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The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would increase income limits for Iowans with disabilities who rely on Medicaid for essential services and also put certain restrictions on nutrition assistance programs.  Several House Democrats said the bill would lead to starving infants and have a negative impact on Iowa’s economy.  While several […]

La goleada por 5-2 que sufrió Tottenham ante Atlético de Madrid, por los octavos de final de la Champions League, dejó un momento que heló al Wanda Metropolitano en los minutos finales. Allí, el argentino Cristian ‘Cuti’ Romero y el portugués Joao Palhinha protagonizaron un violento choque de cabezas. La jugada parecía una disputa aérea … Continua leyendo ""Qué barbaridad": el tremendo choque de cabezas que paralizó el Atlético-Tottenham por Champions" The post "Qué barbaridad": el tremendo choque de cabezas que paralizó el Atlético-Tottenham por Champions appeared first on BioBioChile.

The Alabama Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) to create an anaphylactic response policy and train all licensed day care centers on its implementation. HB 332, sponsored by Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, requires DHR to create the policy by Oct. 1, 2027, and train all day […]

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here.Punching bags hanging inside Hamtramck’s city clerk’s office — one with mayoral candidate Muhith Mahmood’s face taped to it — helped set off a chain of events that left 37 ballots uncounted in the city’s Nov. 5 mayoral election, a race Mahmood lost by just 11 votes.Mahmood, a former city council member, told Votebeat the episode has left him and his supporters questioning the outcome. “We all talk about transparency,” he said. “This is not a good example.”Mayor Adam Alharbi, who defeated Mahmood in the race for mayor and was sworn in in January, confirmed Tuesday that the punching bags were one reason interim City Manager Alexander Lagrou and a number of other unauthorized city officials entered the clerk’s office after the polls closed on Election Day. Aside from Mahmood, the image of a City Council candidate whose name is not yet public was also featured on the bags. Inside the office were 37 uncounted absentee ballots. Officials’ entry broke the chain of custody, and canvassers ultimately chose not to count them as a result. Though those ballots could have changed the outcome of the narrowly decided race, they were not part of the count — including the recount requested by Mahmood, which slightly increased Alharbi’s margin of victory from 6 to 11 votes. The fallout has upended Hamtramck City Hall. Former City Clerk Rana Faraj’s firing was reported Tuesday by The Detroit News, with officials citing the punching bags and the handling of the ballots as reasons for her dismissal. Meanwhile, Mahmood has appealed a judge’s decision allowing the ballots to remain excluded, leaving the legitimacy of the razor-thin result under continued scrutiny.That December ruling said that canvassers had the authority to leave the 37 ballots out of the final count. The case now sits before the Michigan Court of Appeals.No one knows who cast those ballots or who they were for. Months after Alharbi was sworn in as the city’s new mayor, Mahmood and his supporters still harbor doubts.“Whoever they voted for, that should be in the count,” Mahmood said.Alharbi maintains that the 37 ballots “came after the election” and should not have been counted to begin with. He has referred to them in the past as “fraudulent,” a characterization disputed by other officials and Mahmood’s lawyers.Alharbi told Votebeat the decision to fire Faraj was tied in part to what he called “a clear lack of professional neutrality in office” as well as procedural errors relating to elections. Faraj was placed on paid leave shortly after the November election. In December, she filed a lawsuit alleging that several city officials were retaliating against her for trying to flag “ongoing election integrity issues” in the city. An attorney representing Faraj did not immediately respond to a request for comment.How did Hamtramck get here?Faraj has said that her staff noticed the discrepancy between the number of ballots received and those tabulated on election night. The missing 37 ballots, Deputy Clerk Abe Siblani told Votebeat in November, were the result of “human error at the counting board” where ballots are supposed to be fed into the tabulator.In her lawsuit, Faraj suggested the problem occurred after workers cut the ballot envelopes open but then mistakenly mixed them with empty envelopes instead of tabulating them. The ballots were unaccounted for until Nov. 7, when they were discovered, sealed, and ultimately delivered to the county under police escort. By then, Lagrou and several other non-election officials had already entered the office — a move that broke the ballots’ chain of custody, the system meant to ensure the secure transfer of election documents throughout the election process. City officials have said no one knew the ballots were there at the time. But once the chain was broken, the fight over whether the ballots could be counted began.Canvassers ultimately declined to take action, leaving the 37 ballots out of the final results. Uncertainty in a city wracked by election problemsThe dispute has unfolded against a backdrop of broader election turmoil in Hamtramck.In August, two council members were charged with felonies after allegedly forging signatures on absentee ballots during the city’s 2023 council elections. One of them, Muhtasin Sadman, pleaded guilty to reduced charges late last month. The other, Mohammed Hassan, is scheduled for a jury trial next month, according to court records.Four other men — including three current council members — were named in an April document Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel used to seek a special prosecutor in the case. Nessel has been a vocal critic against Hamtramck’s LGBTQ policies and the petition notes that critics have accused her of bringing other prosecutions due to anti-Muslim bias. Monroe County Prosecutor Jeffery Yorkey has been appointed, but did not immediately respond to a request for comment. No other charges have been filed.Alharbi said Hamtramck is working to rebuild its reputation and show “we’re not that anymore,” pushing back against assumptions that city officials are criminals. The punching bags are gone, he said, and he looks forward to welcoming in a new clerk. Alharbi said the city already has applicants for the job. “And now,” he said, “we have a secure door on that office.”Hayley Harding is a reporter for Votebeat based in Michigan. Contact Hayley at hharding@votebeat.org.

