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A New Hampshire federal judge formally dismissed a yearlong lawsuit against the Trump administration’s “anti-DEI” directive to public schools — weeks after both sides agreed it is no longer necessary.  In an order Wednesday, Judge Landya McCafferty accepted an agreement between the National Education Association and American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Department of […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Credit card users could soon be paying more after the state Senate approved a measure that would increase a cap on what businesses could charge their consumers. Senate Bill 2132, by Sen. Spencer Kern, R-Duncan, would increase the surcharge fee, or the amount that businesses can charge their customers, to 3% from […]

A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump announced last week the administration was finalizing a repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, which declared the agency could […]

曾高調抨擊企業將工作外移、力挺關稅政策與本土製造的億萬富豪，如今卻被指親手將美國工廠遷往中國。

曾高调抨击企业将工作外移、力挺关税政策与本土制造的亿万富豪，如今却被指亲手将美国工厂迁往中国。

A recent study in Forensic Science International suggests a link between exposure to heavy metals from mining operations and reduced cognitive performance in children in Peru. Researchers say the findings highlight the long-term impact of mining pollution on children’s neurocognitive development and demonstrate that exposure is not a one-time event. The research focused on children […]

Teach For America North Carolina (TFA NC) hosted a panel discussion on Monday about the future of education with state leaders at the Rocky Mount Event Center. The conversation was led by TFA NC Executive Director Robyn Fehrman, who said... The post Teach For America panel discusses teacher recruitment, AI, and the future of education in North Carolina appeared first on EdNC.

Editor’s note: Thank you to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Jeffrey Elmore in the Speaker’s Office, Andrew Smith in the Senate Pro-Tem’s Office, and Superintendent Mark Garrett for working with the authors. The Public School Insurance Fund (PSIF) is a... The post EdNC’s Hurricane Helene Playbook: An overview of the Public School Insurance Fund appeared first on EdNC.

"Sen. Sal DiDomenico of Everett said the formal negotiation process for the House and Senate bills addressing literacy education will start 'in the next couple weeks' as advocates at the State House again rang the alarm of the urgency to address declining reading proficiency in Massachusetts."

School choice, the key issue of the first half of this year's Mississippi legislative session, appears to be dead for now unless the governor calls a special session.

The annual Healthcare in a Civil Society event is partnering with another symposium looking at the convergence of faith and medicine.

El pulso por el control del grupo municipal en Madrid abre una crisis sin precedentes en el partido.

In Washington, D.C., Great Lakes Day unites Congressional leaders in bipartisan support for the Great Lakes, yet expert Mike Shriberg warns the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative alone cannot safeguard water quality.

