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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed eliminating property taxes for the Alaska LNG project to incentivize development of the $46 billion gas line and export facilities.  The bill was introduced to the Legislature on Mar. 20 and would exempt the project from local taxes in Alaska, including property and sales taxes. Instead, a volume-based tax […]

داواکاری گشتی بەحرەین و سەرۆکی دادگای تاوانەکانی تیرۆریزمی بەحرەین لە چوار دۆسیەی جیادا فەرمانی بۆ 14 کەس دەرکرد کە تۆمەتبارن بە سیخوڕیکردن بۆ سوپای پاسدارانی کۆماری ئیسلامی. بەپێی هەواڵی میدیاکانی ناوچەکە، ئەو کەسانە چەندین تیمی ئۆپەراسیۆنی جیاوازیان پێکهێنابوو. داواکاری گشتی بەحرەین ڕوونی کردەوە کە ئەو تۆمەتبارانە لە ڕێگەی پەیوەندی و سیخوڕی بۆ سوپای پاسداران هەوڵی ئەنجامدانی کردەوەی دوژمنکارانەیان لە دژی بەحرەین دەدا و بۆ ئەو مەبەستەش هاوکاری داراییان وەرگرتووە و یەکێکیان لە...

The Idaho Senate on Thursday rejected a bill that would’ve significantly lowered the income eligibility threshold for families to qualify for a child care subsidy program. Senate Bill 1419 called to shift the federally-funded Idaho Child Care Program from state agency rules to state law, implement a range of fraud-prevention measures and limit eligibility for […]

Friant Water Authority announced conclusions to an array of lawsuits that had been a burr for the agency and its members after a lengthy closed session Thursday, March 26.  That […]

La designación de la primera candidata nacionalista a la alcaldía coruñesa abre un tiempo político que combina experiencia acumulada y ambición de ampliar el espacio del Bloque en la ciudad.

دۆناڵد ترامپ، سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا ڕۆژی پێنجشەممە لە کەناڵی فۆکس نیوز بە ئاماژەدان بە باڵادەستی ئاسمانی ئەمەریکا بەسەر ئێران و لاوازی بەرگرییە ئاسمانییەکانی کۆماری ئیسلامی، وتی "ئێمە ڕاست بەسەر ناوەندی تاراندا دەفڕین و هەرچیمان بوێت، دەتوانین بیکەین." سەرۆک ترامپ ئاماژەی بەوەشکرد "شتێکی دیکە کە لە ناومان بردن، سەرکردەکانیان بوو. ئێمە ڕێبەری باڵا-یمان بەو شێوەیەی کە خۆیان ناویان دەبرد، خامنەیی-یمان لەناو برد. پاشان کەسێکی تریان خستە شوێنەکەی، ئێمە ئەویشمان لەناوبرد و بەشێک لە ڕیزی سێهەمی...

The extension will connect to the B and D lines, as well as popular bus routes.

Serokê Amerîkayê Donald Trump roja Pêncşemê li ser Kenala Fox Newsê got, "Em ê rasterast li ser esmanê Tehranê bifirin û çi tiştê em bixwazin emê bikin." Wek nîşana serdestîya esmanî ya Amerîkayê li ser Îranê û lawazîya berevanîya esmanî ya Komara Îslamî. Trump got,"Tiştê din ê ku me ji holê rakirin, rêberên wan bûn... Me Rêberê Bilind, wekî ku wan jê re dibêjin, Xamineyî ji holê rakir. Piştre wan kesekî din danî, me ew ji holê rakir, û me hin ji rêza sêyemîn ji holê rakirin." Serok got ku...

دونالد ترامپ گفت جمهوری اسلامی هفت روز فرصت خواسته بود ولی او به آن‌ها ۱۰ روز فرصت داده است تا تنگه هرمز را باز کنند.

Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco says it's coincidence he got a California ballot seizure warrant from a judge who praised him and whom he endorsed in 2022.

The Idaho Senate passed a rewritten version of a health and human services budget that now includes additional budget cuts for Medicaid services.  Senate Bill 1435 is the new version of the fiscal year 2027 health and human services maintenance of operations budget. It includes funding for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and […]

El nombramiento del sustituto de Montero sitúa un perfil técnico, discreto y con fuerte experiencia territorial al frente del Ministerio de Hacienda, con la tarea pendiente de la negociación de las cuentas públicas y la reforma del sistema de financiación.