. Más temprano, el presidente Gabriel Boric instó al futuro Congreso a rechazar la iniciativa legislativa, criticando que consagra la impunidad. Luego que la idea impulsada por la oposición avanzara en el Senado, el Ejecutivo activó las alertas y cuestionó que se esté intentando reemplazar una condena por arresto domiciliario, incluyendo a violadores de derechos … Continua leyendo "Conmutación de penas: En RN aseguran que ingresaron indicaciones para "volver al foco que debe tener"" The post Conmutación de penas: En RN aseguran que ingresaron indicaciones para "volver al foco que debe tener" appeared first on BioBioChile.

(The Center Square) – The longest floor session in Washington state legislative history continued late Tuesday afternoon as members of the House of Representatives debated amendments to a controversial income tax bill. As of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, members were in hour 22, going nonstop on floor speeches for and against amendments, most of which were offered by Republicans and rejected by Democrats. Senate Bill 6346 would impose a 9.9% tax on personal adjusted gross household income exceeding $1 million annually. Republican senators entered the wings of the House mid-morning on Tuesday to offer “moral support” for their colleagues, with handshakes and hugs all around. Rep. Chris Corry, R-Yakima, told The Center Square Republicans were determined to use up as much time as possible with amendments, so that Washingtonians can see they gave it every effort to try and put the bill down, all the while knowing they don’t have the votes to stop it. Among the amendments offered Tuesday afternoon was one from Rep. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, to reduce the amount of money to be spent on building up a new division within the state Department of Revenue to administer and run the income tax. “We keep hearing how so few people will be impacted by this income tax,” he said. “So, this simply says the Department of Revenue does not need $157 million and 223 new employees to administer this program.” His amendment sought to cap the new DOR hires at 100, noting that the income tax may end up being ruled unconstitutional and none of those new employees will be needed. Democrats rejected the amendment and almost all other amendments debated so far, including efforts to repeal last year's service sales tax, prevent double taxation for those paying income tax elsewhere, and extend baby product tax exemptions to adult diapers. Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, the lawmaker who introduced an alternate income tax bill that never received a hearing, offered an amendment that would require voter approval for amending the state constitution to allow an income tax. Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle, urged a no vote on Walen’s amendment, arguing that since he is not a lawyer and unsure if the bill will withstand a constitutional challenge should it become law, that means it's not lawmakers’ job to determine that. “We’re not required to be lawyers, we’re required to represent the views and interests of our constituents when they send us here to make laws,” Fitzgibbon said. Rep. Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn, strongly objected. “On the first day of session, all of us raise our right hand and swear to uphold the laws of the Constitution of the United States and the state of Washington,” he said. “I hope that the fact that we have to take that oath, that we all agree, we should pursue questions of constitutional interpretation.” The amendment failed. At the time of publication, debate continues on a handful of remaining amendments. Speeches ahead of final passage are anticipated as lawmakers close in on 24 hours of debate on the House floor.

