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Marli Gonçalves, a editora do site Chumbo Gordo, criado em 2015 por Carlos Brickmann, já falecido, talvez tenha sido quem deu o berro mais alto ao chamar Paulo Figueiredo, neto do ditador João Figueiredo, de “um imbecil, geneticamente transtornado”. Por quê? Por ter defendido num áudio, nos EUA onde está foragido, e distribuído pelas redes […] O post apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

(The Center Square) - While a formal proposal has yet to reach the city council, Spokane is looking at doubling the $20 “car tab” fee that residents pay, and one official says it's not a matter of if, but when. Last month, a Facebook page called “Shame on Spokane” said that the council voted on June 23 to double the city’s vehicle registration fees from $20 to $40. Some residents corrected the page, since the city’s transportation commission hadn't issued a recommendation and there isn’t an official proposal yet. Councilmember Michael Cathcart told The Center Square that voters should have the final say on this. “I've been told essentially that it's going to happen,” Cathcart said on Tuesday, “The question is when.”​ The conservative said the council majority would likely adopt it before Mayor Lisa Brown proposes her next biennial budget this fall. The council implemented the fee in 2011 to fund the city’s transportation benefit district, but the value of the resulting revenue has eroded due to inflation over the last decade. When The Center Square requested an interview, Jon Snyder, the city’s director of transportation and sustainability and the commission's secretary, responded via email that the council has better insight. “The topic of increasing car tab fees has been discussed by the Transportation Commission, but there is no current proposal to do so. I recommend you reach out to the City Council, as they would be the body to bring forward a proposal if there was one,” Snyder responded in a Monday email to The Center Square.​ On June 17, the commission expressed support for increasing the car tab fee after the topic came up in council committee meetings on April 13 and June 8. City staff said $20 in 2011 is worth roughly $30 in 2026, but due to inflation, the actual purchasing power of that revenue from the $20 fee is closer to $15. Synder told the commission during the June 17 meeting that the council could replace the fee with a sales tax increase. He ultimately directed staff to tell the council during a committee meeting later this month that the transportation commission is interested in increasing the city’s vehicle registration fee. “What could be done with the doubling of that money? Perhaps there's a larger list [of maintenance and preservation projects] that you're looking at to expand next time,” Abigail Martin, the city council’s manager of neighborhood connectivity initiatives, said during the commission’s meeting on June 17. Car tabs currently generate about $3 million annually for Spokane, but revenue has declined as fewer people register their vehicles, even as the population grows. The issue isn’t unique to Spokane either; CARFAX ranked Washington among the states with the most expired registrations at the start of 2025. State lawmakers considered proposals earlier this year that would’ve allowed officers to ticket parked cars for expired car tabs and expanded state law to subject more vehicles to transportation benefit district fees. Both proposals stalled before reaching either chamber floor for a vote, but lawmakers could bring them back in 2027.​ Voters have approved three statewide ballot initiatives seeking to cap annual car tab fees at $30, but the courts have stepped in each time. Under state law, the Spokane council can double the fee to $40 without voter approval, and once it’s in effect for at least two years, the council can increase it again to $50.​ “We shouldn't be increasing it at all when we know for a fact that our taxpayers, ratepayers, citizens are all maxed out, and there are big asks coming, both on the public safety front, on the libraries, on transit, all these things that people are being asked to fund and/or continue funding,” Cathcart told The Center Square. “I don't think it's the appropriate time to do that, but if we are going to do it, it should go to a vote.”

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Quando se fala de Donald Trump, o debate costuma concentrar-se em suas falas, seus gestos e suas decisões mais polêmicas. Pouco espaço é dedicado à compreensão da estratégia política que orienta essas ações. O noticiário acompanha cada movimento do presidente norte-americano, mas raramente oferece ao público uma leitura geopolítica capaz de explicar a lógica que […] O post Donald Trump e o tabuleiro de War apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

