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The Trump administration has sued another state — Virginia — in its quest to obtain sensitive voter data, despite two recent legal setbacks in suits against other states. The Justice Department on Friday sued Susan Beals, the elections commissioner in Virginia, after months of seeking a copy of the state’s voter registration lists, including individual […]

The South Dakota House of Representatives sent a bill to the Senate by a vote of 60-9 on Tuesday that would transfer an old hydroelectric plant in Spearfish Canyon to a foundation for potential conversion to an interpretive center. The bill would transfer ownership of the Homestake Mine Hydro Electric Plant No. 2 building from […]

COLUMBIA — U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman returned to the Statehouse on Tuesday to talk roads and bridges as he seeks to pull his gubernatorial campaign into the fast lane. Norman, who represented Rock Hill in the state House for a decade, made the pitch for his proposal to audit the state Department of Transportation, put […]

MOUNT PLEASANT — The Port of Charleston is largely bucking national trends with cargo levels that are roughly flat year over year, despite tariffs and global trade uncertainties, port officials said Tuesday. A total of 689,350 cargo containers of all sizes moved through the port’s terminals during the first six months of the 2026 fiscal […]

A House panel advanced legislation Tuesday that would require land restoration efforts following the initial construction of electric transmission lines in Iowa.  Under House Study Bill 526, transmission line owners would be responsible for repairing tile drainage, tilling impacted soil and reseeding cover crops or other ground cover in the easement area following construction. Kevin […]

El accidente se ha producido entre las estaciones de Sant Sadurní d’Anoia y Gelida. Hay varias personas heridas de gravedad. Las víctimas mortales de Adamuz se elevan a 42. La entrada Muere el maquinista de un Rodalies al chocar con un muro desprendido en una vía en Barcelona se publicó primero en lamarea.com.

Massachusetts is firmly in a parochial phase, reflected in policy choices over the past decade that have led to job losses, rising living costs, and outmigration of talent and investment.

En su 25 aniversario, el presidente de la entidad repasa la actualidad política, social y cultural del país. La entrada José Antonio Naz, presidente de Europa Laica: “Hay muchos jóvenes cuya forma de entender la espiritualidad es ser solidarios y defender el planeta” se publicó primero en lamarea.com.

Several hundred protestors marched outside the Roundhouse late Tuesday morning decrying federal immigration policy, inaction on climate change and genocide in Gaza, saying they wanted to send a message to New Mexico’s lawmakers that “enough is enough.”

Cumpio’s conviction would set a dangerous precedent for journalists speaking truth to power. The post No other cases to prolong journalist’s detention – lawyer appeared first on Bulatlat.

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District leaders cite financial instability as educators and community members question impacts on workload and learning. The post Hickman Mills board approves up to $9.76 million in cuts and school consolidations to close budget gap appeared first on The Beacon.

What New Jersey’s new e-bike law means: licensing, insurance and crash rules explained

