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The state department that regulates the insurance and banking industries is seeking a budget increase to hire more staff.

The Sarasota County School Board and two county taxpayers have filed a lawsuit against Tax Collector Mike Moran and the constitutional office he controls alleging “unlawful diversion” of taxpayer funds that were supposed to support local students. The suit was filed Friday in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit in Sarasota County.  [...] The post Sarasota County Schools sue tax collector over $2 million funding dispute appeared first on Suncoast Searchlight.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will have to meet new federal mandates for Medicaid, including work requirements for most Medicaid recipients to be working 80 hours per month to qualify for benefits. Those changes, created under H.R. 1, better known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” will add a significant burden to […]

Atividade reúne movimentos sociais e propõe criação de política estadual para garantir direitos diante de desastres climáticos Fonte

The events have continued to occur across the city since 2020. The police department is working proactively to discourage them.

A primeira turma do curso de barbearia promovido pela Associação Cozinha das Pretas concluiu sua formação na manhã de segunda-feira (27), em Porto Alegre. A iniciativa, realizada em parceria com o Instituto BRF, teve como foco a qualificação profissional gratuita de moradores da comunidade Porto Novo, localizada no bairro Rubem Berta, na zona norte da […] Fonte

(The Center Square) – A group of state and local lawmakers who sued Gov. Bill Lee over the National Guard deployment in Memphis does not have the standing to sue, the Tennessee Court of Appeals said Tuesday. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Memphis City Councilmember J.B. Smiley Jr., Shelby County Commissioners Henri E. Brooks and Erika Sugarmon, and state Reps. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, Gabby Salinas, D-Memphis, and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, sued over the deployment in October 2025. A Davidson County chancellor issued a temporary injunction in November, but allowed the guard to remain in place while the state appealed the decision. The three-member panel said its ruling doesn't mean that no one has standing. "Six of the seven plaintiffs in this action are legislators who are endeavoring to assert legislative institutional injuries on behalf of legislative bodies that have not authorized them to do so," the court said. "The final plaintiff is a county mayor who does not purport to have authority to bring suit on behalf of the county while his purported injuries are primarily those suffered not by him or his office but instead by the county itself." Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, who is not one of the plaintiffs, called it an interesting development. "I think they are saying you have to find an aggrieved party, which to me could be especially because it relates specifically to Memphis, it could be a resident in Memphis and Shelby County," Akbari said in an interview with The Center Square. "I'm curious because the elected officials that are part of this lawsuit not just in their official capacity, but also they live in the area, so I don't know if it's someone that has specifically had an interaction, but that certainly is an interesting development." Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called the ruling a "major victory for public safety in Memphis." "The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a fundamental principle: policy disagreements belong at the ballot box, not in the courtroom," Skrmetti said in a social media post. "This ruling ensures the Tennessee National Guard can continue its vital support of the Memphis Safe Task Force in the fight against violent crime."

As the Minnesota Timberwolves limp back home to face the Denver Nuggets for the sixth time in their first-round playoff series Thursday night, there are excuses and there is opportunity, […] The post No Ant, no Ragu puts Wolves in a tough spot for Game Six — but opportunity still knocks appeared first on MinnPost.

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OB’s popular 2023 Independence Day drone show, which was grounded in 2024 and 2025 due to city resistance, will not make a comeback in 2026.

Sérgio Silva foi atingido por bala de borracha durante as manifestações contra o aumento da tarifa em 2013 Fonte

Try tile painting for Cinco de Mayo, a construction-themed outdoor party, tons of festivals and classical music. The post 40 things to do in May in Indianapolis  appeared first on Mirror Indy.

Governor Josh Stein told energy industry representatives on Tuesday that in a world demanding more power and affordable energy, developing more renewable options will continue to be the fastest and cheapest way to meet the rapidly increasing need. “In North Carolina, there are 338 companies that are on the Forbes Global 2000 list that have […]

SB 521 would hand control of the facility to the Northwest Resource Recovery Authority, an arm of the local council of governments.

In the early hours of April 28, Ukrainian forces struck the oil infrastructure in Tuapse for the third time in two weeks. The first fire at the oil terminal burned for four days before it was extinguished. The second took five days to put out; local authorities said one person was killed and another was injured. The third wave of strikes hit a section of the Tuapse oil refinery that had not previously been targeted, as well as the marine terminal. Correspondents from the independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg traveled to Tuapse; they report on what this environmental disaster looks like up close. Meduza is publishing the piece in full.

O Congresso Nacional deve analisar, na próxima quinta-feira (30), o veto do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) ao Projeto de Lei (PL) 2.162/2023, conhecido como PL da dosimetria. A eventual derrubada do veto depende de maioria absoluta em sessão conjunta e pode redefinir a política penal relacionada aos atos de 8 de janeiro […] Fonte

COLUMBIA — Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s scheduled speech at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony brought calls from students and some legislators for administrators to pick someone else. Evette, a Republican who is running for governor in a crowded June primary, is set to speak to graduating seniors at the state’s only public historically Black […]

The psychiatric hospital asks a federal judge to temporarily halt the termination of its government contract and notifies employees of ‘catastrophic’ cuts

A federal judge on Tuesday said the Trump administration has no right to Arizona’s voter registration database, the latest in a string of losses for the U.S. Department of Justice in its quest to gather voter information in every state.  Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the Justice Department cannot refile. Brnovich […]

(The Center Square) – For short session priorities, Medicaid is off the board and headed to the desk of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein for signature. Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act, as House Bill 696 is known, passed 112-3 in the House of Representatives late Tuesday afternoon and a little while later in the Senate. Stein is expected to sign, though his full options are 10 days to sign, veto or allow to become law without his signature. As lawmakers came back into short session, Medicaid was among the top five elements to be settled by the General Assembly. Tuesday marked Day 302 of the state’s biennium budget late for its lawfully mandated July 1 implementation. This year’s rebase will get $319 million along with an aggressive approach to “rooting out Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse,” says a release from Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell. The funding keeps the program running through June 30. "North Carolina's Medicaid costs are growing at an unsustainable rate, and Governor Stein and his administration have shown little interest in tackling the waste, fraud, and abuse driving that growth,” Hall said. “North Carolinians deserve a program that protects taxpayer dollars and delivers care to those who truly depend on it. This legislation will do just that, restoring responsibility and integrity to Medicaid." Medicaid rebase means an adjustment to fiscal support because of costs and or volume of people enrolled. Medicaid was expanded in North Carolina in 2023, increasing by 700,000 those with access. The federal government funds roughly 90%. From fiscal years 2021 to 2025, Medicaid expenditures by the state rose from $3.9 billion to $6.1 billion. The bill has more frequent eligibility reviews; stronger documentation requirements; citizenship and immigration verification; increased oversight by office of first-term Republican state Auditor Dave Boliek; annual transparency reporting; a focus on funds tied to autism therapy; and a directive for the Department of Health and Human Services to create an integrity and efficiency plan for Medicaid. In funding, $80 million is nonrecurring for the Department of Adult Correction. Another $13.1 million is recurring and $8.5 million nonrecurring for the Division of Motor Vehicles. There is $10 million recurring and $1 million nonrecurring for the North Carolina Scholarship for Children of Wartime Veterans; and $2.5 million recurring and $1.2 million nonrecurring for the State Bureau of Investigation. In the House, the no votes were from Rep. Edward Goodwin, R-Chowan; Rep. Aisha Dew, D-Mecklenburg; and Rep. Amos Quick, D-Guilford. Senate votes were not