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(The Center Square) - The Public Disclosure Commission complaints are flying in Washington state, with two new grievances filed this week. One, filed by radio host Ari Hoffman in his personal capacity, is directed at the Seattle Times and related foundations, alleging the publication crossed the line from journalism into reportable campaign activity related to coverage of the “No on 2117” campaign concerning the Climate Commitment Act in 2024. “The people who were working to keep it [CCA] in place were groups like the Seattle Foundation, and those groups are the same ones who fund the Climate Lab at the Seattle Times. So, the people who are sponsoring this thing in the Seattle Times are also the ones behind the opposition to repealing the Climate Commitment Act,” said Hoffman in a Wednesday interview with The Center Square. “This was all undisclosed campaign contributions, and I think that's a much stronger case than the one that was filed against Brandi Kruse and Let's Go Washington,” Hoffman said. He was referring to the May 12 complaint filed by Washingtonians for Ethical Government and the organization’s communications liaison Pam Stuart against LGW, alleging podcaster Brandi Kruse’s support for LGW initiatives amounts to advertising for the organization, like a campaign donation. Kruse said she has never taken money from LGW or any other political organization or candidate and is confident that First Amendment protections allow her to support any cause she believes in. The other complaint fled on Thursday by Arthur West is directed back at WFEG and staff members, accusing the self-proclaimed watchdog group of failing to register as a political committee with the PDC despite years of activity directed specifically at defeating conservative ballot measures and supporters. “An organization that positions itself as the enforcer of ethical government cannot in good faith, be seen to claim exemption from the very rules it invokes against others,” read the complaint. As reported by The Center Square, West is the same man behind a current appeal before the Washington Supreme Court, challenging the Public Investment Impact Disclosure statement to appear next to the November initiative seeking to repeal the income tax (I-645). Hoffman complaint Hoffman’s 16-page complaint says the Seattle Times philanthropically bankrolled “Climate Lab” produced content with the exact messaging of the “No on 2117” campaign, and the paper’s editorial board urged voters to reject the measure, which was ultimately turned down by voters in 2024. Hoffman suggests the coverage amounted to reportable campaign activity under RCW 29B.25.090 and other campaign-finance laws. Named in the complaint are The Seattle Times Company, the Seattle Foundation, Clean & Prosperous Washington, Clean & Prosperous Institute, Green Jobs PAC, and the No on 2117 committee, alleging the groups failed to disclose the commercial-equivalent value of articles and editorials. According to the Seattle Times, “Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project illuminates the impacts of heat waves, drought, wildfire and flooding, and examines government and industry actions, to help the public better understand how greenhouse gas emissions are changing our lives.” Seattle Foundation served as Climate Lab’s fiscal sponsor. The Center Square reached out to the Seattle Times, Seattle Foundation, and Clean and Prosperous Washington, seeking comment on the complaint. but received no response from any of the organizations. West complaint West’s six-page complaint suggests WFEG is “running an undisclosed campaign operation.” “An organization that positions itself as the enforcer of ethical government cannot in good faith, be seen to claim exemption from the very rules it invokes against others,” read the complaint. West’s PDC complaint also names WFEG President Andrew Villeneuve. “Mr. Villenueve's organization Washingtonians for Ethical Government is not a neutral watchdog; it is a rabid partisan attack dog that weaponizes the PDC and orchestrates media campaigns exclusively against conservative initiatives and their sponsors,” wrote West in a Thursday email to The Center Square. “There is no good reason why they should not be subject to the same reporting and campaign disclosure requirements that they themselves, for partisan political purposes, so overzealously attempt to enforce,” wrote West. Villeneuve and Stuart from Washingtonians For Ethical Government responded to West's complaint is a statement to The Center Square. "Arthur West's complaint against WFEG is wholly without merit, just as his lawsuit seeking to strip the IP26-645 public investment impact disclosure from Washingtonians' ballots is without merit," the statement said. "By Arthur's logic, he himself has been functioning as an unregistered political committee by bringing a legal challenge to the public investment impact disclosure (PIID) for Initiative 645, an action evidently intended to help 645's proponents pass their measure, and he should either be registered as a political committee or should be estimating and reporting the value of the actions he's bringing in court as an in-kind contribution to Brian Heywood's Let's Go Washington committee." "Frivolous complaints like this are a waste of resources and deserve immediate dismissal," the statement concluded. The PDC has 90 days from the time of a complaint being filed to determine if they will open a formal investigation, suggest remedies for compliance or drop the complaint. West is asking the PDC to expedite his complaint. “Given the proximity of the November 2026 general election, complainant further requests that this matter be given expedited treatment,” wrote West. As reported by The Center Square, WFEG’s complaint against LGW last week moved into the ‘formal investigation’ phase, but the commission said that was not necessarily an indication that the complaint will result in anything actionable, which could include fines. Respondents often agree to settle cases by acknowledging mistakes and paying scheduled monetary penalties, but in extreme cases of intentional fraud, the matter can face criminal referral and prosecution. Hoffman noted that since he filed his complaint against the Seattle Times, he received very little attention from media outlets interested in covering the story.