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This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Negotiations between the New York State Nurses Association and three hospital systems broke down again over the weekend, dashing the hopes of a potential resolution to a strike involving 15,000 nurses now in its second week. NYSNA, the nurses’ union, said it had submitted a revised set of proposals heading into weekend bargaining with Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian, but talks went nowhere. The union is demanding better staffing, improved on-the-job safety, and maintaining health benefits. But the hospitals are dug in on rejecting those demands as unreasonable. The hospitals have reportedly spent $100 million on temporary nurses, according to a leading trade group. Only Montefiore submitted counterproposals addressing workplace violence during a marathon bargaining session Sunday evening, though no meaningful progress was made, according to union sources. Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian rejected the nurses’ revised proposals without countering, and no additional bargaining sessions had been scheduled as of Tuesday afternoon. The breakdown was the latest development in a strike more bitter than any in recent memory. The nurses’ union has lodged more than a dozen complaints against the three hospital systems accusing them of violating U.S. labor law, including by retaliating against nurses for organizing. Here’s a look at who’s advising Zohran Mamdani on health policy At Mount Sinai, the union accused administrators of unlawfully disciplining — and in some cases firing — pro-union nurses. Mount Sinai, in turn, has accused striking nurses of “bullying” travel nurses, a charge the union denies. Michelle Gonzalez, an oncology nurse who sits on the Montefiore bargaining committee, said that safety is the union’s top priority, and she described how the loss of beds has led to overworked nurses tending to patients in hallways. “There’s a certain amount of moral duress that comes from dealing with these conditions for both the patient and for the provider,” said Gonzalez. “And that’s why we cannot accept from them this idea that there’s nothing that [the hospital] can do.” Nurses on strike at Mount Sinai West hospital watch Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak on Tuesday. The strike, which the union claims is the largest of its kind in New York City history, has already eclipsed the duration of a smaller strike in 2023 that resulted in improved nurse-to-patient staffing enforcement mechanisms the hospitals are now attempting to roll back. Pickets continued at nine hospital facilities through the long weekend as real-feel temperatures plunged to the single digits. On Tuesday morning, nurses at Mount Sinai West were joined by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in his second visit to the NYSNA picket line, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both of whom urged hospital representatives to come back to the bargaining table. “The people of New York City, the people of Vermont, the people of America, love and appreciate our nurses. And today we say to those hospitals: Sit down and negotiate a decent contract,” Sanders said, prompting chants of “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” from the scores of nurses and supporters in attendance. Earlier Tuesday morning, NewYork-Presbyterian spokesperson Angela Karafazli said the hospital was “working through the mediator” to schedule the next bargaining session. Mount Sinai CEO Brendan Carr said in a notice to staff on Monday that the hospital “extended our plans to run the Health System without the support of the nurses NYSNA leadership has convinced to strike.” Montefiore strategic communications executive Joe Solmonese said the union’s demands were “reckless and dangerous.” “Until they can back away from their reckless and dangerous $3.6 billion demands, progress overall will not be possible,” he said. “In the meantime, we continue to provide the world-class care our communities deserve.” Nurses who spoke with THE CITY said that hospital management has been emboldened by what they described as the Trump administration’s anti-worker agenda to reverse the union’s previous victories. The union, the nurses said, was more determined than ever to hold the line. “It’s not just about nurses: This is to try and teach the working class that we are not in power, that who has power is the 1% — the CEOs and the rich,” Gonzalez, the Montefiore nurse, said. “We’ve had this erosion of our contract that they’re trying to do right now because they feel empowered and emboldened, in my opinion, by the Trump administration.” “If they succeed in breaking our power and what we’re fighting for here in New York, taking away health care for nurses, they’re going to do this in every other unit, and in every other state,” said an OB-GYN nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital who declined to give her name. “So this fight is about more than just us.” Claudia Irizarry Aponte is a senior reporter covering labor and work for THE CITY.

