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This commentary was originally published by The Conversation. Medical marijuana could soon be reclassified into a medical category that includes prescription drugs like Tylenol with codeine, ketamine and anabolic steroids. That’s because in December 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reschedule marijuana to a less restricted category, continuing a process initiated by […]

LINCOLN — The conflict between the Governor’s Office and State Auditor Mike Foley over Nebraska’s emergency no-bid bioeconomy contract has entered a new and more serious stage. Foley…

Childcare workers and advocacy groups on Thursday called on New Mexico Senate lawmakers to ensure raises for early childhood education workers remain in the state budget.

With single-digit temperatures set to freeze New York City again this weekend, bus operators are pushing City Hall to clear icy piles that are still lingering in some bus lanes since a major snowstorm late last month. The Jan. 25 storm dumped up to 13 inches across sections of the city, with the leftover mounds […] The post Frozen Piles in Bus Lanes Make ‘Obstacle Course’ for Commuters appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Echipa Franței a debutat cu o victorie netă, 36 – 14, în fața Irlandei în ediția 2026 a Turneului celor Șase Națiuni la rugby. Celelalte două partide ale primei runde, Italia – Scoția și Anglia Țara Galilor, se joacă sâmbătă.

Copince Ngoma, a member of the Bakouele Indigenous community, has relied on the lush green Congo Basin rainforest his whole life. His village’s forests, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, are a wide repertoire for hunting, fishing and medicinal plants to care for his family. But in the last few years, as […]

Cómodos, favorecedores y muy fáciles de combinar, son la definición perfecta de fondo de armario moderno.

An Iowa Senate committee has rejected legislation that would prevent nursing homes from barring residents’ use of in-room cameras to guard against abuse or neglect. Senate Study Bill 3080 would allow a nursing home resident or their representative to conduct electronic monitoring of the resident’s room through the use of video cameras — sometimes called […]

In 2025, 170 child care centers closed statewide – the highest number in nearly a decade.

Las Adidas Galaxy 7 Running llegan como ese empujón que estabas esperando, cómodas, versátiles y pensadas para el día a día, son la puerta de entrada ideal a tu era running.

Human intelligence is social and embodied – but AI is very different.

A grassroots environmental group says this week’s explosion of a natural gas pipeline in Cameron Parish is why its community air monitoring mission needs to be expanded.

Weeks after cyberattacks targeted North Carolina government services during the winter storms that buffeted the state, IT officials warned North Carolina lawmakers that the state is underprepared for digital threats — in part because of recent legislative actions. The state is the target of more than 10 billion attempted cyberattacks every month, N.C. Chief Information […]

A state and federal investigation of “illegal” slot machines is looking at how “billions” flow from Missourians to the companies that own the games, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway told a legislative committee Thursday. The state, at the request of federal investigators, joined the probe that has its roots in a federal civil court case where […]

(The Center Square) – King County Councilmember Jorge L. Barón made it official on Thursday: He is running for reelection. Jeanne Kohl-Welles retired from her position on the King County Council at the end of 2023 after serving District 4, which includes portions of northwestern Seattle, since 2016. Barón won the election to replace her, taking office in January 2024. “Over the past two years, my team and I have been focused on the issues that residents of District 4 have asked me to prioritize,” Barón said in a news release announcing his reelection bid. “These include ensuring our criminal and civil legal systems are operating effectively and fairly so we can enhance community safety; stabilizing and strengthening our homelessness response system so we can reduce the number of people living unhoused in our region; protecting our public health clinics and investing in our county hospital, Harborview Medical Center, so we can preserve access to health care; and improving the safety and reliability of our Metro transit system.” Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Barón immigrated to the United States at 13. He graduated from Duke University and spent five years working in the film and television industry in Los Angeles. He is perhaps best known for his extensive background as a leading immigrant rights advocate, including his 15-year tenure as executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, during which he became a prominent voice against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The Center Square reached out to Barón’s media contact to ask about the possibility of King County adopting proposals similar to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s recently announced series of initial steps to prepare the city for a potential surge in federal immigration enforcement, including banning federal officers from using city-owned property and having police verify federal agents' credentials. “My council colleagues and I have been working to strengthen our existing protections in county code that relate to immigration enforcement, in anticipation of a surge of immigration enforcement activity,” Barón said in a statement provided to The Center Square. “It is important to note that, since 2018, the county has had a strong ordinance that places significant restrictions on the use of county facilities, property, or resources for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement. That's now codified at King County Code section 2.15.020. I was one of the lead advocates for this provision when I was the executive director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and am grateful that the advocacy we did back during the first Trump Administration and the support of the Council at the time put us in a strong place to protect our communities during the current moment.” Last month, two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, were fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis during intensified immigration enforcement efforts. Both shootings occurred amid rising tensions over the issue. “After the 2024 election, however, I recognized that more work needed to be done, and last year I sponsored two ordinances that were adopted by the county council to strengthen our existing protections,” Barón said. Ordinance 19892 strengthens policies regarding King County officials' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, specifically limiting the use of county resources and personnel for civil immigration enforcement actions unless required by law. Ordinance 19963 amends the county's civil immigration enforcement policies. It updates prior regulations and adds new sections to King County Code Chapter 2.15, strengthening protections for interactions between county departments and federal immigration authorities. “I am in ongoing conversations with our colleagues and the Executive on additional steps we can take to respond to immigration enforcement actions in our region, which have already significantly increased, even if we have not seen the surge that other localities have experienced,” Barón concluded. “To discuss this issue further, I am planning a hearing on the issue at the next meeting of our Committee of the Whole (COW), which I chair. That hearing will take place on February 24 at 9:30 A.M.”

The momentum behind cellphone bans in schools has reached more than half the states, as teachers, superintendents and education experts praise these policies as a way to boost student achievement and mental health, and to rebuild a sense of community that many believe has been diminished by students’ addiction to screens. Now, the question for […]

Northeast Iowa Community College’s 2024 decision to terminate its then-president has been affirmed by a district judge, with court documents providing additional details about the actions that led to the split. Winneshiek County District Judge John Sullivan released his ruling on former NICC President Herbert Riedel’s termination from the Calmar-based community college, reiterating a previous […]

As the president of The United States continues to push the idea of federalizing the elections and as his administration seizes voting equipment and ballots, Montana’s all-Republican delegation remains mum on the idea. When U.S. President Donald Trump last week suggested that federal government should take over elections, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt assured […]

Despite the high-profile U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota, ICE arrests were down slightly in January compared to December, according to new data.  Immigrant detention nationwide also reached a new high in January, and a growing percentage — nearly three-quarters — of people in detention have no criminal convictions. ICE arrested 36,579 people […]

States that were leaders in childhood vaccination before the pandemic are among those losing ground as exemptions and unfounded skepticism take hold, encouraged by the Trump administration’s stance under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Expanded exemptions for parents are likely to drop both Mississippi and West Virginia from the top […]