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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is expected Thursday evening to detail his plans for a long-term plan to balance Alaska’s expenses and revenue. “There will be a temporary, seasonal sales tax concept put forward for discussion with the legislature,” Dunleavy said Wednesday during a cabinet meeting open to reporters.  Will state lawmakers approve that idea? “I […]

Sabi plan que trefosissètz per saupre la fin del raconte. Me desencusi, mas Jornalet a pas encara tornat inventar lo fulheton quotidian, coma al temps d’Alexandre Dumàs, Onorat de Balzac, Juli Vèrne o Maurici Leblanc… Aprèp aver lisat sul glaç e s’èsser copada la cambeta lanceta, la formigueta rescontrèt lo solelh, la nivol, la paret, la mirga, lo gat, lo bròc e lo fuòc. Li cal anar ara veire l’aiga. Continua llegint

La Dictada Occitana torna aquest dissabte 31 de genièr amb una edicion especiala que confirma la vitalitat d’un eveniment plan enrasigat. Creada fa 29 ans, la Dictada Occitana es un eveniment singular: una dictada en lenga occitana realizada simultanèament dins 38 vilas d’Occitània e dels Païses Catalans, amb de participacions tanben a París. Dins la majoritat de las vilas participantas, la dictada se tendrà al meteis moment, dins un esperit de convivéncia e de partatge lingüistic. Continua llegint

An appeal would be costly and unlikely to change the outcome, including the removal of Superintendent Mark Ramirez, trustees said.

Education department rejects claims that immigrants are given preference

Mayor says their electricity meters will be blocked until they settle their debt

Hanan Relief Group must raise funds to avoid scaling back programs that thousands of refugee families rely on. The post Refugee support nonprofit Hanan Relief Group faces funding crisis appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Damasco avanza sobre las áreas kurdas, asume el control de las cárceles del ISIS y recibe señales de respaldo de EE UU, mientras amenaza a las SDF con una nueva ofensiva contra sus últimos bastiones si no aceptan integrarse al Estado central.

State and local officials say they’re better prepared than they were five years ago when Winter Storm Uri blanketed the state, killing hundreds and leaving scores without power and water.

