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A proibição da produção de plásticos de utilização única entra em vigor esta terça-feira, 22 de Setembro, em Angola, numa medida que visa reduzir os impactos ambientais associados ao uso e descarte destes materiais. Em reacção à entrada em vigor da medida, o ambientalista e presidente da MINUTO VERDE, Rafael Lucas, considera que o plano […]

The nonprofit expanded its poverty work into two communities in 2026. The goal is to reach 10 sites in a couple years.

The University of Northern Iowa has taken the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of public regional universities in the Midwest, joined by other public and private Iowa institutions that saw their rankings in the 2027 report climb. The Cedar Falls university attributed its graduation rates and “graduation rate performance” to […]

Honorable Mayor & Council, Recently, working in the garden, I twisted my ankle. Within two hours I couldn’t walk! My only option was to lay down and elevate the ankle with a pack of ice. 24 hours later after promptly addressing it, I was up walking normally again. I believe that Santa Barbara is in […] The post Opinion: Sometimes there is only one option          appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

O Dia Mundial Sem Carro, assinalado esta terça-feira, 22 de Setembro, voltou a colocar em discussão os impactos ambientais provocados pelo uso excessivo de automóveis e a necessidade de promover alternativas de mobilidade mais sustentáveis. A data procura sensibilizar a população para a utilização responsável dos veículos e incentivar o recurso a transportes públicos, bicicletas, […]

The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management announced on Tuesday afternoon it had activated the State Emergency Operation Center in anticipation of expected flash flooding.

After serving as president of the University of Louisiana System from 2017-23, Jim Henderson became president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. In a recent interview, he detailed his work returning to a student-facing role.  This transcript of the interview has been edited for length and clarity. The full interview can be heard on Episode […]

Officers and paramedics treated the girl before an ambulance crew took her to Rady Children's Hospital. Doctors pronounced her dead Tuesday.

Wisconsin's food culture has been shaped over centuries by its natural resources. Read on to learn where to try Wisconsin's wild cuisine. The post Where to try the wild foods of Wisconsin appeared first on Good Info Newswire.

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Ben Eliot Dyess, Jr. age 80, passed away peacefully at his home on September 21, 2026.

(The Center Square) – A Massachusetts federal judge blocked the Trump administration from cutting around $600 million in teacher-training funds, finding the Education Department’s effort to target programs tied to diversity, equity and inclusion was “arbitrary and capricious.” U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee in the District of Massachusetts, in a 70-page ruling, found the administration's move was “arbitrary and capricious,” in part because the directive did not clearly define DEI or explain why the programs were discriminatory. “It is difficult to see how topics can be ‘anti-racis[t]’ yet simultaneously fall within the Directive’s category of ‘discriminatory’ activities,” Kelley wrote. “The record likewise shows that the Directive swept in topics as broad and amorphous as ‘Family and Community in the Classroom’ and ‘social-emotional learning.’ These topics do not, on their face, have any apparent connection to discrimination.” The two federal grant programs, the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development, are managed through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and support educator training and professional development. The Education Department issued the directive in February 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to eliminate federal funding it associated with DEI and what it described as “divisive ideologies.” Eight Democratic states sued, arguing the Trump administration unlawfully cut funding that Congress had already approved. “Taxpayer dollars should support preparing teachers for meaningful student learning, expanding the pipeline of high-quality teachers and retaining top talent — not funding divisive ideology or racial preferences," Savannah Newhouse, press secretary for the U.S. Department of Education, told The Center Square. Kelley said the directive lacked sufficient standards for determining which programs fell under its definition of DEI. “In sum, because the Directive provides no discernible criteria for 'DEI,' and thus for determining the type of programs and activities it disfavors, it fails to provide the explanation necessary to guide implementation,” the judge wrote in the ruling. “Accordingly, the Directive is arbitrary and capricious.”

