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The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the 400 block of Wood Avenue on the report of a possible garage fire.

Check out lowriders; enjoy a community picnic; get a free backpack and supplies; and more. The post 5 things to know and do the weekend of July 24 appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s charter revision panel approved five ballot proposals Thursday for the November election, including moves to speed up the creation of bike lanes and outdoor dining setups. The other measures would accelerate the city contracting process for nonprofits and small businesses, simplify permitting for construction projects and set a target for the city’s […] The post Mamdani’s Government Efficiency Panel Approves 5 NYC Ballot Proposals appeared first on The City Reporter.

Glacier National Park officials announced they will begin work next week to plug a leaking oil well in the park’s northern region. The Butte Oil Well, near the head of Kintla Lake, was the first oil well drilled in the state of Montana, predating the establishment of Glacier Park. A 2023 monitoring effort of the well […]

Sawfish, a group of large marine rays, derive their name from a striking appendage: Their long, saw-like snout lined with teeth-like scales. Nature intended these fish to use their snout, also called a rostrum, to send out electric signals that shock unsuspecting prey, slice it like a sword to impale it, and devour the catch. […]

Intelectual pernambucano foi grande voz do internacionalismo no Brasil. Liderou a resistência ao fascismo na década de 30. Militante trotskista, auxiliou prisioneiros políticos na ditadura. E defendeu a arte como “exercício experimental da liberdade” The post O marxismo, a arte e o Brasil de Mario Pedrosa appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Merîwan Heme ji Kongresa Amerîkî agahîyên nû li ser Erêkirina budceya Wezareta Cengê ya Amerîkayê radigihîne

Há pouco mais de quatro anos, em junho de 2022, o assassinato do jornalista britânico Dom Phillips e indigenista brasileiro Bruno Pereira, no Vale do Javari, no Amazonas, escancarou os riscos do exercício da atividade jornalística na Amazônia. Os dois foram mortos em uma emboscada, quando Dom visitava a região para conversar com indígenas e […] O post Observatório da Imprensa discute investigações e busca por justiça para Dom Phillips e Bruno Pereira, mortos há 4 anos apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago school board president, is facing a formal state complaint from a challenger who claims Dominguez ignored campaign finance rules.State election authorities received a complaint last Friday from Hugo Jacobo against Dominguez’s campaign committee, Friends of Hilario, arguing his latest campaign filings reporting nothing raised or spent “cannot be accurate.” Jacobo is working for Dominguez’s opponent Sendhil Revuluri, whose team shared the complaint with Chalkbeat. Dominguez, who is also the political director of the Chicago Teachers Union, did not directly address the complaint or the allegations but said he’s spending time with “parents, students, and communities.” “Unlike the billionaires who fought against giving Chicagoans a vote like this, they don’t have a lot of money,” he said in a statement. His campaign treasurer Kat Zamorran said in a statement that the “campaign is in compliance and more activity will be in the next report.”Candidates running in the Nov. 3 election were required to file campaign finance reports for the year’s second quarter with the state on July 15. Candidates for school board have raised $1.8 million, $1.2 million of that in the board president’s race alone. Dominguez is one of five candidates for board president and has the CTU’s endorsement.According to state election law, candidates are required to register a political committee with the Board of Elections when it raises or spends $5,000 in a 12-month period, but candidates can create the committee before reaching that threshold. While Dominguez’s committee was registered with the state on June 4, it does not have to report campaign contributions or expenses until either hits $5,000, so it’s possible the campaign hasn’t reached that number yet. Neither Zamorran or Dominguez answered questions about whether they’ve hit the threshold.Matt Dietrich, spokesperson for the Illinois State Board of Elections, noted that contributions aren’t considered “received” by a committee until they’re deposited to the bank. For example, if a fundraiser happened in June, but donations weren’t deposited until after July 1, that money wouldn’t show up on campaign finance filings until the next round of reports are due in the fall. There’s one exception: Contributions of $1,000 or more must be reported within five days of being deposited, Dietrich said. The complaint likely won’t be addressed until the Illinois Board of Elections’ Oct. 20 meeting, according to Dietrich. The board can “prescribe corrective action immediately” or hold a public hearing over the case if it agrees with the complainant. Dominguez could face a financial penalty, but first-time penalties are waived unless a committee commits another violation within two years, Dietrich said. Revuluri said he doesn’t think it’s “reasonable” that Dominguez could have run his campaign so far, including with printed materials and a fundraising event, and not have exceeded $5,000 in expenses. “My concern is less with some kind of punishment, but more restorative action, where the campaign starts telling the truth, where the campaign is being honest about how it’s being financed (and) what they’re doing with that money because voters deserve to have that information,” Revuluri said. The complaint laid out several spending claims, including that Dominguez’s campaign has created campaign materials, such as fliers and banners, and has a campaign website containing a note saying it was “paid for by Friends of Hilario,” which was visible on the website Thursday. The complaint also names people who helped Dominguez collect signatures to get on the ballot, noting that those people are known paid circulators whom other campaigns have also hired and are paid per signature. WBEZ reported that Dominguez had collected about 9,000 signatures.The complaint noted that Dominguez held a fundraiser last month but didn’t report receiving any funds in the latest required campaign finance disclosures. Both CTU’s and Illinois Network of Charter Schools’ PACs are expected to spend big in the campaign but haven’t yet poured money into races. The union’s PAC did report spending money on fending off petition challenges for some candidates. The state will assign Jacobo’s complaint to a hearing officer, who will hold a hearing with both parties, Dietrich said in an email. After that, the hearing officer will make a recommendation, which the board’s general counsel reviews and adds her own recommendation. The board makes the final decision in a closed session. “The burden of proof in these proceedings is on the complainant,” Dietrich wrote. Dietrich noted that the complaints don’t become public unless the board decides they’re justifiable. Reema Amin is a reporter covering Chicago Public Schools. Contact Reema at ramin@chalkbeat.org.