(The Center Square) - Nevada legislators passed a sweeping bill, which took effect Nov. 18, to prevent the next state cyberattack. Experts recently explain what the bill means for Nevada’s future online safety. After the 2025 cyberattack, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1 during last fall's special session to expand the state’s cybersecurity efforts. It includes plans to expand the cybersecurity workforce and centralize the state’s online defenses. “Cybersecurity is always a war between the attacks and defenders – all this effort is just raising the bar,” Yoohwan Kim, told The Center Square. “It's never perfect, but it's a good approach. If we don't raise the bar, there will be more attacks, so we make it more difficult to attack us.” With AB1, the thinking is, Nevada will elevate itself to the next level in cybersecurity. A handful of other U.S. states have introduced similar measures in recent years, many in an effort to centralize cyber defenses and thwart attacks more quickly. The attackers from 2025 have never been publicly identified by the Nevada state government, but experts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said it was unlikely to have been a targeted attack. “It could be just low hanging fruit, [where] they send out the attack everywhere, whoever it catches will become the victim,” said Kim. “They didn't care [who they attacked], as long as they can grab some value from the data - like a social security number or a bank account, they don't care," Kim added later. The Nevada state government first found the cyberattack in August, but it likely began in May with an accidental ransomware download by a state employee, as per the state. “In most data breaches, the average case takes 180 days to even notice that there is a data breach in the system,” UNLV computer science Professor Ju-Yeon Jo told The Center Square. Nevada’s 2025 hack, by comparison, was sniffed out in less than 90 days. While the attack was widespread, much of the immediate impact did not come directly from the attackers, but from how the Nevada government handled the hack. The weeks-long closure of the DMV website and some of the department’s functions, for example, was ordered by the state in an effort to root out the issue. “ From the very beginning, I have been clear our top priority is restoring services that Nevadans depend on every day. That has not changed,” Gov. Joe Lombardo said in a news conference during the cyberattack. “This kind of recovery is never easy," the Republican governor said. "It requires patience, precision and constant vigilance. But I want Nevadans to know we are making real headway, and every day brings us closer to full restoration.” The UNLV experts said that despite the weeks-long process to return state services, they thought Nevada did a good job responding to the attack. “If you're flying and there’s a problem in the engine of the plane, would you rather land at the nearest airport and have the mechanic come and fix it?” said Greg Moody, director of cybersecurity programs at the UNLV. “Or do you rather say, ‘Hey, there's a mechanic on the plane, let's strap 'em onto the wing of the plane and have them fix it while we're still flying?” Moody told The Center Square. “The safest way to stop the issue was to do a full system check,” added Moody. “The best way to make sure that stops happening is to just cut off all access.” Legislators say local attacks, which the UNLV experts said happen all the time, would be dealt with more systematically under AB1’s proposed changes. Currently, data across Nevada cities, counties and the state are kept separate from each other and managed by their different agencies. Cyber threats are also reported locally, which the state is looking to change with the Security Operations Center. The SOC would be a center to run various local and state data through to be combed for potential threats. “If they're getting weird signals or information that someone's trying to engage in an attack against them, rather than informally sharing it through networks, discords, emails or phone calls, we'd have a formalized process where they can share such data,” said Moody. “Then they would alert other agencies saying, ‘Someone's running this attack against me, they might run it against you’, so it makes for a better response.” AB1 also outlined plans to create a Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Program to train future cybersecurity workers in the state and build out the workforce to fight future attacks. The UNLV experts said it was still unclear how the state would employ this program. They added that they were working with the government to encourage training for applied knowledge beyond textbooks. “We provide some student manpower that can be mentored by some of the state workers so they can start working in cyber during their pathway,” said Moody. “Much like you have a medical student who works in a hospital before they finish their medical program.” The UNLV experts did not say when Nevadans would likely first see AB1 in action, stressing that some of the processes could take a while to get under way. One element of cybersecurity that is already well underway is the use of artificial intelligence. AI has become synonymous with cybersecurity, according to the UNLV experts. “It's already happening, AI tools are used by hackers, but also the defenders,” said Jo. “We already use AI tools and then those tools save a lot of money, like a few million dollars per data breach case.” Unlike many other university departments, UNLV computer science already offers around 10 AI and machine learning courses. “We love AI,” said Moody. Nevada’s statewide cybersecurity in 2025 was the biggest in the state’s history and could have compromised data for millions of residents. Fortunately, the state said, the issue was fully contained. But the UNLV experts warned next time could come with much more serious consequences – from altered voting data to mass credit card data theft. “It was an unwelcome incident, but it creates some cultures, and it is a kind of a warning sign for a lot worse cases,” said Jo.

The Tucson City Council directed the city manager and attorney Wednesday to craft an ordinance barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from staging or carrying out civil immigration enforcement on city property. Mayor Regina Romero opened up the discussion saying it’s important that residents feel safe on city property, regardless of their immigration status.  “We’ve […] The post Tucson moves to block ICE use of city property appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

In a rambling speech, the US president appears to be cooling on his bid to buy Greenland, but still had plenty of fire for a lot of people.

