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Fort Worth ISD graduate Brooklynn Fox trained up to 60 hours a week while balancing classes, auditions and dreams of a professional stage career.

Attorneys will host a June 16 community meeting in Camden to answer residents' questions about the lawsuit.

News sites are rapidly becoming the newspapers of the digital age. And you know what happened to newspapers. Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers’ apps in favor of social media and video networks. In fact, 18- to 34-year-olds are abandoning content on publishers’ platforms even more quickly than they’re...

Audrey Gaze was born blind but that has not stopper her from pursuing her love of music and desire to be a great pianist.

(The Center Square) – The Senate Budget Committee on Monday afternoon approved the latest version of California’s 2026-27 budget, which green lights $355.9 billion in spending. Of that, $253 billion is in the state’s general fund, according to Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz and chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Approximately $36.5 billion is in reserve funding, which will allow the state to responsibly budget for future years, Laird said at the outset of the Sacramento meeting. “Our state continues to face some hard choices in this budget,” Laird said during opening comments about Assembly Bill 109, the Budget Act of 2026. “In making these hard decisions, the Legislature has come together and remain faithful to the framework put forward by the Senate, which was that we were committed to responsible budgeting and maintain vital programs California depends on. It takes a balanced approach, making targeted reductions while adopting $5 billion in new revenues.” The budget approved on Monday delays Medi-Cal cuts to July 1, 2027, which Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed. The cuts would affect California residents with “unsatisfactory immigration status,” or those who are illegal immigrants or immigrants who sought asylum in California. It also allocates up to $190 million in forgivable loans to distressed hospitals, and an additional $250 million for public hospitals, among other items in the budget. The budget also preserves the current number of taxpayer-funded slots for childcare sand allocates enough funding to increase the number of spots by 22,770 in 2026-27. The budget also provides additional funds for affordable housing and homelessness housing assistance, Laird said. Republican lawmakers on the committee said they felt the budget was incomplete. They noted the budget is built on the assumption that taxes would actually go up to fuel the state’s high level of spending in the budget. “The only way out of our structural deficit, which still exists, is to do the hard analysis of the efficacy and realistic sustainability of select spending programs,” Sen. Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks and vice chair of the Senate Budget Committee, said during his opening remarks. “That hasn’t been done.” The latest version of the budget cleared the Senate Budget Committee weeks after the Legislative Analyst’s Office projected a $16.9 billion deficit, even with the governor’s attempts to present a balanced budget for his last year in office. Newsom’s May budget proposal advanced solutions to close the budget gap, including limiting business credit use, taxing software and taxing managed care operations, The Center Square previously reported. According to a May 19 story by The Center Square, the Golden State still remains in a multi-year budget deficit despite higher-than-expected revenues, mostly due to planned spending exceeding revenue growth. “Even with the higher level of resources, at the end of the day, the budget condition is broadly very similar to the budget condition that we saw in the May revision,” legislative analyst Gabriel Petek testified before the committee. After its passage by the Senate Budget Committee, the bill advanced to the Assembly Budget Committee.

From festivals to exercising, Milwaukee is honoring Juneteenth in various ways. Learn where you can find a celebration here. The post Here are 8 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Milwaukee this year appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Iowa’s public universities received preliminary approval Monday from the Iowa Board of Regents to launch an accelerated degree program for students hoping to complete their education with fewer credits.  The Bachelor of Applied Professional Studies, presented at the board’s June 15 meeting, wouldn’t replace any other degree programs at the University of Iowa, Iowa State […]

The New Mexico State Ethics Commission voted during its meeting today to make a “demand, and if necessary, file a civil action,” against New Chapter New Mexico to enforce the state’s Campaign Reporting Act.  New Chapter is a political committee that spent heavily in legislative primary elections. A phone call to the group’s treasure was […]

KUT’s Debbie Hiott believes University of Texas officials terminated her because she publicly pushed back against administration claims that the station’s security plans for an inaugural festival were insufficient. The post UT fires public radio station leader who challenged university statements about festival security appeared first on Austin Current.

Francisco Fonseca avalia que Senado faz articulações como forma de inviabilizar governo Lula e pretensão de reeleição Fonte

The Starkville Derby draws thousands of people to north Mississippi each spring. The festival's big attraction? Watching wiener dogs race.

¿Cómo las organizaciones de derechos humanos pueden encontrar las "grietas" en la IA para reconectar con las nuevas generaciones y reconstruir lo comunitario?

Milhares de manifestantes denunciam, em Genebra, a reunião anual do G7. Uma coalizão europeia de feministas, sindicatos de base e movimentos associativos os convoca. Além de atos de rua, há debates, oficinas e plenárias. Algo de novo nas lutas anticapitalistas? The post G7: as rebeldias contra a “liderança capitalista” appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Eleito melhor jogador em campo no empate sem gols de Cabo Verde contra a Espanha, o goleiro Vozinha ressaltou o espírito de união da equipe africana, que estreou em uma Copa do Mundo surpreendendo uma das equipes consideradas favoritas ao título.

Faced with a budget shortfall this year, Washington Democratic lawmakers relied on spending cuts and other maneuvers to make ends meet. For one, they trimmed tens of millions of dollars in state funding for assisted living facilities that care for patients on Medicaid. The state is now being sued over that decision.  Washington’s leading assisted […]

Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken aired some of his frustrations Monday during a public Q&A with the Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary Club. Asked to share advice for the next mayor of South Dakota’s largest city, TenHaken suggested building a competent staff rather than suggesting how to navigate divisive issues like data centers. “The Legislature did […]

The Pink Umbrella Theater Co. hires actors with disabilities and offers shows and classes to the community. This week it opened its first permanent theater on Historic Mitchell Street. The post ‘Making sure that everyone is included’: Milwaukee’s first accessible theater opens doors to all appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, which treats sick and injured wildlife across the Central Coast, has treated 91 Brandt’s cormorants between January and now. This time last year, it saw just less than 20 The post Unusually high trend of dead seabirds found on Santa Barbara beaches, with El Niño likely to make it worse appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

从表面上看，与德黑兰达成框架性协议后，特朗普似乎找到从中东战场抽身的办法，同时也使得国际市场能源逐渐降价。然而，在诸多分析人士眼中，协议的内容与特朗普战争之初宣布的目标相去甚远。

從表面上看，與德黑蘭達成框架性協議後，特朗普似乎找到從中東戰場抽身的辦法，同時也使得國際市場能源逐漸降價。然而，在諸多分析人士眼中，協議的內容與特朗普戰爭之初宣布的目標相去甚遠。