President Donald Trump speaks  at a roundtable event at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The event promoted the administration's Ratepayer Protection Pledge that seeks to cap utility prices in communities that have new data centers. (Screenshot from White House livestream)]]>

A Imagem do Mês de junho eleita pela ARFOC-SP é de Richard Callis, fotógrafo de esporte inglês, proprietário da Sports Press Photo e diretor da agência de notícia Fotoarena, em São Paulo. Ele participou da cobertura da Copa do Mundo e exaltou a surpresa do lance: “Foi no jogo contra o Marrocos, no estádio Metlife […] O post Imagem do Mês – Richard Callis/Sports Press Photo apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Police arrested a driver on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter in the Pacific Beach crash.

I didn’t learn about the permanent closure of the University of Alaska Anchorage Testing Center through a campus press release or a community town hall. I learned about it on a quiet summer afternoon while taking my 14-year-old son to sit for an exam for college credit. Watching a teenager step up, take initiative and […]

The delivery giant supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of workers, small businesses, and national carriers.

The number of Florida residents who receive federal food assistance dropped by 23% during the past year, state data published this month show. There were 2,285,099 residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in June, down from the 2,970,283 in June 2025, data maintained by the Department of Children and Families show. That’s […]

Na rotina da rua, a dinâmica é quase sempre a mesma: o repórter chega com a pergunta, posiciona o microfone, grava uma resposta de 15 segundos e corre para entregar o material antes da abertura do jornal. O cronômetro da transmissão dita o ritmo e, nessa busca apressada por declarações rápidas, as entrevistas acabam virando […] O post A escuta como método: o que a sensibilidade de Bianka Carvalho ensina ao telejornalismo apareceu primeiro em Observatório da Imprensa.

Today, 250 organizations and groups from across the country urge leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to reject industry-led efforts to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act, America’s primary chemical safety law, and encourage Congress to hear from the people, workers, and communities whose health would be most affected. In the letter sent to EPW Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and to Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), organizations representing public health professionals, scientists, consumer advocates, environmental justice leaders, community organizations, environmental advocates, and impacted communities wrote that Congress has not yet publicly heard testimony in hearings from the people who would bear the greatest consequences of weakening the law. Those voices include veterans, workers, families, and frontline communities facing cancer, Parkinson's disease, and other illnesses linked to toxic chemical exposures, as well as states on the front lines of managing contamination, cleanup, and rising health costs. “Strong chemical safety reviews protect families from hazardous chemicals before they reach the market,” said Melanie Benesh, vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group. “Weakening TSCA doesn't cut red tape. It makes it easier for toxic chemicals to end up in our homes, our drinking water, and our bodies,” Benesh said. The letter also highlights TSCA’s broad public health benefits since Congress overwhelmingly voted to modernize the law in 2016, including actions to address toxic chemicals such as asbestos, methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride and other harmful substances found in homes, schools, workplaces, consumer products, drinking water and communities across the country.“We urge the Committee to ensure that any proposed legislation to revise TSCA receives full and careful review and input from all interested parties,” the letter states.“The vast majority of Americans across party lines support more protections from toxic chemical exposure and more accountability from corporate polluters. For an issue of this magnitude and importance, we urge you to not rush to mark up a bill that has not been seen by the public nor received a hearing with opportunity for testimony or comment from all interested stakeholders,” the organizations wrote. “Congress should not make changes to our nation's chemical safety law to placate the chemical industry," said Liz Hitchcock, federal policy director at Toxic-Free Future. "Americans need stronger protections from toxic chemicals, not weaker ones. Lawmakers must hear from the health professionals, veterans, workers, state leaders, and communities that would be most affected—not just the companies that profit from these chemicals.”The sign-on letter was organized by the Alliance for Health and Safe Chemicals, a national coalition of more than 85 organizations and networks united around one principle: put people’s health first. Together, Alliance members are working to defend TSCA against efforts to weaken it and preserve strong federal public health protections from toxic chemicals. About the Alliance for Health and Safe ChemicalsThe Alliance for Health and Safe Chemicals is a national coalition of more than 85 organizations and networks united around the principle: put people’s health first. The Alliance fights for national protections to prevent harm from toxic chemicals that contribute to cancer, infertility, learning disabilities, and other health challenges. We work for justice and health for all, wherever you live, work, and play.

The Trump administration wants to link emergency preparedness grants for states to its preferences on immigration enforcement and the administration of elections.

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To fill openings for nurses, surgical techs and more, UW Health pays staff to train for new health careers, on the clock. Now, as other states struggle to find enough health workers, the company wants to show them how it’s done. The post Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.