(The Center Square) – Private prison operator CoreCivic has sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for $1.5 billion. Under the deal, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes ownership of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County for $739.2 million and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County for $732.6 million. CoreCivic owned and operated the centers, which were used to detain illegal immigrants under contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now DHS will own the properties. But CoreCivic will continue to run day-to-day operations under its existing contracts with ICE. CoreCivic’s contracts for California City run through 2027. The Otay Mesa contracts are through 2029. Ryan Gustin, senior director of public affairs at CoreCivic, said both facilities were purpose-built and specifically designed to care for individuals in a secure environment. Gustin added that asset transactions of this nature are not uncommon for government. “The process was marked with rigor and integrity,” Gustin told The Center Square Wednesday, answering questions by email. “The facility valuations were established through the federal government’s required appraisal process, which is designed to determine objective fair market value.” For these specialized properties, Gustin said independent appraisers used a transparent cost-based methodology grounded in current replacement cost, depreciation, land value and other market-based factors, with the appraisals then reviewed by the government for compliance with federal standards. The centers are in two vastly different locations. The Otay Mesa facility is in a San Diego foothills area next to the U.S.-Mexico border. California City is a community of about 15,000 people in the northern Antelope Valley, located 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The community is known for its vast open spaces stretching into the surrounding desert. Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs and deputy assistant secretary for media relations at DHS, said this purchase was made possible by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allowed ICE to expand detention space to fulfill President Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations. Unlike in states like Florida and Oklahoma, Bis said ICE cannot rely on local state and county partners for detention space in California. “The state’s sanctuary politicians continue to push legislation to outlaw or make private prisons financially infeasible,” Bis told The Center Square Wednesday, answering questions by email. “Now, with federal ownership of these detention centers, which are crucial to ICE’s detention network on the West Coast, ICE retains the detention capacity needed to arrest, detain and remove illegal aliens.” California has passed laws to phase out privately owned detention centers and allow for local or state oversight of private facilities. One such law is Assembly Bill 32. Signed in 2019 by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the legislation prohibited California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from entering into or renewing contracts with private, for-profit prison operators. The timetable to end such contracts is Jan. 1, 2028. California has also enacted laws requiring private facilities to be held to specific standards of care. That includes private facilities that operate as federal contractors. DHS' decision to purchase the detention centers follows California's enactment of these laws. Many individuals and organizations oppose immigrant detention centers for various reasons. National Immigrant Justice Center has raised concerns about inadequate healthcare, while the American Civil Liberties Union has mentioned substandard facilities. Migration Policy Institute has stated that private prison corporations are “profiting from enforcement.” In a press release regarding the California City facility, the organization known as Freedom for Immigrants called it an “abuse-ridden ICE detention center.” Freedom for Immigrants also warned that the detention center’s operations “pose serious practical challenges for local residents, threatening to impact local water, sewer and road systems.” Tammy Glenn, director of the communications office at San Diego County, said the county is committed to people's health and safety, including inmates at the Otay Mesa Detention Center and other local detention facilities. “We appreciate a recent ruling by a federal judge recognizing San Diego County Public Health’s authority to conduct a health and safety inspection,” Glenn told The Center Square in an email. “The health and environmental inspection was conducted on June 12, 2026, and a report about the inspection is expected to be released to the public soon.” People on the other side of the argument said these types of detention facilities are necessary. Ira Mehlman, media director at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said ICE needs the detention facilities to be able to hold people. “You can't detain people if you can't hold them pending their removal,” Mehlman told the Center Square during a phone interview. “We've seen how this plays out in the past where they would make arrests, there would not be sufficient detention facilities. They'd release them and have to go find them again.” Pointing to the deal between CoreCivic and the federal government, Mehlman said this ensures that they will be able to hold people. It also becomes a “deterrent” for people to come to the United States illegally. “The best, most humane, most effective form of law enforcement is convincing people not to break the laws in the first place,” said Mehlman.

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STEVENSVILLE — From the sky, the Painted Rocks Reservoir stretches long and blue, and it looks immense under the timbered mountains around it. Alex Ocañas, with the Bitterroot Water Partnership, wants to put that vastness in perspective in light of a mine that could pollute a valley dependent on its waters. The reservoir is one […]

Cities wait every year for the Montana Department of Revenue to release updated property values that dictate how much tax revenue cities can raise from homes and businesses. But this year presents more unknowns, Great Falls officials said, because new laws passed during the 2025 Legislature significantly changed how properties are taxed. The post 3 things to know about Great Falls’ budget challenges appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Há 90 anos, o escritor britânico Ralph Fox foi morto pelo franquismo na Espanha. Biógrafo de Lênin e guerrilheiro na luta contra o fascismo, escreveu livro fundamental sobre a ditadura de Salazar. O diria, hoje, sobre Portugal, que venceu o tirano, mas não a opressão? The post Carta a uma velha (e revolucionária) raposa appeared first on Outras Palavras.

County residents impacted by April’s storms and flooding can now apply for FEMA individual assistance. The post Here’s how you can apply for federal assistance for April flooding in Milwaukee County appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Na partida entre as seleções do Brasil e da Noruega, no final da tarde de domingo (5), cumpriu-se a velha lei do futebol: quem não faz gol, leva. No início da partida, aos 13 minutos, aconteceu um pênalti a favor do Brasil. O meio-campista Bruno Guimarães bateu e o goleiro Orjan Nyland, 35 anos, defendeu. […] O post A imprensa, a queda da Canarinho e uma antiga lei do futebol: quem não faz, leva apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Nas sociedades contemporâneas, distintos arranjos produtivos podem funcionar. Os mercados têm seu papel. Mas Saúde, Educação, Conhecimento e tudo o indispensável para vidas dignas e proveitosas precisa estar em outra esfera. Somos seres humanos, não clientes The post Dowbor: Elogio do gratuito e do universal appeared first on Outras Palavras.

A expansão do setor de celulose no Rio Grande do Sul voltou ao centro do debate público com o Projeto Natureza, da CMPC Celulose Riograndense, empreendimento que prevê a instalação de uma nova fábrica em Barra do Ribeiro, às margens do Guaíba. A fábrica ficará a 3,5 km de praias da zona sul de Porto […] O post Enquadramento hegemônico do projeto Natureza da CMPC escanteia questões indígenas e ecológicas apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on Wednesday announced that more than one-third of its planned 47 community solar power projects are operational.

Louisiana lawmakers voted this week to cancel a special session scheduled this month to potentially override a handful of vetoes Gov. Jeff Landry issued.

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