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Rep. Angie Craig is calling for urgent medical treatment and possible release of a 23-year-old detainee after ICE confirmed her ovarian cyst but failed to outline a plan for surgery. The post Minnesota woman detained by ICE in El Paso still denied ovarian cyst surgery, congresswoman says appeared first on El Paso Matters.

How can educators reimagine schools in the wake of Hurricane Helene?  This spring, western North Carolina (WNC) schools will complete the first full academic year since the hurricane made landfall in September 2024.  On April 23, Open Way Learning (OWL)... The post Student voices help shape post-Helene recovery efforts through the WNC Resilience Project appeared first on EdNC.

Editor’s note: This perspective originally appeared in Community College Daily. It is republished here with permission from the author. A few months ago, a woman at a community event asked about our certified nursing assistant (CNA) program. She was caring for... The post Perspective | Workforce Pell won’t work if students don’t know it exists appeared first on EdNC.

(The Center Square) – A new bill making its way through the California Legislature this year aims to allow families of mentally ill defendants to stay involved in their loved one’s court proceedings and care. According to a legislative analysis, Senate Bill 1242 would keep a family member in the loop when that member is the original petitioner for their loved one to go through CARE Court. “Initially, once the proceeding was initiated, continued input by the family should be allowed, but it has not been the practice,” Sen. Steven Choi, R-Irvine and author of the bill, told The Center Square on Monday morning. “It required the respondent’s consent, and sometimes, the respondent may have their own neurological impairment, preventing them even to recognize their illness. Sometimes they may experience paranoia to their own families.” The bill would remove that impediment to family members who originally petitioned their loved one to be heard in CARE Court to continue providing information to the court that would assist in their mentally ill loved one’s treatment, Choi said. “A judge would have discretion and have his or her own judgment in preventing family members to participate if they determine that such participation would be detrimental to the respondent’s treatment or well-being,” Choi added. “So this is not excluding the judge’s intervention.” Opponents of the bill told The Center Square on Monday that they are concerned that the bill could strip CARE Court respondents of their rights under current law, which allows a CARE Court respondent to pick a person from a list of family members and other trusted individuals to provide information to the court. “SB 1242 would eliminate the respondent's right to select a specific support person they trust,” said Meron Agonafer, policy director at Cal Voices, a mental health support organization that opposes the bill. “Cal Voices believes this would infringe on the respondent’s right to choose a supporter, undermining the voluntary nature of the CARE process," Agonafer told The Center Square. "We would love to see this entire bill killed.” The bill’s advocates said the goal is for families of mentally-ill loved ones going through CARE Court to keep playing a role in their loved one’s care. “What we have noticed is that a supporter role is actually not producing that partnership,” said Suzanne Fidler, a psychiatrist, attorney and a member of the Orange County Bar Association. “It’s more the family petitioner who is going to have that relevant, concurrent, real-time information about the respondent to inform the CARE Court team, as well as ensure that resources are being received by the respondent," Fidler told The Center Square on Monday. CARE Court, or the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court, was established by Senate Bill 1338 in 2022. The CARE Court Program Act allowed someone, usually a family member, to petition a court to enroll the defendant in mental health treatment services. Any treatment programs or services provided to the mentally ill person are completely voluntary. According to a 2023 report from the Public Policy Institute of California, roughly 19,000 inmates in California’s jail population had some form of mental illness in 2023, part of a dramatic climb in the number of mentally-ill inmates. That same report shows that between January 2010 and June 2023, the percentage of inmates with mental illness jumped from 20% to 53%. Senate Bill 1242 passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 29 and will now head to the Senate floor.

Abu Dabi señala a Teherán por lanzar ataques con drones contra dos buques petroleros y misiles balísticos contra objetivos en su territorio, después de que Washington anunciara su intención de guiar el paso de embarcaciones por el estrecho.

“Gabriel Galípolo é um traidor”, disparou Bresser-Pereira há poucos dias. Não iria tão longe, ainda tenho uma esperança (minguante) de que Galípolo possa reorientar a política monetária. Mas não há dúvida de que é imensa a frustração com o presidente e os diretores do Banco Central — tanto mais que todos eles foram nomeadas pelo […] Fonte

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has quantified some of the impacts of poaching in the state from 2025 with an uptick in reported poaching cases and fines leveraged against defendants compared to 2024. In a report by TIPMONT, the state’s program that encourages the public to report poaching crimes by offering reward payouts to informants […]

Txuri-urdinak ezinean aritu dira Sanchez Pizjuan zelaian, eta 1-0 galdu dute. Ondorioz, Alaves jaitsiera postuetan sartu da.

The Democratic contest to be the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor went from a relatively quiet race to one of the most spirited on the May ballot after one candidate joined the race at the last minute.   Three candidates are battling it out at a time when Democrats are feeling optimistic about their chances of […]

A Louisiana legislative committee that oversees redistricting will meet Friday to hear public comments on a new congressional district map after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the existing version.  Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, said the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, which he chairs, will likely favor a map that preserves […]

Parlamentul votează, astăzi, moțiunea de cenzură depusă împotriva Guvernului Bolojan. Moţiunea intitulată "STOP Planului Bolojan", iniţiată de PSD, AUR şi PACE, vizează demiterea executivului pe fondul nemulţumirilor legate de reformele administrative şi vânzarea unor active ale statului. "Indiferent ce se întâmplă, România va continua să păstreze traiectoria occidentală.", a transmis președintele Nicușor Dan.

An ad attacking Sen. Susan Collins in Maine claimed that she voted "to raise healthcare costs and raise insurance premiums," as well as give President Donald Trump "a blank check for his war in Iran." But neither claim fully explains Collins' more nuanced position on those issues. The post Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War appeared first on FactCheck.org.

In the bench trial, expected to run over the next three weeks in Santa Fe, the state Department of Justice will argue that Meta’s actions constitute a public nuisance. The state is asking for both monetary relief, and for the court to order the company operate differently for its youth users.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The fate of a passenger rail service between Oklahoma and Texas is once again in jeopardy. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation requested $2.5 million more to operate the Heartland Flyer, but the Legislature did not allocate any money in the upcoming fiscal year budget to pay for the Amtrak passenger rail service, […]

OMAHA — Nearly 14,000 votes cast in this year’s Omaha Metropolitan Area Tourism Awards contest led to a slate of standouts in four categories. The awards, announced Monday, recognize tourism attractions that made a difference in the lives of area residents and visitors. The awards are presented by Visit Omaha and Unleash Council Bluffs. Winners will […]

Os organizadores da Flotilha Global Sumud, o brasileiro Thiago Ávila e o palestino-espanhol Saif Abukeshek, foram visitados nesta segunda-feira (4) por suas advogadas no centro de detenção Shikma, em Askalan, Israel. A Adalah, organização de defesa dos direitos humanos e civis que representa os ativistas, alerta “para o abuso psicológico e os maus-tratos sofridos pelos ativistas”. […] Fonte

The State Auditor’s office is clamping down on what it called “a troubling and deceptive business practice” regarding “misleading” health insurance plans from companies that offer poor coverage and bad customer service. In a press release, State Auditor James Brown said his office has received numerous complaints against a company, Strategic Limited Partners, that is […]

Looser protections and development are putting the state’s eagle population at risk.

Austin Claseman, 31, Bemidji, is a former charter school teacher and board member. He received a three-year sentence for distributing and possessing child sex abuse material.

Al inicio de esta semana, dos líneas de colectivos en Valdivia anunciaron un aumento de tarifas que comenzará a mediados...