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Officials said the new guidelines help narrow what protections are in place surrounding the use of artificial intelligence.

Gov. Mike Braun said he wants a rehearing for the case. The post What to know about the latest AES rate increase appeared first on Mirror Indy.

River enthusiasts are dismayed and alarmed by Kern County’s plan to use riprap – boulders and chunks of rock – to shore up the bank along Kernville’s Riverside Park, which was damaged during the 2023 flood. Dumping riprap on the bank of an otherwise accessible and heavily used section of the Kern River is a […]

New questions are being raised about newly released public records tied to Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico and a state investigation into the attempted appointment of his boss to the JEA board. The post Newly released Carrico records raise questions about altered text messages in JEA probe appeared first on The Florida Trib.

(The Center Square) – Illinois now has the fifth-highest error rate in the nation for improper payments to recipients of federal food subsidies, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker is blaming the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Wednesday that the nation’s states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments during fiscal year 2025. Illinois’ error rate of 14.67% is up from 11.56% last year and ranks fifth highest among states. Starting Oct. 1, states with average error rates more than 6% will pay more for administrative costs, potentially costing Illinois taxpayers more than $800 million a year. A reporter asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker about the increase at an event in Chicago on Thursday. “It’s all with the goal by the federal government to basically push people off of SNAP,” the governor said. Pritzker said the Illinois Department of Human Services and other state officials have been working to improve the error rate. Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, said the governor promised to improve the rate before he gave his budget address in February. “You're not serving the most vulnerable people who need it, and that's really what's more concerning for me is the amount of money that will be lost to the people that actually need it because they're not willing to do their job,” McCombie told The Center Square. McCombie said Pritzker blames congressional Republicans and President Trump all the time. “This is his to own and we're gonna have very vulnerable people lose benefits because he refuses to fix one of the highest rates in the nation,” McCombie said. The Savanna Republican said there isn’t room in the budget for another billion dollars of food assistance. “They need to right away get into that agency, figure out who is on the roll right now. Who’s getting it? Who should be getting it? Who's getting too much, who's getting too little and fix that error rate,” McCombie said. Greg Bishop and Thérèse Boudreaux contributed to this story.

Pripadnici crnogorske policije uhapsili su u Kotoru A.B (39) lice koje Sjedinjene Države traže zbog organizovanih hakerskih napada, računarske prevare i krađe identiteta, a koje se dovodi u vezu sa Iranskom revolucionarnom gardom, saopšteno je iz Ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova Crne Gore. Hapšenje je sprovedeno u saradnji sa američkim Federalnim istražnim biroom (FBI), a A.B. koji ima državljanstvo Turske i Irana se smatra visokoprofilnom metom. On je uhapšen radi obezbjeđivanja njegovog...

Lisa Pratt is officially the Democratic nominee for the Maine House of Representatives District 135 race following a recount Thursday afternoon. Rachel Phipps had trailed Pratt by less than 30 votes, with a count of 1151 to 1133. Those numbers did not change after the recount. House District 135, which covers part of Kennebunk, is […]

A Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday limits Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms from their products. The 7-2 decision overturned a 2023 Missouri circuit court ruling that required agrochemical company Monsanto to pay John Durnell of St. Louis $1.25 million in compensatory damages for failing to warn customers of the cancer-causing […]

Saturday and until at least next Thursday, parts of Mississippi could see a heat index between 105 and 110 degrees, creating conditions that could cause heat-related illnesses.

A group of Ashland residents held a protest Wednesday against the use of municipal water for constructing the controversial reroute of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline across northern Wisconsin.  The reroute has been protested and challenged in court by locals, members of the nearby Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental groups for […]

Italy and France have expressed reservations about the European Commission’s proposal to ban former Russian military personnel from entering the European Union, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