Thursday was the deadline to file candidacy papers with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office for a Nov. 3 special election.

The Okolona school district had racked up a $1.25 million deficit by the time the state assumed control of it last year.  The district had been operating at a deficit for six of the seven years that Novum Advisory, a private accounting firm, reviewed for the Mississippi Department of Education. An auditor for that firm […]

Dozens of healthcare providers and organizations urged the federal government Wednesday to grant Arkansas officials’ request for two years to come up with a new Medicaid expansion model. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services verbally denied a five-year extension of the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me, or ARHOME. The Department of Human […]

Mike Krack confía en el progreso de la unidad de potencia tras un inicio difícil.

Las medidas impulsadas por el Gobierno de Friedrich Merz pueden marcar el rumbo de otros países europeos y tener consecuencias directas para España, desde la evolución de los sistemas de jubilación hasta el consumo y el turismo alemán.

The Kansas City Council voted 11-2 to commit $600 million to the Royals for a new ballpark. Here’s a look at the political and financial math behind the deal. The post Kansas City conjured a Royals deal without voter approval. That comes at a price appeared first on The Beacon.

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Much like the traveling circus, the national tour of "Water for Elephants" has a true-to-life aspect that makes it the best way to engage with the story.

Desde Nueva York, la diplomacia panameña ha apostado por el multilateralismo, el diálogo y la defensa de sus intereses estratégicos, con especial atención a la seguridad marítima, el Canal de Panamá y la búsqueda de soluciones negociadas a los conflictos internacionales.

Gem Prep Caldwell will be allowed to open roughly three miles northwest of the Vallivue School District's Ridgevue High.