(The Center Square) - A hotly debated gun control bill that fell just short of reaching the governor’s desk in the 2025 session has been resurrected, and proponents are determined to see it over the finish line this year. House Bill 1152 would require gun owners to put locked storage in vehicles and homes for their firearms. Chief of Staff for the Alliance for Gun Responsibility (AGR) Ryan Disch-Guzman told The Center Square the bill is the most important legislation they are backing this session. “[HB] 1152 the safe storage [bill] is probably our top priority one because it worked its way through session last time and got very close to passing and then just ran out of time,” said Disch-Guzma. “Most of our firearms that are used in crimes were stolen at some point. Most school shootings happen because of an unsecured firearm.” He told The Center Square his organization is not opposed to gun ownership, but believes public safety and public health demand regulations. “We're a high gun ownership state. You know, we're in the top 10. We're, I believe, seven or eight in terms of concealed carry, so we have a lot of firearms in Washington. We have to really practice safe storage and making sure that our communities are safely storing not only in our homes but also our vehicles. We have a lot of vehicle thefts where firearms are stolen,” said Disch-Guzma. Dave Workman is the editor-in-chief of The Gun Mag.com, and a journalist whose beat is firearms. He pushed back on Disch-Guzman’s statements. “Any “safe storage” requirement just might collide with the 2008 Heller decision on Page 58, where it states, “We must also address the District’s requirement (as applied to respondent’s handgun) that firearms in the home be rendered and kept inoperable at all times. This makes it impossible for citizens to use them for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.” Workman said the fact AGR acknowledges most firearms used in crimes were stolen at some point refutes their argument for further impeding lawful gun owners’ rights. “Why continue down the road on the rights of law-abiding citizens in their efforts to legally purchase firearms? For example, how does this acknowledgement justify a 10-day waiting period?” asked Workman. Another bill concerning 3-D printed or "ghost" guns received a hearing Wednesday morning in the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee. HB 2320 “prohibits the manufacturing of certain firearms and firearm components through use of a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine,” according to the bill summary. Retired teacher Jane Weiss spoke in support of the bill, describing herself as "a survivor of gun violence.” "In 2014, my 19-year-old niece, Veronica Weiss, was shot and killed during a mass shooting near her campus at UC Santa Barbara. I miss her and think about her every day. I'm here in strong support of HB 2320 because untraceable home manufactured guns, known as ghost guns, make tragedies like the one that took Veronica even harder to prevent and harder to stop,” said Weiss. Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, who sits on the committee that considered the bill Wednesday, told The Center Square that the legislation is well-meaning, but "poorly structured and likely to fail to make anyone safer." “The main problem with the proposal is that it's overbroad, restricting many uses of 3-D printing that have nothing to do with firearms,” said Walsh. He noted many of the themes of the testifiers who support the bill admitted they've never read the Washington State Constitution. “Particularly, they were unfamiliar with Article 1, Section 24 - our State Constitution's protection of every citizen's right to keep and bear firearms, which is stronger and clearer than even the U.S. Constitution's 2nd Amendment.” Last year, majority Democrats pushed through the most controversial gun control bill in years in Washington, called the permit-to-purchase bill. Critics contend the bill is unconstitutional and that it will not be fully implemented. “Name any other constitutionally enumerated fundamental right that first requires a citizen to obtain permission from the police in order to exercise it?” queried Workman. “This mandate will almost certainly be struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional because rights are special and cannot be subject to first getting permission from the government. That’s the difference between a right and a privilege. This discussion isn’t really about guns. It’s about rights.” "For permit to purchase that we passed last year, that's incredibly important," said Disch-Guzman with AGR. "Most people who own a firearm do not train with that firearm. And that surprised and shocked me, and I think responsible gun ownership means responsibilities like that, like making sure that you're trained to use that firearm and that you are as safe with it as possible. Senate Bill 5098, restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities, passed off the Senate floor Wednesday. One Democrat, Sen. Adrian Cortes, D-Battle Ground, joined every Republican in opposition, but the bill passed on a vote of 29 to 20.

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and landslides that struck the island of Sumatra in late 2025. The revocations follow an audit carried out by a government task force responsible for forest area enforcement after disasters triggered by Cyclone […]