(The Center Square) – Each chamber of North Carolina’s General Assembly gaveled in and out quickly on Thursday, with no votes taken and the long overdue state budget remaining on the to do list. Day 360 came and went with lawmakers yet to enact the two-year spending plan. Talks are believed to be in the final stages, and a framework taking care of major issues was announced last month. Any optimism tied to the Democratic governor and the Republican majority chambers being closer in spending than was the case last time has long since evaporated. Senators and House representatives are first solving the prevailing party’s issues. The Senate and the House of Representatives gave proposals in spring of 2025 at $65.9 billion over the two years. First-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein filed a $67.9 billion plan. That’s a lot closer than the 2023 figures of $67 billion from then-Gov. Roy Cooper and $60.7 billion by the chambers. On Day 316 of the delay, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, jointly announced key framework resolutions. Among them were bonuses and raises for teachers and lawmen; a new structure on the personal income tax rate; and the House proposal for property tax revaluation levy limit. The personal income tax triggers are being repealed and a new schedule set. For tax years 2027, 2028 and 2029, the rate will be 3.49%. In 2030, 2031, 2032, the rate will be 3.24%. In 2033 and 2034, it will drop to 2.99%. At that point, triggers will be put back to take the rate to 2.74% and eventually 2.49%. Final details, the top lawmakers said, would require about a month to complete. That was 34 days ago. Within the past 10 days, Berger has said negotiations are going in the right direction. Both leaders have suggested a deal before the end of the month on Tuesday. State law requires a balanced state budget, and for the two-year comprehensive plan to be enacted on July 1 of odd-numbered years – the first year of lawmakers’ two-year terms. There is usually a budget adjustment in the even-numbered years. Put into place through the state budget in 2016, Republican majorities made sure state government would not stop – as the federal government does without a budget – by enacting law to use the most previous year’s spending plan if a new budget is not in place. Still, the lack of a budget since expiration of the most recent two-year plan – one not signed by Cooper, instead allowed to become law without his signature – is easily climbing into campaigns. All 170 seats in the Legislature are in this election cycle, though some essentially have already been decided by primaries and uncontested November ballots.

Taipei and Beijing are integrating autonomous tech to monitor remote outposts in the South China Sea.

Haití está bajo el dominio de pandillas armadas que controlan una parte significativa de Puerto Príncipe y las carreteras nacionales, y que ejercen una violencia sistemática contra la población civil: incendios, violaciones, secuestros y extorsiones.

Headlines about PALM workers left with $100 after deductions have driven scheme reforms. But what do the data actually show about pay, deductions and hours — and where do the real problems lie?DisclosureThis research was supported by the Pacific Research Program, with funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The views are those of the authors only. About the author/sRyan EdwardsRyan Edwards is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Deputy Director of the Development Policy Centre at The Australian National University.

No major holidays this weekend, but two of the city's signature celebrations, plus a fun slate of music-related events, are on tap.

Unemployment in Mississippi remained unchanged through May, following a national trend. It has held at around 3.8% for the past year. Nonfarm payroll employment for the state was at a 10-year high at 1,195,400, but more or less unchanged from a year ago and month over month.  Gov. Tate Reeves celebrated the nonfarm employment number. […]

ORDA leaders say the Mountain Bike World Series finale in Lake Placid provides significant economic benefits and visibility to the region

Advocates said the “metering” tactic created a humanitarian crisis as thousands of people settled in unsafe makeshift shelters to await their turn. The Trump administration said it was necessary to deal with an increase of asylum seekers at the border. The post Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to revive restrictive policy for asylum seekers appeared first on El Paso Matters.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin was one of nine states to avoid paying penalties for having a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program error rate on payments of more than 6% in fiscal 2025. Wisconsin’s 5.72% error rate fell below the 10.62% payment error rate average in the U.S. Only South Dakota (2.45%), Idaho (3.85%), Wyoming (3.95%), Kentucky (4.7%), Iowa (5.34%), the U.S. Virgin Islands (5.36%), Vermont (5.38%), Utah (5.54%) and Nebraska (5.9%) avoided the penalty. Wisconsin’s penalty would have been $205.5 million. Wisconsin's 2024 error rate was 4.47%. Gov. Tony Evers’ office sent a press release claiming that error rates “do not measure fraud, are based on unintentional mistakes states do not control, and no state will ever have a zero-percent error rate.” Wisconsin Act 116, signed at the end of March, provided $72 million in funding toward SNAP administration in the state. But the error rate numbers announced this week were for the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, 2025. “Wisconsin’s low FoodShare error rate is a reflection of the hard work and expertise of all the people across our state who run one of the best SNAP programs in the nation,” Wisconsin Medicaid Director Amanda Dreyer said in a statement. “I applaud the incredible staff and partners who make this program possible. We are committed to doing what it takes to help every Wisconsinite who needs assistance buying food and, at the same time, meet the highest standards of accuracy. Thank you to everyone who helps feed Wisconsin families.”