to the PRMX website, Kirkland has served students in urban communities for more than 28 years as both a teacher and administrator. In addition to Carleton, he was principal at Bates Academy and the now-demolished Hanneman Elementary. Kirkland also has experience working in higher education, serving as a district and school improvement facilitator at Michigan State University and as director of K-12 relations at Henry Ford College. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a doctorate in educational leadership, both from Eastern Michigan University. In addition, Kirkland has a graduate degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Detroit Mercy. Principal a topic of discussion at school board meeting A community member and two PRMX staff members spoke against and in favor of Robinson during the public comment period at a school board meeting earlier this month. One woman spoke out against Robinson, saying he is responsible for his situation because he “lacks discipline and moral integrity.”Meanwhile, a teacher who has been at the school for nine years said Robinson has been supportive in her teaching efforts. She talked about PRMX’s move into another location and the challenges it created as a new building is being built on the old school site. “We have moved from our previous location to a new location, and with the move, there’s always going to be some transition,” the teacher said. “It is my hope that Dr. Robinson is able to lead us back to our old location because we were very successful.” Attendance agent Kirk Peterson also showed support for the principal, asking the board to look at the academy’s performance under Robinson’s leadership. “We need to keep Dr. Robinson where he’s at so he can continue to guide our children in the proper direction,” Peterson said. Micah Walker is a reporter for BridgeDetroit. You can reach her at mwalker@bridgedetroit.com.

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Jeffery Robinson, principal at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, will no longer lead the K-8 Afrocentric school due to “several disciplinary incidents and performance concerns,” Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said.

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Sheriff’s deputies have patrolled Solvang for more than four decades—since the city incorporated in 1985—but that could soon change as dissatisfied officials explore a new contract that would bring Lompoc police to the Danish-inspired hamlet. “We don’t believe we’re getting what we’re paying for,” Solvang City Manager Randy Murphy told the City Council this week. […] The post Solvang switch to Lompoc Police Department would end decades of Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s patrols appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

Writers and artists from San Antonio to Quezon City respond to James Baldwin's historic words about 'every bombed village' being our own hometowns as we witness US-backed bombs fall on Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Venezuela, and so many other places.

(The Center Square) - Following back-to-back deficits, the Spokane City Council is putting together its budget priorities for the 2027-28 biennium, with a focus on the courts and fully funding local reserves. The officials balanced a $13 million general fund gap heading into 2026 and a $25 million gap heading into 2025. Both deficits required cuts, but the council also relied on tax hikes proposed by the mayor’s office, one of which is voter-approved, along with a councilmanic parking tax and utility tax increases. The council weighed different priorities during a special committee meeting on Thursday amid plans to adopt a “balanced, realistic 2027-2028 biennial budget” by early to mid-December. The final priorities will be put to a vote by July, ahead of upcoming budget projections that could outline another deficit. Budget projections from last summer forecasted a $19 million to $26 million general fund gap in 2027.​ “Our revenues don’t look like, in the next biennium, they're going to suddenly start growing at a faster rate than our expenses,” Council Budget Director Kate Fairborn explained during Thursday’s meeting. “There is no magic money lying around, so if you do decide to fund anything more, that by definition means you are going to be funding something less,” she said, previewing the difficult decisions ahead. The first priority discussed on Thursday centered on increasing funding for the city’s municipal court. The bench presides over criminal misdemeanors and civil infractions, processing about 101,000 tickets annually. Court officials warned in March that case filings are increasing under a camping ban the dais passed last October, and that the prosecutor’s and public defender’s offices are running out of space.​ Fairborn said she’s been engaging with Mayor Lisa Brown’s administration to reach a “common mind” on how much funding the court should receive, but noted that the council hasn’t settled on a figure. The council budgeted about $10 million for the court in 2023-24 and about $12 million in 2025-26. “It's not about what we want, it's like, what’s the pool that we're taking from, and who are, you know, we potentially robbing in order to pay somebody else,” Councilmember Kate Telis weighed in Thursday.​ The second budget priority piggybacked off the first; Spokane, like other municipalities, is facing new public defender caseload standards from the Washington Supreme Court. Spokane’s attorneys usually handle about 320 to 360 cases annually, but the high court has dropped the limit from 400 to 120.​ Chief Public Defender Nick Antush told the council in March that his office has already refused over 160 cases so far this year due to a lack of resources - cases where taxpayers already foot the bill for the arrests, jail and other justice services, only to be thrown out due to a lack of public defenders. The city’s 2025-26 budget funded 20 public defenders, but Antush says they may need to triple that headcount over the next decade to keep pace with the new caseload standards by the 2036 deadline. The public defender’s office had a $6.5 million budget in 2023-24, rising to $8.4 million in 2025-26. “The city will definitely need to lean into the funding of public defenders more than we have, and their facilities and related costs,” Fairborn said, referencing a lack of space in the office and competitive pay. The last concrete priority discussed on Thursday focuses on stabilizing the city’s general fund reserves. Former Mayor Nadine Woodward took office at the end of 2019, when the city’s general fund had an unassigned general fund balance of about $27 million and total reserves of about $64.5 million. By the time Mayor Lisa Brown took over in 2024, the unappropriated fund balance had fallen to $7.5 million.​ As of March 31, 2026, the city had $33.4 million in total general fund reserves, with $5 million of that being unappropriated. About $7 million of the total is held in a revenue stabilization reserve, which is supposed to contain 3.5% of annual expenditures; it currently accounts for only about 2.7% of that. About $21 million of the total general fund balance is in a contingency reserve, intended to contain 10% of annual expenditures. At its current level, the fund accounts for only about 7.7% of annual spending. Fairborn said those reserves have remained steady over the last few years, but the money won’t go as far when the city wants to use it in the future due to rising spending and inflation. She suggested that the council reduce overall general funding spending by 0.5% in 2027-28 and refill the city’s reserves. “We have to start making some attempt to replenish our reserves, they have been depleted, reduced significantly over the last few years,” Council President Betsy Wilkerson said on Thursday. ​These priorities are subject to change over the coming weeks and could expand to include increasing funding for the city’s libraries, avoiding deferred maintenance and reaching long-term sustainability.