O ato de ler e suas várias revoluções. Da leitura corporal com rolos de papel a instigante invenção das páginas. Da dessacralização do livro pós-Gutenberg a Era Digital, que liberta o leitor de hierarquias, mas ameaça a imersão – no livro e em si The post Uma viagem pela história tecnológica do livro appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.The Philadelphia school district is making a digital hall pass available at all schools for the upcoming year that allows administrators to closely track students’ whereabouts.Under the Infinite Campus system, which schools already use for course materials, students ask to leave the classroom through their Chromebooks. Once a teacher approves the request, the student’s journey will be logged on a “hall monitor grid” accessible to the school’s administrators and climate staff.The system allows school staff to digitally deny students access to areas of campus where there may be a safety risk or staffing issue. Administrators can also automate the system to ensure certain students are not simultaneously approved for hallway access.The system, which the district isn’t requiring schools to use, is designed to help prevent physical violence between students. Fights are a major concern in the district: Between 2021 and 2025 there was an average of about 550 incidents each year where police responded to an assault on a public school campus, according to data provided by the city police department. But in New York City, students and others have criticized a similar digital hall pass concept due to concerns about over-surveillance. And some worry the new technology will be more distracting than helpful.Jade McCray, an assistant principal at Abraham Lincoln High School who recently got trained on the new software, said the system will track which students are out of the classroom, where they should be, and what time they left and returned. She said it could also help keep apart students who are in conflict. “If we know a situation is brewing … it’s probably not the best idea for them to be in the halls to possibly run into each other at the same time,” she said.But the system could hinder the staff who focus on student safety, said Nicole Hunt, the president of Local 634, the union representing Philadelphia school climate staff. “It takes a second to start a fight,” Hunt said. “How do we watch out for when a fight’s about to happen when we’re watching the tablet?”Some individual Philadelphia-area campuses have tried similar technology before, but the 2026-27 school year will be the first that such a system will be available for all schools.District officials said it will take some time to get teachers and students trained on the new tool. In other school safety news, the district’s Youth Violence Reduction Initiative will expand to William L. Sayre High School this year. The program provides a calm space and consistent mentorship to students at highest risk of engaging in violence. At John Bartram High School, which piloted the Youth Violence Reduction Initiative, student-on-student assaults are down 31% since the program launched in 2023. The initiative will now be in place at three high schools; it launched at Olney High School last year. The Handle With Care program, in which police officers alert school staff when a child has witnessed trauma in their neighborhood, is expanding districtwide after a pilot run in the 22nd Police District. The Safe Path program, which places trained adults on school perimeters to deescalate fights, will return to 25 campuses. In addition, this will mark the first school year that all school safety officers will wear ballistic vests. Sammy Caiola covers solutions to gun violence in and around Philadelphia schools. Have ideas for her? Get in touch at scaiola@chalkbeat.org.