(The Center Square) - With six weeks until the Nov. 3 election, union backed campaign donations are pouring in for the “No on I-645” campaign. The Washington Education Association tops campaign donations for the effort aimed at convincing voters to reject Initiative 645, to repeal the state's income tax. The total spending for opponents of the repeal initiative is nearly $10 million. According to the Public Disclosure Commission, WEA donated $3 million to the No on I-645 campaign. Just shy of $2 million has come from the Service Employees International Union and more than $1 million has been donated from the Washington Federation for State Employees. "Washington state is among the wealthiest in the nation, yet many of our students' needs remain unmet, our districts are facing financial hardship, and some schools are slated for closure. That's because the ultra-rich are using their power to rig the tax system for themselves," reads a statement on the WEA website explaining its support for the tax. Backers of the Yes on I-645 campaign including Let’s Go Washington Founder Brian Heywood and Vote Yes Repeal the Income Tax have donated just shy of $5 million. "The income tax is not just a tax on 'the rich'; it is a legal test case designed to open the door to a broader statewide income tax. Senator Jamie Pedersen communicated openly with the Attorney General’s Office about how to get the Washington Supreme Court to reconsider longstanding income-tax precedent, and sidestep voters to pass his unconstitutional tax," reads a statement on the LGW website explaining its support for the initiative to repeal the tax. Call for correction As the campaign intensifies, the free-market think tank Washington Policy Center has called on the Seattle Times Editorial Board to print a correction to their article urging readers to vote against I-645. “Initiative 645 does more than take away the 9.9% tax on incomes over $1 million. It maintains a bevy of promised tax credits that, without the income tax to fund them, would dig an even deeper budget hole,” said the editorial. “And it would prevent legislators from altering any of the initiative’s impacts for two years, absent a supermajority vote.” Ryan Frost, WPC’s budget and policy center director, says the editorial board got it wrong. “The board claims that leaving the relief provisions in place 'locks them in' and 'would prevent legislators from altering any of the initiative’s impacts for two years, absent a supermajority vote,'" wrote Frost. “They are incorrect.” “I-645 simply asks voters to ban an income tax, not to guarantee every other provision that lawmakers attached to the flawed income tax bill.” According to I-645, if voters agree to repeal the income tax, other tax benefits written into SB 6346 would remain intact, including an expansion of the Working Families Tax Credit, preserving tax relief for eligible low- and moderate-income working families. The measure also protects future exemptions for household necessities such as grooming and hygiene products, diapers, and over-the-counter drugs, and provides small-business B&O relief, including the increased small-business tax credit and higher filing-relief threshold. Frost notes that lawmakers could still amend or repeal the separate tax relief provisions by simple majority in 2027 or 2028. “And even under the Times’ interpretation, the two-year window where they couldn’t come back and do anything if 645 passes, would expire Dec. 3, 2028 — before the tax relief takes effect...so either way you look at it, the Times Editorial Board got it wrong,” wrote Frost. The Center Square reached out to the Seattle Times Editorial Board inquiring about Frost’s claims, but did not receive a response before publication. Frost previously told The Center Square claims from opponents that repealing the income tax will decimate funding for education and healthcare are also inaccurate. “The measure itself does not dedicate any revenue to K-12 education, and the measure does not dedicate any revenue to healthcare. The only specific allocation in the entire bill is for 5% of the revenues to go to the Fair Start For Kids account. The rest of the revenues go to the state’s general fund,” said Frost. “The dirty little secret behind this is the state is already in a huge deficit and so these income tax revenues are not going to new programs…they’re going to backfill a budget hole," he said. Frost said he is going to make a formal request for the Seattle Times Editorial Board to print a correction to their piece urging readers to reject I-645.

Tres señalados por delitos vinculados al narcotráfico e incluidos en la lista de los más buscados, fueron beneficiados por resoluciones judiciales que terminaron avalando su liberación El caso pasó por el juez Víctor Cruz, una Sala, la CSJ y llegó hasta la Corte de Constitucionalidad (CC), que decidió mantener vigente el fallo favorable a los ... Read more The post CC mantiene sin proceso penal a tres de los más buscados por presunto narcotráfico appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

LINCOLN — As criticism clouds Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s latest appointments to a state advisory board predicting state tax revenues, lawmakers are divided on what influence the most well-known of those newest board members will have. The nine-member Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board will meet Oct. 30 and project whether Nebraska faces a budget shortfall […]

North Dakota’s 11 public colleges and universities reported 47,377 students for the fall semester, with enrollment leveling off after several years of growth. The University System had 47,522 students at this time last fall, 145 more than this year. The biggest decline in number of students came at North Dakota State University, which saw enrollment […]

South Sudan’s new election chief has defended his neutrality after journalists questioned whether his ties The post Judge me by my actions, not Kiir ties – election chief appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

The United States says it will seek to “raise the cost” of continued fighting in The post US vows to ‘raise the cost’ of Sudan war appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

Heat pumps, inductions stoves and infrared heating panels: these are a few of the climate-friendly upgrades being installed at some public housing developments, with more to come, officials said Tuesday. The post NYCHA’s Green Future? Officials Open ‘Showroom’ Apartment With Sustainable Features appeared first on City Limits.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship confirmed a case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Boone County, marking the state’s seventh detection of the bird flu in 2026.  The outbreak occurred in a backyard, mixed species flock of 138 birds, according to IDALS. Iowa has not reported a case of the H5N1 […]