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. After a year of ongoing measles outbreaks that have sickened more than 2,400 people, the United States is poised to lose its status as a measles-free country. However, the newly appointed principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ralph Abraham, said he was unbothered by the prospect at a briefing for journalists this week. “It’s just the cost of doing business with our borders being somewhat porous for global and international travel,” Abraham said. “We have these communities that choose to be unvaccinated. That’s their personal freedom.” Infections from other countries, however, accounted for only about 10% of measles cases detected since Jan. 20, 2025, the official start of the deadly measles outbreak in West Texas, which spread to other states and Mexico. The rest were acquired domestically. This marks a change since the United States eliminated measles in 2000. Measles occasionally popped up in the United States from people infected abroad, but the cases rarely sparked outbreaks, because of extremely high rates of vaccination. Two doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine strongly prevent infection and halt the virus’ spread. To maintain its measles elimination status, the United States must prove that the virus has not circulated continuously in the nation for a year, between Jan. 20, 2025, and Jan. 20, 2026. To answer the question, scientists are examining whether the major outbreaks in South Carolina, Utah, Arizona, and Texas were linked. Health officials confirmed that the main measles virus strain in each of these outbreaks is D8-9171. But because this strain also occurs in Canada and Mexico, CDC scientists are now analyzing the entire genomes of measles viruses — about 16,000 genetic letters long — to see whether those in the United States are more closely related to one another than to those in different countries. The CDC expects to complete its studies within a couple of months and make the data public. Then the Pan American Health Organization, which oversees the Americas in partnership with the World Health Organization, will decide whether the United States will lose its measles elimination status. And that would mean that costly, potentially deadly, and preventable measles outbreaks could become common again. “When you hear somebody like Abraham say ‘the cost of doing business,’ how can you be more callous,” pediatrician and vaccine specialist Paul Offit said in an online discussion hosted by the health blog Inside Medicine on Tuesday. “Three people died of measles last year in this country,” Offit added. “We eliminated this virus in the year 2000 — eliminated it. Eliminated circulation of the most contagious human infection. That was something to be proud of.” Abraham said vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent measles but that parents must have the freedom to decide whether to vaccinate their children. Several states have loosened school vaccine requirements since 2020, and vaccine rates have dropped. A record rate of kindergartners, representing about 138,000 children, obtained vaccine exemptions for the 2024-25 school year. Information on vaccines has been muddied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who previously founded an anti-vaccine organization. He has undermined vaccines throughout his tenure. On national television, he has repeated scientifically debunked rumors that vaccines may cause autism, brain swelling, and death. Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University, disparaged the Trump administration’s focus on finding genetic technicalities that may spare the country’s measles-free status. “This is the wrong thing to pay attention to. Our attention has to be on stopping the outbreaks,” she said. While scientists race to study spread of measles in U.S., Kennedy unravels hard-won gains “If we keep our status, it should be because we have stopped the spread of measles,” she said. “It’s like they’re trying to be graded on a curve.” The Trump administration impeded the CDC’s ability to assist West Texas during the first critical weeks of its outbreak and slowed the release of federal emergency funds, according to KFF Health News investigations. However, the agency stepped up its activity last year, providing local health departments with measles vaccines, communication materials, and testing. Abraham said HHS would give South Carolina $1.5 million to respond to its outbreak, which began nearly four months ago and had reached 646 cases as of Tuesday. If the CDC’s genomic analyses show that last year’s outbreaks resulted from separate introductions from abroad, political appointees will probably credit Kennedy for saving the country’s status, said Demetre Daskalakis, a former director of the CDC’s national immunization center, who resigned in protest of Kennedy’s actions in August. And if studies suggest the outbreaks are linked, Daskalakis predicted, the administration will cast doubt on the findings and downplay the reversal of the country’s status: “They’ll say, who cares.” Indeed, at the briefing, Abraham told a reporter from Stat that a reversal in the nation’s status would not be significant: “Losing elimination status does not mean that the measles would be widespread.” Data show otherwise. Case counts last year were the highest since 1991, before the government enacted vaccine policies to ensure that all children could be protected with measles immunization. Lauren Sausser contributed reporting. Amy Maxmen is a national reporter for Healthbeat through a partnership with KFF Health News.

True public safety in our state can only be accomplished if everyone has access to affordable housing, food, health care, meaningful community connections, and the opportunity for a future with dignity and self-determination.  This requires a healthy state budget with adequate revenue, and for state lawmakers to disinvest in programs that cause harm.  Yet, for […]

Chanting echoed through the Capitol’s marble halls as transgender Utahns and their allies marched from the front steps to the rotunda on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to halt a set of bills targeting transgender people. More than 60 people participated in the protest.  Anti-transgender bill among ‘most harmful and outrageous’ Utah LGBTQ+ advocates have seen […]

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En un nuevo balance, , mientras que las viviendas destruidas superan las 800. Según información entregada por el ministro del Interior, Álvaro Elizalde, este miércoles se confirmó el hallazgo de una nueva persona fallecida, víctima de la tragedia que azotó Lirquén. Las autoridades, en coordinación con la Policía de Investigaciones (PDI) y el Servicio Médico … Continua leyendo "Aumentan a 21 las víctimas fatales por incendios en Bío Bío y Ñuble: casas destruidas suben a 817" The post Aumentan a 21 las víctimas fatales por incendios en Bío Bío y Ñuble: casas destruidas suben a 817 appeared first on BioBioChile.