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Survivors of sexual violence need to know that theirs is not a private burden, but a public health crisis, write Katie Curran O'Malley and Michelle Daugherty Siri, one that we all have a stake in not just reaching out but in making it unacceptable to look away.

Gloria said that although San Diegans will feel the cuts, the core services that people prioritized in discussions and surveys will be preserved.

A resolution seeking permission from Arkansas lawmakers to introduce a bill increasing the state’s homestead property tax credit to $675 advanced out of committee Wednesday. The House Rules Committee rejected five other non-fiscal resolutions, including one involving Sharia Law and an effort to curtail Arkansas’ Educational Freedom Account program, which provides taxpayer dollars to students […]

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) defendeu o fim da escala 6×1 em encontro com centrais sindicais no Palácio do Planalto, em Brasília, nesta quarta-feira (16). Na ocasião, as entidades entregaram a Pauta da Classe Trabalhadora, com 68 propostas para o período de 2026 a 2030 — resultado da última Conclat (Conferência da […] Fonte

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FRANKFORT — The teetering checks and balances between Kentucky’s judicial and legislative branches over the power to reprimand judges kept swinging Wednesday. The state Senate censured state Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson for quotes in a recent opinion that the Senate alleges “threatened attorneys and legislators participating in pending impeachment proceedings with professional discipline and criminal […]

Mientras las expectativas de la jornada están puestas en la primera Cadena Nacional del presidente José Antonio Kast, esta tarde...

بر اساس یک گزارش جديد از گفت‌وگو با سازندگان ویدیوهای وایرال در ايران، مدلی از تبليغات سپاه در سطح بين الملل در حال شکل‌گیری است. تولید روایت‌های جذاب، سریع و تردیدبرانگیز از طریق تیم‌هایی کوچک و به‌ظاهر مستقل.

Gov. Ron DeSantis delayed Wednesday a long-anticipated special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps, pushing it back by one week and expanding the call to address artificial intelligence and vaccine mandates. The new session — which includes two of the governor’s top bills that failed during the regular session — will take place between […]

With a quarter of 2026 in the rearview mirror, Montana State Auditor James Brown announced that his office has helped prevent nearly $1 million in fraud-related losses for Montanans. According to a press release from Brown’s office this week, the Auditor’s office received 25 fraud complaints in the first three months of 2026, up from […]

La Confederación de Dueños de Camiones de Chile (CNDC) calificó como una “lápida” al sector el anuncio de la Empresa...

Un grupo de 37 diputados opositores ingresó al Tribunal Constitucional (TC) un requerimiento para impugnar la nueva norma que eleva las sanciones por pequeñas cantidades de droga. La acción, liderada por Ana María Gazmuri, advierte riesgos para pacientes medicinales y acusa una eventual criminalización de consumidores. Ahora el TC deberá resolver si admite a trámite la presentación y si suspende o no la promulgación del proyecto.

"In the beginning we thought it was all about teeth, and it has become so clear that it is about more than teeth."

COLUMBIA — Six months after senators rejected what would have been the nation’s strictest abortion ban, another panel of South Carolina senators advanced a bill that would still prohibit abortions from the beginning of a pregnancy but impose less severe penalties. A subcommittee with a different composition of senators rejected a harsher version in November. […]

La Contraloría General de la República detectó serias irregularidades en la compra de terrenos realizada por el Ministerio de Vivienda...

