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One doesn’t need much insight to conclude that conservation, protection of our natural environment, is no priority in Alberta. The post Twenty reasons Albertans should be concerned about conservation appeared first on rabble.ca.

State and local officials, tribal leaders, activists and others spoke in opposition to the federal government's review of California's coastal management practices.

El primer proyecto comercial de almacenamiento de carbono de California está en funcionamiento a pesar de que el estado aún no ha adoptado las normas exigidas por ley, 19 meses después de una fecha límite clave.

Según publicó la web Megatiempo de Mega, se esperan precipitaciones para las comunas de Tocopilla, Calama, San Pedro de Atacama y Antofagasta para este martes 11 de agosto Las lluvias se presentarían en forma de “aguanieve” en Ollague. La experta en meteorología, Pamela Henríquez, señaló en CNN Chile, que se esperan entre 20 a 60 […] Este artículo Pronostican precipitaciones entre 20 a 60 mm en la región de Antofagasta fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

rabble surveyed some of the members of our community and asked what rabble means to them. Here’s what rabble.ca means to rabble's longtime former publisher Kim Elliott. The post Community members celebrate rabble’s 25th birthday appeared first on rabble.ca.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.A small southwestern Colorado school district will remove or modify any biblically infused content in its new elementary reading curriculum, a district official wrote in an open letter Saturday. “Our schools will not use the curriculum as a vehicle for religious instruction,” wrote Eddie Ramirez, superintendent of the Montezuma-Cortez district, in a letter addressed to parents, elementary staff, and community members. The announcement came two days after a Chalkbeat story about the district’s plan to use the Bluebonnet reading curriculum, which was developed by the state of Texas, aligns with Texas academic standards, and contains some lessons based on the Bible. Also on Saturday, Montezuma-Cortez officials scheduled a special school board meeting for Tuesday to adopt the Bluebonnet curriculum. Although administrators announced in July the district would use the reading curriculum this year, the school board never voted on it. Monday was the district’s first day of school. Saturday’s four-page letter was an unusual effort to explain why the 2,200-student district adopted the Texas-centric curriculum and reassure parents and the public that reading instruction will match Colorado academic standards and avoid religious content. Montezuma-Cortez administrators picked Bluebonnet because the district in May adopted a school improvement model borrowed from the Houston school district, which switched to Bluebonnet in June. The model, spearheaded by Houston Superintendent Mike Miles, a former charter school founder in Colorado, is called the New Education System.Justin Schmitt, Montezuma-Cortez’s executive director of academic success, said in a phone interview Friday that using the same curriculum materials as Houston will help his district implement Houston’s improvement model. “We don’t want to piecemeal the model,” he said. “We wanted to embrace the model in its entirety.”The model is highly structured and includes teacher-led instruction, a focus on student engagement, and training for teachers and principals. Students in Houston schools using the New Education System made significant gains on state tests in the last few years. In Montezuma-Cortez, two district-run elementary schools perform far below the Colorado average on state math and literacy tests. A third one, the 128-student Lewis-Arriola Elementary, performs far better. The Bluebonnet curriculum has drawn criticism from advocates of church-state separation and some parents and religious scholars since it was unveiled in Texas two years ago. Among their critiques are that Bluebonnet mischaracterizes some Bible stories, presents some too literalistically, and gives scant attention to religious traditions outside of Christianity. A kindergarten lesson discusses the days of Creation in the Book of Genesis, a first grade lesson contains the Parable of the Prodigal Son, and a two-lesson second grade sequence shares a Bible story about Queen Esther. A 14-lesson fifth grade unit discusses Biblical allegories in the “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis.Schmitt said Houston repackages the Bluebonnet curriculum into slide decks and other materials that are ready for use in the classroom, which will take some of the load off Montezuma-Cortez teachers. “We don’t have capacity in our district to build that,” he said of the specially tailored curriculum materials. Schmitt said Montezuma-Cortez is paying for copying costs and some book purchases, but Houston isn’t charging the district to use the New Education System model or for the repackaged Bluebonnet curriculum. Ramirez’s letter doesn’t mention the name Bluebonnet, but said the district “carefully reviewed” the new reading curricular resources and found “approximately 95% alignment with the applicable Colorado standards.” Schmitt said Monday that Ramirez wasn’t referring to a district review of the curriculum, but rather an estimate by district officials that Texas and Colorado academic standards are about 95% the same.Bluebonnet isn’t a Colorado-approved reading curriculum, but it was derived from a state-approved curriculum called Core Knowledge Language Arts. A spokesperson for the company that publishes Core Knowledge Language Arts said the two reading programs are different, and Core Knowledge’s state approval doesn’t guarantee Bluebonnet would win approval too. Colorado school districts don’t have to use state-approved reading curriculum, but they must ensure their curriculum meets state academic standards. Ramirez wrote in the open letter, “Any content that is inconsistent with the district’s educational purpose, Colorado Academic Standards, or our expectations for a public-school instructional program will be reviewed and, where appropriate, removed or modified.” Schmitt said the Houston team has provided Montezuma-Cortez with four weeks of reading curriculum materials so far and told district staff there are no faith-based teachings in that content. “We’re going to trust that, but we’re also going to verify it on our own,” he said. Teachers and principals will provide further checks to ensure religious content is removed, he said. Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.