For over a decade, Hino Motors Ltd. imported and sold more than 105,000 vehicles and engines with misleading or fabricated emissions data, until testing by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed the emissions-fraud scheme.  The case would lead the Toyota subsidiary to plead guilty and agree to pay over $1.6 billion in fines over five years […]

La tensión en el estrecho de Ormuz, una de las rutas energéticas más estratégicas del planeta, ha escalado tras la destrucción por parte de Estados Unidos de varias embarcaciones que, según el mando militar estadounidense, estaban preparadas para colocar minas en la zona.

The North Dakota Republican Party leadership pushed back against its own statewide incumbents during a Tuesday press conference promoting the party’s state convention. All of North Dakota’s Republican statewide office holders confirmed this week they plan to skip seeking the NDGOP endorsement at the state convention in Minot on March 28-29. “Unfortunately, some of our […]

Biologists with Yellowstone National Park reported seeing the first grizzly bear of the spring season on Monday, according to a National Park Service press release. The griz was seen in the northern part of the park scavenging on a bull bison carcass in the backcountry. Most male grizzlies emerge from hibernation in early March, while […]

(The Center Square) – More than 50 Minnesota K–12 school districts have adopted a policy that allows taxpayer funds to support certain race-based programs, including financial incentives for teachers of color. "Policy 425 – Staff Development and Mentoring" states that funds may be used to provide “financial incentives for teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian.” Districts that adopt the policy may also offer “additional stipends as incentives” and other race-focused professional development programming. According to a report by Defending Education of more than 100 school districts, at least 50 districts in the state have adopted these policies. Another 57 districts appear not to have adopted the policy or do not include the race-based provisions. The program’s stated purpose is to establish a structure to support improved student learning. The policy also addresses teacher retention strategies. If a “school district receives a grant for any of the above purposes, it will negotiate additional retention strategies or protection from unrequested leave of absences in the beginning years of employment for teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian,” the policy states. Some strategies the policies include are providing financial incentives for teachers of color to work in the school or district for at least five years. It also suggests placing American Indian educators at schools with other American Indian educators and placing educators of color at sites with other educators of color “to reduce isolation and increase opportunity for collegial support.” Rhyen Staley, director of research at Defending Education, criticized the policies. “These policies reflect a deeply entrenched far-left ideology throughout the entire Minnesota education system that flies in the face of longstanding jurisprudence and the historic sacrifices Civil Rights leaders and supporters have made over decades,” Staley said. “These policies and practices are immoral and anti-American and must be stopped.” Nicki Neily, president of Defending Education, also posted about the findings on X, writing that the policies allow public funds to be used for programs intended to increase the academic achievement of students of color. The Center Square contacted the Minnesota School Boards Association for comment, but had not received a response.

Le régisseur de l'établissement a informé le ministre nigérien de la Justice, qui s'est rendu sur place lundi 9 mars, que le taux d'occupation des lieux était de 400%. Alors que la prison abrite une très grande majorité de prisonniers incarcérés sous le statut de la détention provisoire, leurs délégués mettent en cause la lenteur des délais de traitement des dossiers par la justice pour expliquer ce phénomène.

The Idaho House is set to consider a bill that is meant to cut Medicaid disability provider pay rates by nearly $22 million.  After stalling on an earlier version of the bill last week, the House Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday voted to send a new version of the bill, House Bill 863, to […]

Two higher education bills saw bipartisan support Tuesday from the Iowa Senate, aimed at providing more transparency on student loans and garnering greater investment by state university endowments in Iowa projects. House File 703 would require ISL Education Lending — Iowa’s student loan liquidity organization — to provide to Iowa College Aid the estimates of […]

Derek Williams disputes the conclusion of the Wisconsin Parole Commission that he was dishonest. He says the setback slowed his progress toward parole. The post What do you do when the Parole Commission says you’re lying? Following up with Derek Williams appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Craig Montessori School lower elementary teacher Kericka Green feels rewarded by challenging her students to reach new levels of learning. The post ‘I know they’re going to succeed’: Milwaukee-born Kericka Green recognized as a top local teacher appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

La Bienal de Venecia se enfrenta a una fuerte controversia internacional después de que la Comisión Europea haya advertido de que podría retirar subvenciones al prestigioso certamen artístico si no cancela el regreso de Rusia a su pabellón nacional en la edición de 2026.

Reginaldo Nasser analisa a resistência iraniana, o jogo econômico por trás dos mísseis e a permanente ameaça de desestabilização na região Fonte

Period pain can be crippling, but could exercise help relieve it? A reproductive health expert explains.