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Get Kids Ready, Wisconsin’s new initiative to support school readiness programs for 4-year-olds who will start elementary school soon, is opening. Here’s what you need to know. The post Get your 4-year-old ready for elementary school for free through new state program appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Since 2017, more than 87 people have graduated from the Barton County Core Communities program, indirectly affecting 100 children. One of 13 such programs currently operating in Kansas, with more soon to come, it helps lower-income families find stability and increases their chances of stabilizing their living situations, opening bank accounts and securing job promotions. But the road out of poverty can take years. The post A graduation marks first steps to reaching the American dream in Great Bend appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center

In response to release by Republican U.S. senators of a diary attributed to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is subpoenaing the former President Joe Biden adviser.  This is “as part of an official investigation into awards, professional opportunities, financial incentives, grants, and COVID-19 […]

Preliminary ratings show 13 fewer D and F campuses, but questions remain before Texas releases official grades.

Amanda DeSimone-Shabrack depende de un asistente de salud a domicilio para ayudar a su hijo Mason, de 12 años, quien tiene autismo y requiere cuidados intensivos. Medicaid en Virginia cubre ese apoyo, lo que le permite trabajar como especialista en tecnología educativa y profesora universitaria, además de encargarse de las tareas cotidianas y mantener a […]

When technical adjustments are made to the website you’re reading right now, they are typically considered to be either back-end changes or front-end changes. When the change is on the back end, that means that while the manner in which a reader’s experience is delivered might be different, the experience itself isn’t.  But a front-end […]

Arlington leaders said they may need to raise taxes to keep the current quality of services for residents.

University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Ion Meyn has interviewed police officers and reviewed hours of police training videos to study how officers make deadly force decisions. He spoke with Wisconsin Watch about what he has learned. The post Q&A: What the Corey Ruiz shooting reveals about police training — and who shapes policing rules appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Good afternoon from the SPN team, Big news today: Silicon Prairie News has been acquired by Omaha 100, the North Omaha mortgage and economic development CDFI, after three years of ownership under the Nebraska Journalism Trust. Silicon Prairie Startup Week has been acquired by Open Range, the Omaha entrepreneurship backbone organization. “These decisions weren’t driven […] The post Newsletter, August 5 – Acquired by Omaha 100 appeared first on Silicon Prairie News.

More of Rhode Island’s high-schoolers are taking Advanced Placement exams in hopes of earning college credits. Rhode Island students earned potentially college-credit-qualifying scores on 10,427 exams during the 2025-26 school year — more than double the number recorded in 2021 — according to preliminary data released by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) on […]

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services reported a case of West Nile virus in an eastern Iowa adult Wednesday, marking the state’s first reported case in 2026.  West Nile virus is most commonly transmitted to people via infected mosquitoes and can cause mild symptoms such as a fever or headache, though many infected […]

Drew Brockett of Piragis Northwoods Co. in Ely said it was a huge relief to have Fernberg corridor entry points open. But outfitters are still feeling the impact of continued closures.

The day after Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson took home a resounding primary victory in her bid to be Michigan’s next governor, the woman who she hopes to succeed, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, came out to endorse her at a campaign event in Lansing. Whitmer emphasized the victories that her administration, which Benson has been a […]

New Jersey's governor announced that "a software error" in the state's motor vehicle registration system resulted in 6,600 noncitizens being improperly added to the state's voter registration list. The state's preliminary investigation found that up to 400 votes were cast by noncitizens, far fewer than the "thousands of votes" claimed by President Donald Trump. The post Trump Overstates Magnitude of Noncitizen Voting in New Jersey appeared first on FactCheck.org.

South Dakota’s congressional delegation is hopeful that year-round, nationwide approval of E15 — a gasoline blend with 15% ethanol — will clear Congress this year, bolstered by its inclusion in the latest Senate version of the farm bill. Ethanol is a fuel additive made primarily from corn, and a lower E10 blend is already available […]

The Department of Homeland Security has begun shackling Haitian immigrants in Ohio with ankle monitors.  The move comes as roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants find themselves at risk of detention and deportation in the wake of a slate of federal judicial rulings allowing  the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status to Haitians. A similar ruling […] The post Haitian Immigrants in Ohio Are Being Shackled With DHS Ankle Monitors appeared first on The Emancipator.

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Consumer, science and environmental advocates are pushing harder for transparency from Meta and the utility that will power its expanding Hyperion data center in Northeast Louisiana.

In a June Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of 500 Massachusetts registered voters, Minogue and Shortsleeve received 31 percent and 29 percent of support, respectively, to Healey's 56 percent.

Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards’s abrupt decision to quit his reelection campaign amid sexual-misconduct allegations triggers a rarely used process to find a replacement willing to face Democrat Jamie Ager in the November midterm election.  The new Republican nominee will have to run a “David versus Goliath campaign,” in the words of one prospective candidate, that […] The post Republican leaders scramble to find candidate willing to face Ager despite lack of money, time and anti-GOP headwinds  appeared first on Asheville Watchdog.