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El Arsenal y El Manchester City se enfrentan en Cardiff por la FA Community Shield 2026, un duelo con historia y cuentas pendientes.

(The Center Square) - Through the first seven months of the year, the state of Washington has paid out more than $565,700 in unemployment insurance benefits to union workers who walked off the job seeking a better contract. According to the Employment Security Department, that amount was paid to 151 claimants with 741 unique paid weeks. That number could soon climb dramatically, as striking workers at Hilton’s Embassy Suites in Seattle’s Pioneer Square have also reportedly applied for benefits, though ESD told The Center Square they can't confirm individual applicants or affected employers. Elizabeth New, from the Center for Worker Rights at the nonpartisan free-market think tank Washington Policy Center, wrote a recent blog about the new law that allows union workers who walk off the job on their own and tap into uninsurance benefits, the same as people who got laid off through no fault of their own. “Unemployment insurance benefits are for people who lose work through economic downturns, or a business going under. It's offensive to me that people choosing not to work are taking money from an account meant for people who need to be cared for when job loss happens,” New told The Center Square. “Employers should not be paying workers to strike against them,” she added. Democrats who backed the legislation said the goal was to give striking union workers, in particular those who don’t make a lot of money, a way to still pay rent and buy food when they are not getting a regular paycheck. Workers on strike are eligible for up to six weeks of benefits. During the 2025 debate on Senate Bill 5041 Sen. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, proposed to provide those on the picket line with up to 12 weeks of unemployment, but House Democrats wanted only four. Six weeks was settled upon. “Striking is a last resort, and this bill will help level the playing field for workers trying to exercise their right to collectively bargain for fair wages and safe workplace conditions,” Riccelli said last year following the bill's passage into law. “Affordability is one of the top issues for people in my district. This legislation will help make sure people who do important jobs and important work have fair pay, good benefits and safe work conditions.” Republicans, none of whom supported the bill, argued the legislation unfairly tilts the bargaining table toward striking workers at their employer’s expense. They argued the policy could lead to more costly negotiations due to the leverage workers gain under this bill. Unions argued that the benefits were needed for members who are fighting for better work conditions. “Workers joining together in union and collectively bargaining to improve working conditions is as American as apple pie,” said April Sims, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, after the bill became law. “But with stagnant wages and a rising cost of living, many workers don’t have a safety net if they are pushed to strike. Providing (benefits) for striking workers will level the playing field by encouraging employers to bargain in good faith and making it harder for bad bosses to starve workers out." Now, state projections show benefit payments outpacing employer tax collections. New at WPC says that could lead to solvency issues in the very near future and trigger additional employer taxes to rebuild the fund, which could affect hiring, wages and opportunity for workers. ESD will submit its first annual report on strike-related unemployment claims and their effect on the trust fund by the end of 2026. New said ultimately there is no incentive for striking workers to end a walkout sooner, when they’re getting a paycheck to hold a sign on the picket line. “It does allow employees to be on strike longer to try to have their demands met. And when this debate was going on in the legislature supporters of the new law were saying it would be rarely used. They said it’s not going to make strikes last longer. That’s clearly not the case,” New said. The vast majority of new claims for unemployment are not being made by striking union workers. ESD processes more than 4,500 initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits each week in Washington. Washington's unemployment rate of 5.2% is the 4th highest rate in the nation.

