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An update released Friday shows current fiscal year revenue is expected to be about 1.2% higher than what lawmakers budgeted for. For the upcoming year, new projections are now more bullish than what Gov. JB Pritzker proposed, according to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at A Conference on Housing, which was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. This is Panel 2: Intersection of Climate and Housing Policies. Panelists: Zak Accuardi, Natural Resources Defense Council; Jordan Grimes, Greenbelt Alliance; Brian Hanlon, CAYIMBY; Moira O’Neill, UC College of Law, San Francisco. Moderated by Camille von Kaenel, POLITICO

(The Center Square) – An initiative requiring a sentence of life in prison for child trafficking has qualified for Colorado’s November ballot, the secretary of state’s office said. Initiative #108, titled "Penalties for human trafficking of a minor,” would make the human trafficking of a minor for sex a class one felony, rather than a class two felony. If passed by voters, the requirement for life sentences without the possibility of parole would take effect Jan. 1, 2027. “Residents of Colorado and other states and territories throughout the United States have seen an alarming increase in human trafficking, especially human trafficking involving minor children,” the initiative’s text says. “Current penalties in Colorado law with parole possible in as little as eight years have failed to adequately deter the human trafficking of minor children.” According to the office, supporters of the initiative submitted 169,775 signatures. “After reviewing a five-percent random sample of the submitted signatures, the Elections Division projected the number of valid signatures to be greater than 110 percent of the total number of signatures required for placement on the ballot,” the office said in a news release on Thursday. Statewide initiative petitions require at least 124,238 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. Protect Kids Colorado, the group behind Initiative #108, says on its website it’s a “coalition protecting kids and strengthening families in Colorado.” PKC Executive Director Erin Lee said in a news release that thousands of volunteers help with the effort to get the measure on the ballot. “This moment belongs to the people of Colorado,” she said. “Thousands of volunteers stepped forward across our state including parents, grandparents, faith leaders, students, and concerned citizens because they believe children deserve stronger protection. We are deeply grateful to every volunteer who gave their time to gather signatures and make this possible. Because of them, the voters of Colorado will now have the opportunity to take action to protect children.” The group is also behind initiatives #109, titled “Male and Female Participation in School Sports,” and #110, titled “Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors.” Signatures for both measures were submitted last month and are currently under review, according to the secretary of state’s website. PKC did not respond to The Center Square’s request for comments. Two other measures have made the ballot so far. One would increase penalties for the sale or possession of fentanyl, and the other proposes amending the state constitution to require law enforcement to notify the federal government if an illegal immigrant is charged with a crime in the state.

(The Center Square) – Former President Barack Obama said his path to the White House was laid by late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The public home going service for Jackson was at House of Hope in Chicago on Friday. Obama said he was nominated for the presidency because of the path Jackson laid when he ran for president in 1984 and 1988. “Because of his courage, his audacity, that two decades later, a young Black senator from Chicago’s South Side would even be taken seriously as a candidate for the presidential nomination,” Obama said. Former presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton also attended the service. Other speakers included Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Pritzker said you could feel Jackson’s spirit in the movements for justice that grew from the seeds he tilled. “His ambition, the North Star of his advocacy, was to shape a world where justice is not an anomaly but a constant,” Pritzker said. Johnson spoke for several minutes before encouraging musical accompaniment. He then said it is time to fully fund education and build an economy that works for all. “Black, brown, white, Asian, young, old, it is time for the ultra-rich to pay their fair share in taxes on the other side of the bridge. Reverend, you crossed your bridge. We know our assignment. We see you on the other side,” Johnson said, as music played and the crowd rose to its feet. Jackson died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. ###

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Це не вперше, коли в Москві затримали іранців, які солідаризуються зі співгромадянами, які виступають проти режиму аятол

နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဥ်းသား အားလုံး ပြန်လွှတ်‌ပေးဖို့၊ အကြမ်းဖက်တိုက်ခိုက်တာ လျှော့ချဖို့နဲ့ အားလုံးပါဝင်တဲ့ နိုင်ငံရေ

By not keeping score, inequality gets swept under the rug. The post Women are taught NOT to KEEP score in relationships, and that’s propping up patriarchy appeared first on rabble.ca.

A Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal (CLDF) realizou, nesta quinta-feira (5), uma audiência pública para debater o Projeto de Lei (PL) nº 1.819/2025, que estabelece medidas de proteção à dignidade, ao nome e à imagem de mulheres vítimas de violência. A proposta é de autoria do deputado distrital Max Maciel (Psol-DF). O projeto surge em […] Fonte

အာဏာသိမ်း ၅ နှစ်ကြာတဲ့အထိ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက ပဋိပက္ခအဆုံးသတ်မယ့် လက္ခဏာမရှိသဖြင့် အရေးပေါ်ဖိအားပေးမှုတွေလိုအပ်ဟုဆို။

گوتەبێژی کۆشکی سپی ڕایگەیاند، حکومەتی ئەمەریکا سەرقاڵی چەند بژاردەیەکە بۆ ڕێبەری داهاتووی ئێران، ئەمەش ڕۆژێک دوای لێدوانەکەی سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا دێت سەبارەت بە ڕۆڵی واشنتن لە هەڵبژاردنی ڕێبەری داهاتووی ئێراندا. . کارۆلین لیڤێت گوتەبێژی کۆشکی سپی ڕۆژی هەینی ڕایگەیاند حکومەتی ئەمەریکا سەرقاڵی هەڵسەنگاندنی چەندین بژاردەیە بۆ ڕێبەری داهاتووی ئێران. بەڵام وردەکاری زیاتری لەو بارەیەوە نەخستەڕوو. لە هەمان کاتدا، کۆشکی سپی دەڵێت، ئەمەریکا بە سەر ئاسمانی ئێراندا باڵادەستە و چاوەڕوان دەکرێت لە چوار بۆ...

دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهوری آمریکا روز جمعه گفت در یک جلسه با شرکت‌های عمده دفاعی آمریکا توافق شد که آنها تولید سلاح‌های «رده پیشرفته» را چهار برابر کنند تا «بتوانیم در سریع‌ترین زمان ممکن به بالاترین سطح تولید برسیم.»

At the core of a new Bedford County-based lawsuit challenging Virginia’s pending reproductive rights amendment is an allegation that House of Delegates Clerk Paul Nardo failed to send copies of the amendment to circuit court clerks around the state, as required by law. However, a bill Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed last month retroactively removed that […]

A large-scale pilot project studying the effects of recharging water onto pistachio orchards, some with cover crops and some without,  is in full swing across the San Joaquin Valley.  The […]

အခွန်ထက် နိုင်ငံရေးပက်သက်ဆက်နွှယ်သူတွေကို ခြေရာခံထိန်းချုပ်ဖို့ ခြေလှမ်းဟု လေ့လာသူတွေ ရှုမြင်။

(The Center Square) – Two years of legal sports wagering are in the books for North Carolina, and state coffers are averaging gains of better than $364,000 per day. February’s take was the lowest ($10.4 million) since last summer, yet still at a robust $373,232 per day. Eight months into the fiscal year, the $96,218,530 has been added in estimated tax proceeds. The state Office of Budget and Management forecast the state to benefit by $74.9 million in fiscal year 2025 and $142 million in fiscal year 2026. The first full year was 55.7% higher. For perspective on state revenue, the individual income tax is the state’s largest revenue source and its increase in fiscal year 2025 was more than $637 million. Sales and use tax generate an estimated $5 billion annually. The corporate income tax and franchise tax are other streams topping the sports wagering windfall. The calculation for state coffers is 18% of the gross wagering revenue. That sum is the amounts received by interactive sports wagering operators from sports wagers as authorized under state law, less the amounts paid as winnings before any deductions for expenses, fees or taxes. Total gambled exceeded $581.6 million in February and total won by bettors topped $535 million. The gross wagering revenue was $58,058,337 factoring in adjustments. Promotional revenue was $14.4 million. The best months for the state’s total take are April 2024 ($18,945,301), November ($16,728,516), December ($14,672,613), January ($14,460,977) and October ($14,066,214). Five things, per Session Law 2023-42, can happen with the proceeds. There’s $2 million annually to the Department of Health and Human Services for gambling addiction education and treatment programs; and there’s $1 million annually to the North Carolina Amateur Sports to expand youth sports opportunities. Also annually, a third element is $300,000 to each of 13 state public school collegiate athletic departments. Fourth is $1 million annually to the N.C. Youth Outdoor Engagement Commission, which awards grants. About 30% goes to help North Carolina attract major sporting events.

In a surprise twist, the Georgia Senate voted down a measure that would have made district attorneys in five metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan offices.  The bill failed on the floor Friday in a 24-29 vote, with several prominent Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte and Sen. Matt Brass, who chairs the gatekeeping Senate Rules […]

(The Center Square) – Illinois State Police say a tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children led to the arrest of a Rockford man on child sexual abuse materials charges. Following the tip, ISP said an extensive investigation led to charges against Jasper Albin-Chavez, 19, for allegedly assaulting a child and disseminating, producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials. BLACK LIVES MATTER RESIGNATION Black Lives Matter Lake County executive director Clyde McLemore says he will resign after being caught on video engaging in a fight at his Waukegan office with a female worker who alleged he mishandled organization funds. Lake and McHenry County Scanner reported that the video surfaced after the Waukegan Police Department responded on January 12 to the Black Lives Matter Resource Center for a report of an unknown subject and a battery call. NFIB EMPLOYMENT REPORT NFIB State Director Noah Finley says national hiring plans have dipped to their lowest level since last May, but the demand for skilled workers remains incredibly high. According to seasonally-adjusted numbers in NFIB’s latest jobs report, 33% of small business owners reported job openings they could not fill in February, up 2 points from January.

အီရန်လေယာဥ်ဆီတင်ပို့မှုရပ်သွားနိုင်ပေမယ့် တခြားက ဝယ်ယူနိုင်တဲ့အခွင့်အလန်းတွေကိုပါ ပိတ်ဆို့အရေးယူသင့်ဟုဆို။

In all, county leaders plan to have 162 beds at the so-called Mental Health Care Campus, ranging from subacute psychiatric care to permanent supportive housing.