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During the Phenology Report for the week of March 31, 2026, Staff Phenologist John Latimer looks forward to the busy month of April.

COLUMBIA — The State Ports Authority wants to cut labor costs at its Leatherman Terminal so more container ships will be willing to use the $1.5 billion facility that’s operated by an all-union workforce. The initiative is part of the authority’s larger effort to rein in costs and boost cargo as the Port of Charleston […]

The Montana Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge from a coalition of business and industry groups over a proposed ballot initiative seeking to limit corporate spending in Montana elections.  In a unanimous decision, the court said reviewing the constitutionality of an initiative is “disfavored” because Montanans have a right to go through the initiative process.  […]

A Justiça do Rio Grande do Sul suspendeu as obras do empreendimento imobiliário Tipuanas, de 20 andares, próximo da Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho, área reconhecida pelo valor ambiental e paisagístico de Porto Alegre. A decisão liminar determina a paralisação imediata de qualquer intervenção no local e obriga a prefeitura a apresentar estudos complementares. A medida […] Fonte

Corte Solidario program at Mary Rigg offers free cuts from experienced stylists Tuesdays. The post ‘When you look good, you feel good’: Westsiders get free haircuts here appeared first on Mirror Indy.

The Idaho Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to restore Medicaid mental health treatment programs that the state cut to comply with the governor’s order for budget cuts. In less than three months since an Idaho Medicaid contractor cut a mobile treatment program for people with severe mental illness, four patients died, the Idaho Capital […]

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld an injunction against a 2023 Montana law that treats clinics that offer abortion access differently than other medical providers — another ruling by the high court that protected the reproductive rights of women to access abortion, even as the state passed a constitutional amendment in 2024 guaranteeing that right. […]

The century-old airport will close in 2028.

英国将于周四召开一次约有35个国家参加的线上会议，讨论怎么样重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。线上会议将由英国外交大臣库珀主持。

La dirigente opositora María Corina Machado intensifica su actividad en Estados Unidos en busca de apoyo para una transición democrática en Venezuela, pero se topa con una Casa Blanca más centrada en la estabilidad que en un cambio inmediato de poder.

With one eye fixed on the calendar, supporters of a bill that would make it harder to charge juveniles as adults pressed a House committee to accept a clean Senate version of the bill to improve its chances of passage in the remaining days of the session.

El español detecta menos vibraciones en Suzuka y Aston trabaja en soluciones para el AMR26.

The city began its review of the new plans for the site a month ago, following a series of permit applications, expirations and cancelations.

美国总统特朗普周三表示，伊朗总统已要求停火，在霍尔木兹海峡重新开放并保障关键能源运输之前， 特朗普排除了达成任何停火协议的可能性。伊朗断然否认了特朗普的说法，伊朗外交部发言人巴盖伊说特朗普的话“是假的，毫无根据”。

Mission Hospital has received state approval to add 95 more acute-care beds to its main facility in Buncombe County despite being under investigation by state and federal healthcare agencies for repeated safety violations linked to multiple patient deaths in recent years. In making the Certificate of Need award on March 27, the North Carolina Department […] The post Despite multiple safety sanctions, Mission Hospital receives state approval to add 95 more beds in Asheville appeared first on Asheville Watchdog.

Officials say the change will affect an estimated 23,000 people in Los Angeles County.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox.Newark is not the same city it was a decade ago. Mayor Ras Baraka made that clear during his 12th State of the City address Tuesday, a presentation of Newark’s beauty “in the face of so much ugly.”On education, Baraka pointed to a number of successes. Last school year, the district’s graduation rate went up to a record-high 90%, chronic absenteeism decreased to 10.4% — achievements that earned the district a top recognition for student attendance and school climate from the Council of Great City Schools — new pipeline programs for high school students are on the way, and hundreds of prekindergarten and middle school seats have been added in light of rising enrollment in those grades. On top of that, Michael B. Jordan, a graduate of Newark Public Schools, won the Oscar for Best Actor this year, a moment of pride for the city, Baraka said. “Our city is not perfect, but we are at a damn better place than we were a decade ago,” he said during Tuesday’s address in front of city and state leaders at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.Baraka, a former Newark Public Schools teacher and principal, emphasized public school successes in his speech, which were celebrated with loud applause and cheers from the crowd. Superintendent Roger León, who sat in the front row during Tuesday’s address, inherited a school system in 2018 that barely graduated half of its high school students and had just spent two decades under the state’s control. Many of the gains Baraka shared have been meaningful.But other metrics, ones Baraka didn’t share, show that many students are still struggling. Last spring, only 34% of students in grades 3-9 passed the state’s English Language Arts test, while 21% passed the math portion. Those numbers lag behind statewide averages. But that tension between celebrating how far the district has come and the urgency to move the work forward isn’t lost on those hoping to shape Newark Public Schools’ next chapter. Mark Comesañas, a 2026 school board candidate on the Baraka-endorsed ‘Moving Newark Schools Forward’ slate, said the gains are worth celebrating while also looking ahead. “We need to celebrate, and we should celebrate, but also, how do we stay hungry to do more?”Comesañas also said he was interested in learning if “there are any groups of young people for which this progress isn’t reaching,” and if so, what specific supports are in place for those students. Lisa Gray, also a 2026 school board candidate who’s running independently, raised questions about the validity of the data being reported to the public. “I wonder what processes are in place to ensure the integrity of the data, and how we know that the data being reported is accurate. The school board is supposed to be responsible for that,” said Gray, a former two-decade district employee. She also said the metrics Baraka shared on Tuesday fail to show the need for more parent, student, and teacher engagement in school district decisions. “I think we need to involve them more and take them seriously,” Gray added. That’s something students, parents, and advocates have repeatedly voiced concerns about after demanding more transparency from the district and a better seat at the table. Baraka acknowledged Tuesday that more needs to be done across the city, even as schools have improved. He said that returning public schools to local control restored community ownership and stability. And he and other city leaders have started the work to get Newark students reading more, with a goal to expand programs across the city. In 2023, Baraka launched a 10-point action plan to help foster reading opportunities for city children and boost literacy rates. And last month, Newark hosted a literacy symposium where community members and city partners gathered to talk about building more literacy programs across the area. “There’s a lot of work to do, but collectively we can get it done,” Baraka said. Jessie Gómez is a reporter for Chalkbeat Newark, covering public education in the city. Contact Jessie at jgomez@chalkbeat.org.

Georgia could soon have an official new state flower.  Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Sen. Rick Williams, calls for changing the state floral emblem from the invasive Cherokee rose, which is native to southern China, to the native sweetbay magnolia.  Similar bills have run into opposition in the past, including from the chairman […]

Residents from Tucker County delivered a petition with more than 3,000 signatures to Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office on Wednesday, urging him to consider a different route for a portion of Corridor H that would run between Parsons and Davis. The 9-mile section of the highway is one of the last remaining to be built. When […]

Em um momento crucial para a ilha caribenha, um grupo de militantes do Rio Grande do Sul se prepara para integrar a 19ª Brigada Internacional de Solidariedade Primeiro de Maio, em Cuba, de 26 de abril a 9 de maio. Parte do grupo se reuniu na Casa Diógenes de Oliveira, na Cidade Baixa, nessa terça-feira […] Fonte