(The Center Square) - A Colorado school district is facing potential litigation over what's being called “vulgar” sexual education material for children as young as kindergarteners. Based in the city of Carbondale, Roaring Fork School District serves over 5,300 students in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region. On Tuesday, a Christian conservative nonprofit, Alliance for Defending Freedom, sent a formal letter to the district superintendent and board to immediately abandon the “3Rs" curriculum for sexual education, which is designed for kindergarten through fifth grade. The Rs stand for "rights, respect and responsibility," but parents are objecting to the material and graphics showing anatomy. If the district doesn't drop the curriculum, potential litigation efforts are "on the table," according to Kate Anderson, director of the Alliance for Defending Freedom’s Center for Parental Rights. The alliance most recently faced Colorado at the U.S. Supreme Court when the organization represented a counselor who sued the state over alleged violations of religious freedom. Anderson told The Center Square that the alliance is still waiting for a response from the Roaring Fork School District for its letter about the sexual education curriculum. The district did not respond to The Center Square’s question about whether it received the alliance's letter. Anderson indicated that the organization has had no further communication with the school since the letter was sent, but “expect[s] this will be in upcoming board meetings.” The sexual education curriculum was developed by the nonprofit Advocates for Youth, which said it “partners with young people and their adult allies to champion youth rights to bodily autonomy and build power to transform policies, programs and systems to secure sexual health and equity for all youth.” Advocates for Youth also takes part in developing LGBTQ+ sexual education material and curriculum for schools. Its website says the nonprofit developed this curriculum in line with what the nonprofit calls National Sexuality Education Standards. The lessons provided by the 3Rs curriculum are meant to address the “functional knowledge related to sexuality and the specific skills necessary to adopt healthy behaviors,” Advocates of Youth wrote on its website. But Alliance for Defending Freedom’s letter questioned the curriculum and its graphics. The alliance cited a lesson used for schoolchildren as young as kindergarteners, asking them to correctly identify at least three female body parts: “namely the nipples, vulva and anus.” The kindergarten lesson plan is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, which details female and male anatomy and genitalia in drawings of a naked boy and girl. A note to the instructors from the kindergarten curriculum states that “[i]f you do not want students to say slang or family terms out loud … you can say them yourself. Some common terms students in this grade might recognize or use include: Pee pee; wee wee; privates; butt.” Alliance for Defending Freedom’s letter details stories from parents within the district who became uncomfortable with the idea that this material could be taught to their child. Anderson addressed the alliance's letter to the school district’s superintendent, Anna Cole, and members of the school board. According to Anderson's letter, the district implemented the 3Rs curriculum in May 2023. The letter states that the alliance was contacted by multiple parents in the district regarding “frustrations with the content and implementation of Roaring Fork’s 3Rs curriculum." Cole addressed the concerns from parents about this curriculum and went over opt-out procedures and the district's opt-out data at the May 13, 2026 meeting of the Roaring Forks Board of Education. The board’s agenda for May 13 states “[w]e respect and honor parents’ right to exclude their children from these school-based lessons, and we are clear that it is our responsibility to ensure safe schools by teaching Comprehensive Human Sexuality standards in grades K-5.” Colorado’s Youth Wellness Act is the governing policy for the state standards for comprehensive human sexuality education in public schools. But the law does not require school districts to offer these courses. The state statute simply requires that, if such instruction is provided, it must be both medically and scientifically accurate, cover both contraception and abstinence, and promote healthy relationships. Notably, Section 2 (11) of the law strictly states the statutory rules governing human health and sexuality programs do not apply for children in kindergarten through third grade. Alliance for Defending Freedom flagged the district’s use of sexual education material for kindergarten classrooms. The statute further requires schools to distribute a written parental notice and opt-out option prior to the discussion of these materials. Alliance for Defending Freedom claims in its letter that “the Board assured parents that it ‘approved the curriculum with the expectation that there is a clear opt-out system in place for families.’ ” The alliance said that hasn’t been the parents’ experience. During the Center Square interview, Anderson described parents’ disappointing experiences with the school district’s opt-out system. “In some instances, parents were not notified. Sometimes they were, through their child, another parent and their child, or a teacher. Sometimes the written notice was in their child’s take-home folder," Anderson said. "The problem here is the inconsistency. The district’s system for parental opt-outs and notification is not enough to satisfy the Colorado law, which requires both.” In addition, some schools had monthly newsletters that labeled the teaching of this curriculum as part of the school’s “Health Curriculum,” which did not indicate any sexual education instruction. In addition to its materials and graphics, 3Rs curriculum often refers to “binary construct of gender,” noting that “‘there are some body parts that mostly just girls have and some parts that mostly just boys have. Being a boy or a girl doesn’t have to mean you have those parts, but for most people this is how their bodies are.” Anderson said the “non-binary instruction could conflict with the state law requiring sexual education instruction to be based on scientific and biological facts.” “Our conviction is that parents should have a role in these matters," Anderson told The Center Square. "Schools should seek to work with parents on the content of education instruction, and parents should work with the schools in return." Anderson referred to U.S. Supreme Court rulings that affirmed parents’ constitutional right to direct the upbringing of their children. In the 2025 ruling of Mahmoud v. Taylor, the court ruled that a Maryland school district’s refusal to provide parents with an opt-out option for their elementary school-aged children during LGBTQ+ inclusive storybook lessons was unconstitutional. The majority opinion argued it violated the First Amendment’s free exercise clause. Relatedly, in early 2026, the Supreme Court ruled against California public schools in Mirabelli v. Bonta, whose guidelines kept a student’s gender identity or social transition status from parents without the student’s consent. The court’s majority agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that it violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause.

¿Qué haría Xavier Becerra, un veterano de 35 años en la política demócrata, si es electo como gobernador de California? Todavía no lo ha dicho.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would nominate a prominent lawyer in the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office to become North Dakota’s next federal district court judge. Phil Axt, 39, has served as solicitor general for the office since 2023. If confirmed to the bench, he would fill a vacancy left by former U.S. District […]

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Presbyterian Night Shelter’s Greater Good Collective builds upon the nonprofit’s UpSpire effort, which provides work for unhoused people.

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