دۆناڵد ترامپ، سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا ڕۆژی پێنجشەممە لە چاوپێکەوتنێکدا لەگەڵ کەناڵی فۆکس نیوز گوتی "بۆ پاراستن و بەهێزکردنی مەزنایەتی ئەمەریکا" پێویستە ڕووبەڕووی ئەو مەترسیانە ببنەوە کە "کەسانی شێت بە چەکی ئەتۆمی" دروستی دەکەن. سەرۆک ترامپ ئەم قسانەی لە وەڵامی پێشکەشکارێکی فۆکس نیوزدا گوت کە پرسیاری لەبارەی بۆچوونی بەشێک لە دەنگدەرانی ئەمەریکایی سەبارەت بە ململانێ دەرەکییەکانی لێکرد. ترامپ بە ئاماژەدان بە هێزی باڵای چەکی ئەتۆمی جەختی لەوە کردەوە کە نابێت ڕێگە بە "کەسێکی شێت یان ئایدۆلۆژیایەکی...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.The Philadelphia Board of Education adopted a preliminary plan Thursday to cut district spending by $225 million next fiscal year. The plan follows the budget cuts Superintendent Tony Watlington proposed earlier this month. Watlington said the cuts are necessary to plug the district’s $300 million deficit and to prepare for the projected rising costs of salaries, charter school payments, and health care. “It is not because of waste,” Watlington told the school board Thursday. “It is not because somehow we’re not managing the public’s tax dollars wisely. It is because over the next five years, our expenditures will grow faster than revenues.”He also said the district’s funding challenges are largely a result of underfunding from the state and the end of post-pandemic federal aid.The preliminary $4.5 billion spending plan, called the “lump sum” budget statement, isn’t finalized. It will be presented to Mayor Cherelle Parker and City Council, and there will be public hearings before the board’s final vote in May.If the plan passes, the district will eliminate all of its approximately 220 building substitute positions, reassign another 340 school-based positions, and cut 130 vacant central office roles. The district would also cancel some contracts that Watlington said aren’t increasing attendance or student performance in reading or math. Those cuts, along with additional spending reductions over the next few years, would enable the district to eliminate its structural budget deficit by 2030, Watlington said. Board President Reginald Streater acknowledged that the budget cuts could be painful for the city’s schools. “It is clear that [students] are worth the investment,” Streater said. But he added that the board must consider what needs to be done to address the budget deficit.There’s a chance the cuts could be much lower. Earlier this week, Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed a $1-per-ride tax on Ubers and Lyfts to generate $48 million annually for schools, which would save 240 school-based positions from elimination. But it’s unclear if members of the City Council will support that plan. In the meantime, Watlington said the district is advising schools to plan budgets that would not include that extra funding.The school board also approved the following contracts:$84.5 million for preschool programming at three dozen providers for income-eligible children.$390,000 for a pre-K marketing campaign to promote enrollment.$18.8 million in payments to other educational institutions, including hospitals, private schools, and other districts where students are placed by the Department of Human Services, Community Behavioral Health, or the courts.An additional $175,000 with David Geppert Recycling for asbestos disposal services on top of an initial $150,000 contract..subtext-iframe{max-width:540px;}iframe#subtext_embed{width:1px;min-width:100%;min-height:556px;}fetch("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alpha-group/iframe-resizer/master/js/iframeResizer.min.js").then(function(r){return r.text();}).then(function(t){return new Function(t)();}).then(function(){iFrameResize({heightCalculationMethod:"lowestElement"},"#subtext_embed");});Rebecca Redelmeier is a reporter at Chalkbeat Philadelphia. She writes about public schools, early childhood education, and issues that affect students, families, and educators across Philadelphia. Contact Rebecca at rredelmeier@chalkbeat.org.

Salt Lake City police are trying a new idea to tackle violent crime: keeping a focus on about 100 people they've placed on a new list.

(The Center Square) - The Colorado state House passed a bill Thursday to prevent companies from setting individualized prices for consumers or employees with AI surveillance. Individualized pricing is increasingly being explored by companies through tech such as artificial intelligence to predict what a given consumer is likely to spend, then charge the maximum. The Colorado legislation would ban this practice. “I think everybody understands that our phones have become extensions of our brains,” Rep. Javier Mabrey (D-1) said during the House floor session Thursday. “We put our most intimate thoughts into our phones – our texts, our searches, our geolocation data. And the biggest companies in the world are collecting that data and selling it to other companies who are using it to decide how much to charge us as individuals for things like plane tickets, groceries, medicine when your kid is sick.” “This isn't science fiction; this isn't the 'Minority Report,' " Mabrey said, referring to the 2002 sci-fi movie starring Tom Cruise. "This is real, and it's called surveillance pricing." Colorado’s HB26-1210, the Prohibit Surveillance Price and Wage Setting bill, was passed with an amendment in the state House Thursday. It will head back to the state House for its third and final reading. If passed again, it will move onto the state Senate before landing on Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ desk. The Democrat-sponsored bill would potentially be the first of its kind to ban surveillance-based custom pricing in the U.S. Large companies across industries have begun using surveillance-based individualized pricing in recent years. Walmart, Delta and ride sharing apps like Uber and Lyft are just a few examples. Marketplace recently reported how public pressure forced Instacart to temporarily abandon the practice. The Colorado legislature’s bill specified that surveillance data is the collection of a wide variety of personal information. “Surveillance data is defined in the bill as data that is obtained through observation, inference, or surveillance of consumers or workers, and that is related to personal characteristics, behaviors, or biometrics of an individual or group,” read the bill summary. The ban would apply to consumer items and employee wages. Violations would be treated as deceptive trade practice in the state, which can bring up to a $20,000 penalty. “What surveillance pricing does, is it rigs the market,” said Mabrey. “It doesn't adjust prices based on market conditions. It adjusts prices based on you, who you are, what you're going through, how desperate you might be at any given moment.” While no representative disagreed with the wider point of the bill, some votes were cast against the measure out of concern that the language of the bill was not clear enough and could accidentally include other pricing practices. The Colorado bill would be a major step up from New York state’s law passed in 2025 against individualized pricing. The New York law did not ban the practice but requires companies to label such items, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." “If we don't act now, this practice will only accelerate every year,” said Mabrey. The lawmaker added later, “The window to establish meaningful guardrails is now.”

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