Public school advocates hoping to rein in the Grand Canyon State’s billion-dollar universal private school voucher program told the Arizona Supreme Court that Republican legislators hope to “weaponize the popularity” of protecting money for military families to gut a citizens initiative — and rewire the separation of powers. Proposition 145 is ostensibly about protecting money […]

From early morning to sunset, hikers’ cars fill both sides of Golfcrest Drive at the base of the city of San Diego’s highest peak, Cowles Mountain in San Carlos. And while Cowles boasts the city’s highest elevation, it also has the highest number of parking tickets issued to drivers who fail to “cramp” their wheels. […]

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Fired state regulator Andy Zay filed a lawsuit to regain his seat on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission before his former colleagues — and a replacement — vote on whether to reconsider a contentious $71 million rate hike for AES Indiana customers.

Experienced rockhounds and newbies alike can enjoy a variety of rock hunting in New Mexico experiences, with a stunning array of items to admire and collect. The post Your guide to rock hunting in New Mexico appeared first on Good Info Newswire.

Republican Mike Rogers has provided no evidence that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “believes that America deserved 9/11,” as Rogers falsely claimed in a statement this month. Instead Rogers’ Senate campaign has pointed to past comments made by a liberal political commentator. El-Sayed said in April that the 2001 terrorist attack on the U.S. was not justified. The post Rogers Makes False 9/11 Claim About El-Sayed appeared first on FactCheck.org.

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North Carolina state lawmakers are asking Rocky Mount officials for answers after a family of three was found dead in their mobile home not long after their electricity was cut off due to an unpaid bill. The family was reportedly using a generator in the home, according to relatives. Assistant city manager C J. Jordan […]

(The Center Square) – A Navy veteran and surf school owner has reached a settlement that allows him to teach paid lessons in Newport Beach. Jason Murchison, owner of Learn to Surf, will operate under a five-year agreement with Newport Beach. Those are the same terms granted by Newport Beach to three other City-approved surf schools. Murchison, who went to federal court with help from Pacific Legal Foundation, said it feels great to move forward. “I couldn’t be happier to put this behind me and get back to what I love to do: teach people to surf and grow the business I worked so hard to build,” Murchison told The Center Square via email. “I didn’t ask for special treatment; I just wanted the same opportunity as everyone else.” Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Caleb Trotter said that, prior to Jason’s case, the City of Newport Beach decided that three surf-schools was enough. However, Trotter said the city never had any basis for that conclusion. “All that I could glean from the city staff report that was put together when this ordinance was proposed, was they just didn't like the fact that people were earning money on city property,” Trotter told The Center Square in a phone interview. “Well, they can like it or not, but what they can't do is violate the constitution in creating a monopoly in granting the right to earn a living on city property, which is effectively what they did.” According to Trotter, two of the three surf schools operate for only a few months in the summer. That left only one company with the ability to give year-round surf instruction. It was this issue that Murchison challenged. While this may be a story in an area southeast of Los Angeles, Trotter said that people in other parts of California and beyond should pay attention. “Anyone, anywhere in the country that faces a government law or restriction or ordinance that says you can't teach people how to do things, there is potentially a strong constitutional claim to that, whether it's teaching surfing or yoga or horseshoeing,” said Trotter. “Those are all cases that people have brought in and won on, and so this is the kind of thing that I think if people look hard enough, they're going to run into it all around the country.” The case is known as Jason Murchison v. City of Newport Beach, CA. It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Southern Division. The Center Square reached out to Newport Beach for comment and did not receive a response.

Caracas, August 10, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia held a meeting with Orthodox Rabbi Isaac Cohen on Sunday in which the latter formally requested that Caracas reestablish diplomatic ties with Israel. According to a Foreign Ministry statement, Cohen delivered a letter addressed to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, arguing that normalizing relations with... The post Venezuelan Foreign Minister Hosts Chief Rabbi to Discuss Diplomatic Normalization with Israel appeared first on Venezuelanalysis.

An Iowa nursing home administrator has been fined by state regulators for failing to report a 2019 criminal conviction to licensing authorities. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators recently charged administrator Brian Douglas Reindl with failure to notify the board within 30 days of a criminal conviction. According to the board, Reindl was working […]