(The Center Square) - The president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild said Wednesday that the city’s plan blocking officers from cooperating with federal immigration agents could put the public in jeopardy. Kent Loux, in an interview with The Center Square, said that the city’s plan makes police officers reluctant to separate protesters and keep them a reasonable distance away from ICE agents engaged in enforcement actions. The plan dates back to former Mayor Bruce Harrell last year but was expanded by new Mayor Katie Wilson in January. A Wilson spokesman Sage Wilson did not respond to requests for comment. Loux said Seattle’s plan is similar to the city officials' stance in Minneapolis when two civilians were killed in January protesting ICE enforcement actions. “So what happened when you sideline those officers is that you’ve allowed the demonstrators, those protestors, to directly make contact with ICE agents," Loux said. "And they reacted,” he said of the ICE agents shooting to death the two civilians. Loux said the two civilians would not have died in Minneapolis if police had the ability to separate the public and ICE agents. "That’s why two people are dead,” he said. “Because it was between the protestors and ICE.” Loux said ICE agents aren’t trained in crowd control, a responsibility that would normally fall to the Seattle Police. But he said Seattle political leaders have created confusion. “So they create this feud with the federal government and SPAG(Seattle Police Officers’ Guild) gets put in the middle of it,” he said. Seattle Police Department spokesman Sgt. Patrick Michaud referred a reporter to a March 5 police blog post that states that during major protests, the department focuses on facilitating free speech and safety. “SPD does not directly engage with individuals unless there is a threat of harm to individuals and/or significant property damage,” the blog post reads. The spokesman did not directly address the question of police separating protestors and ICE agents. The plan of non-cooperation goes back to June 11 of last year, when former Mayor Bruce Harrell publicly declared Seattle would not cooperate with federal immigration raids following reports that ICE might deploy tactical units to the city. While immigrant arrests have increased in Seattle in the last year, there have not been large surges of ICE actions in Seattle, as has occurred in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Chicago. Mayor Wilson expanded Mayor Harrell's order. Her executive order on January 29 barred ICE agents from enforcement or staging actions on city property, required police officers to videotape ICE actions and requested police ask agents for identification. “Successfully protecting our community from federal agents will require bold leadership by elected officials, close coordination between different government bodies, and extensive community organizing,” the mayor said in a January 29 statement. Loux said officers support the public’s right to demonstrate. He said the question is why the Seattle Police Department can’t stand between protestors and ICE agents like it has done many times before with other groups.

The nonprofit that runs the popular livestream of the eagle nest is accepting suggestions from the public before Big Bear third graders vote on the winners.

El Paso County Commissioners Court has a special meeting Thursday to review Sheriff Oscar Ugarte’s overtime spending and discuss budget concerns tied to rising personnel costs. The post El Paso County commissioners review Sheriff’s Office overtime spending for jails appeared first on El Paso Matters.

(The Center Square) – The Colorado Senate began a debate on the “Long Bill” that details the state’s $46.8 billion budget for the next fiscal year before the whole chamber on Wednesday afternoon. The Long Bill, House Bill 26-1410, was passed by the House over the weekend. Lawmakers are grappling with cuts to programs funded by the general fund as the state faces a $1.5 billion shortfall. The Senate majority Democratic caucus met on Tuesday, while the minority Republican caucus met on Wednesday morning to discuss their strategy and amendments. Sen. Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, a member of the Joint Budget Committee, told the majority caucus on Tuesday that the decisions on Medicaid spending cuts were “extremely hard and difficult.” Among the cuts the JBC decided on were 2% to health care provider reimbursement rates, the Colorado Sun reported. “We took the people who are using the services the most, because they are the most medically fragile, and then we cut benefits for them,” Amabile said. “I would really like for us to take another look at Medicaid through a slightly different lens and figure out if there is a way for us to do some cost sharing, if there is a way for us to do some utilization management for the people who actually are the healthiest, and who maybe could withstand some cut to what they’re receiving.” Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Weld County, a JBC member, told her caucus Wednesday that she believes she was able to get the best deal she could being in the chamber’s minority. “I know folks don’t think the Long Bill goes far enough in getting cuts,” she said. “I will tell you it was the best deal that I could get coming from the minority working with Rep. [Rick] Taggert and with our colleagues across the aisle. There’s a lot of give-and-take that takes place. There’s a lot of give-and-take in this budget.” Among some amendments Republicans are seeking are one to transfer over $700 million from the state’s film office to the Veterans Assistance Grant Program. Another amendment by Sen. Marc Catlin, R-Montrose, sought to express that general funds should only be used for wolf management, not introducing more wolves. Catlin said he is pulling his amendment and joining Sen. Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, on a similar one. The Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise research group, has documented the Colorado government’s recent spending growth. The state’s per person spending has gone from $5,580 in fiscal year 2006 to $7,308 in fiscal year 2026. Since 2015, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which oversees Medicaid in the state, has increased spending by 101%. Another recent report by the Independence Institute found that the general fund has grown 44% since fiscal year 1993-94.

Las palabras de figuras como John Neumeier no solo apelan a la sensibilidad ética, sino que advierten del peligro de normalizar un lenguaje que, lejos de ser retórico, puede erosionar los principios fundamentales sobre los que se sostiene la convivencia entre naciones y la dignidad humana.