Plus: Vote that could overturn BWCA mining ban set for next week; Renee Good memorial set on fire; domestic violence survivors face new legal hurdles The post Minnesota could still charge federal agents in Good, Pretti killings appeared first on MinnPost.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Gillespie County Republicans have scrapped plans to hand count all of their 2026 primary ballots after failing to recruit enough workers — at least for early voting. The lack of manpower prompted party officials to vote last week to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate thousands of ballots expected to be cast during the two weeks before Election Day on March 3. However, Gillespie Republicans still plan to hand count ballots cast on Election Day, party officials told Votebeat. The effort has deepened a divide within the county party: Some members wish to ditch electronic voting equipment entirely and hand count all ballots, while others trust that the county’s electronic voting equipment is safe and the process contains appropriate checks and balances. It’s a continuation of a long-running disagreement that began in 2024, when the county party first hand counted primary ballots. In 2024, Republicans in Gillespie County spent nearly 24 hours on Election Day hand counting more than 8,000 ballots, deploying over 350 workers they’d spent months training and recruiting. Party officials later found tallying errors in 12 of the county’s 13 precincts, but because Texas law does not require a post-election audit of hand-counted ballots, those results were never formally reviewed for accuracy. The hand counting effort cost more than $40,000 — more than five times the roughly $7,000 spent in 2020, when the party used voting machines. Those expenses are ultimately reimbursed by the state. Bruce Campbell, the chair of the county Republican Party, told Votebeat that since last week’s vote to use the county’s voting equipment to tabulate early votes, county party officials in charge of recruiting workers to count ballots have kept him in the dark about the number of people who have signed up to work on Election Day. Campbell said he doesn’t know how many will show up. “They think that I’m going to somehow talk [workers] out of hand counting, which would not benefit me at all,” Campbell, who defended the 2024 hand count, said. “I just want the votes counted, and when it didn’t look like we were going to have enough people, I called a meeting and solved the problem.” Worker shortages expose rift over machines, hand counting The last time Campbell was given updated figures was at a party executive committee meeting in January, when the precinct chairs informed him that only about 60 people had signed up for a job that requires closer to 200. Jim Riley, the county’s election administrator, declined a request for comment. He sent an email to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office late last month to say the local Republican party was receiving “little or no response in recruiting and training hand counters” and that some Republican precinct chairs had begun to “object” to the process of hand counting. “I know this is a local problem and a Party problem. Yet, the splash back will hurt our elections in Gillespie,” he wrote, asking for guidance on how best to ensure votes were counted. The Secretary of State’s Office told Votebeat they responded to Riley’s request for guidance via phone call, and declined further comment. In 2024, the office sent election inspectors to monitor Gillespie County’s hand count, but no post-election audit was conducted because state law does not require audits of ballots counted by hand. This year, one inspector will observe part of early voting and two will be there on Election Day, according to the agency. Texas law does require a bipartisan post-election audit of machine-counted ballots in a random sampling of precincts. But Gillespie Republicans say they plan to go further, voluntarily hand recounting all ballots cast in the election whether they were initially counted by hand or by machine — a step that would require recruiting many of the same volunteers a second time. Party officials have not released details about how that recount would work. But unlike in 2024, this year’s ballots were designed to be scanned by a tabulator if needed, allowing results to be verified without organizing another full hand count. It’s unclear if party officials will take that step. In 2024, the old ballot design meant results could only be counted — and recounted — by hand. Without a scannable paper trail, there was no practical way to independently verify the outcome without organizing another full hand count, so the 2024 results were never formally audited or otherwise checked for accuracy. This year, the ballots can be run through voting machines, a decision Riley told the Secretary of State’s Office he made because he “anticipated the collapse potential” of the hand count. In the same email to the state, Riley described a chaotic internal debate within the county GOP. During a Zoom call held the day he sent the email, he wrote, party leaders acknowledged the mounting problems but disagreed about how to move forward — and some did not show up at all. “I didn’t expect the childish behavior of these folks,” he writes. That meeting described in Riley’s email was the precursor for last week’s vote to count the early voting ballots electronically instead. The vote passed 7-3, Campbell said. In September, Campbell sent the party’s 13 precinct chairs — local elected party officials tasked with staffing polling locations — contact information for all 355 workers who’d counted ballots in 2024. Campbell said the recruitment effort by precinct chairs wasn’t done early enough and there was little interest among hand counters for returning this year. “People weren’t signing up like they did last time for whatever reason, so if we don’t have enough people, we need to be responsible,” said Campbell. Lack of responsibility in this context has consequences. Texas law requires that ballots be counted within 24 hours after polls close. If a county’s results are not reported to the state within that window, party officials from that county could face a misdemeanor charge. They could also be subject to lawsuits from candidates contesting the results. But not everyone in the party shares Campbell’s worries. David Treibs, a Republican precinct chair and vocal opponent of electronic tabulation, opposed the move to count the ballots electronically. He said he hasn’t heard of any candidates on the ballot concerned about the hand count, and told Votebeat he’s not worried about legal fallout if the count isn’t done by the state-mandated deadline. “Nobody’s gone to jail yet over this,” Treibs said. “I don’t think anybody’s going to sue either, unless they want to make an example out of this.” He also rejected assertions that the party’s recruitment efforts were unsuccessful. “We were on track” to have enough workers, he told Votebeat. “I believe strongly that that was not the real issue. They just wanted to flip us back to machines.” Each of the county’s 13 precincts will need a minimum of three election workers to help supervise the polling location and help check in voters, and a minimum of three additional people to hand count the ballots. The county’s two largest precincts would require between 3-5 teams of people to hand count. Triebs said he doesn’t know how many workers the party has recruited. His precinct — precinct 13 — is fully staffed. But Triebs said it won’t matter if they don’t get the numbers they’re expecting — they’ll just take longer to count the ballots. “It’s not like they’re going to shred all the ballots if we’re not done on time. Of course not. That’s ridiculous. That’s not going to happen, “ Treibs said. “The ballots will be counted, so that’s not the issue.” Natalia Contreras covers election administration and voting access for Votebeat in partnership with the Texas Tribune. Natalia is based in Corpus Christi. Contact her at ncontreras@votebeat.org.

中國在人工智能（AI）領域迅速進展，讓目前居市場主導地位的美國備感威脅。分析指出：中國將科技實力結合成本與供應鏈優勢，很可能5到10年會看到中國科技圈的浮現。

中国在人工智能（AI）领域迅速进展，让目前居市场主导地位的美国备感威胁。分析指出：中国将科技实力结合成本与供应链优势，很可能5到10年会看到中国科技圈的浮现。

Reports of an immigration-related arrest brought observers to Wilkinsburg schools and Westinghouse High, while Allderdice students left early and marched to express anti-ICE sentiment. The post Talk of ICE activity around schools prompts advocacy and a walkout appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source. PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.

Um dos mais expressivos e conhecidos poetas negros do Rio Grande do Sul, Oliveira Silveira, vai ser companheiro de praça de Mario Quintana, Carlos Drummond de Andrade e de nomes históricos como os do General Osório, Barão do Rio Branco e Júlio La Porta*. A Praça é a da Alfândega, no coração do Centro Histórico […] Poeta negro Oliveira Silveira terá monumento na Praça da Alfândega apareceu primeiro no Brasil de Fato.

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