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed to extend mayoral control of New York City’s public school system, boost funding for public schools across the state, and pay for child care for 2-year-olds in the five boroughs — a major campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Those proposals came as part of Hochul’s executive budget plan on Tuesday, which drew some criticism from school funding advocates who raised fresh concerns that the state’s main funding formula is shortchanging New York City. The governor acknowledged the challenges confronting the state in the face of significant cuts from the federal government and pledged her budget would be responsible but not “austere.” Overall, public schools across the state would get about $39.3 billion of the proposed $260 billion budget. The governor plans to increase school funding by $1.6 billion, or 4.3%. “This budget invests in the next generation with nearly $40 billion in school aid, and we’re continuing to ensure that high need districts are funded appropriately,” Hochul said during her Tuesday budget address. The governor’s proposal kicks off negotiations with lawmakers about how the state will allocate its budget for the next fiscal year, which begins in April. Mamdani said in a statement that the governor’s proposal “makes meaningful investments that move us closer to an affordable and livable New York — especially through critical advancements in early childhood education.” And while he noted that the state may be on “solid financial footing,” the city is not, he said, pointing a finger at his predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams. Mamdani is expected to release the city’s executive budget in April. Here’s what you should know about the governor’s budget proposal and the reaction to it. New York City schools stand to get more money, but no significant changes to ‘sorely outdated’ formula The Foundation Aid formula, which represents the bulk of state education spending, would send $15.1 billion to New York City under the governor’s plan. That’s 2.5% more than last year — or about $371 million — according to state budget documents. The formula is designed to funnel more money to high-need districts, and Hochul tweaked it last year by updating a metric for student poverty. As a result of the governor’s changes, New York City schools last year received $314 million less than they would have under the original formula. Experts, advocates, and state lawmakers are pushing for further changes to the two-decade-old formula to account for differences in costs like salaries in different parts of the state and adding additional weights for homeless students and those in foster care. The formula “relies on outdated and incomplete measures of student need, and has not evolved to reflect rising costs, particularly in large urban districts,” the Coalition for Equitable Education Funding, a constellation of more than 100 education groups, wrote in a statement. “We are concerned that the budget proposal released today fails to address these shortcomings.” A spokesperson for Hochul did not respond to a request for comment. Expanding access to child care As the governor has pledged in recent months, her budget plan includes a push to significantly expand access to free and affordable child care and early education. Hochul proposed to increase state child care spending by $1.7 billion, bringing the total to $4.5 billion. That spending would include $73 million this year for New York City to roll out a new 2-Care program, with a commitment to invest $500 million over two years. 2-Care is expected to create 2,000 new child care seats for 2-year-olds in high-need areas of the city in the fall, and then grow to 8,000 seats next year. Mamdani said he will make the program available to all of the city’s 2-year-olds by the end of his first term. However, many early childhood teachers and advocates say that the expansion will fail unless the city fixes problems in its existing early education system. Currently, large disparities in teacher pay make it difficult for community-based child care centers to hire and keep staff, and there is a severe shortage of seats for kids with developmental delays and disabilities. Both Hochul and Mamdani have promised to make programs available to students with disabilities, “but past expansions of early childhood education have shown that good intentions are no guarantee of equity,” wrote Maria Odom, the executive director of Advocates for Children of New York, in a statement. “3-K is not ‘for all’ if three-year-olds with autism are sitting at home because there are no classes that can meet their needs,” Odom continued. Statewide, Hochul has said she wants to make Pre-K available to every 4-year-old in the state by the 2028-29 school year. To that end, her budget proposes increasing per-seat funding to a minimum of $10,000 this year. The executive budget also proposes a 40% increase to funding for child care vouchers, which are available to families below earning 85%of the state median income. Total funding this year would come to $3 billion. A 4-year extension of mayoral control Hochul is pushing for a four-year extension of mayoral control, which would give Mamdani authority over the nation’s largest school system for his entire first term, Blake Washington, the governor’s budget director, told reporters in a Tuesday briefing. In 2024, Hochul proposed a four-year extension of mayoral control, which grants the mayor power to appoint a majority of the city’s school board, appoint the schools chancellor, and generally set the district’s policy direction. The final budget included a two-year extension. Mamdani campaigned on ending mayoral control to give families and educators more of a say over the education system, but he recently reversed course. He must now persuade lawmakers in Albany to extend that power to him. Overhauling math, training teachers, and tutoring students The budget proposal includes $4 million to train teachers in evidence-based math instruction and support districts that perform poorly in math — both part of Hochul’s initiative to get “back to basics” in math instruction — and $9 million to support individualized tutoring in high-need schools. In an effort to recruit and retain teachers, Hochul also proposed $2 million for an accelerated teacher preparation program and $2 million for high school students interested in entering the teaching profession to earn college credit in relevant subjects. Alex Zimmerman is a reporter for Chalkbeat New York, covering NYC public schools. Contact Alex at azimmerman@chalkbeat.org. Abigail Kramer is a reporter in New York City. Contact Abigail atakramer@chalkbeat.org.

A Senate subcommittee advanced a measure Tuesday to remove the state requirement to maintain a State Historical Society of Iowa research center in Iowa City — a point of litigation as the state has already moved to close the facility. Senate Study Bill 3033 strikes the state requirement for the Iowa Department of Administrative Services […]

The Trump administration last week established a new firefighting agency to combine operations at the Department of the Interior under one entity. But Congress isn’t cutting any ribbons. The appropriations bill package approved by the Senate on Thursday doesn’t allocate any funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, denying the administration’s request for $6.5 billion […]

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Founder Greg Harman speaks with Executive Editor Marisol Cortez & Alternative Futures correspondent Syris Valentine about the year behind, the year ahead, and where Deceleration fits.