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Na região do Curimataú paraibano, a organização coletiva das famílias agricultoras tem transformado desafios históricos do Semiárido em produção, renda e desenvolvimento regional. É nesse contexto que a Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária do Curimataú Paraibano (COOPAC) vem consolidando sua atuação como uma das principais referências na cadeia produtiva do leite caprino na Paraíba. Com sede […] Fonte

A South Dakota board approved rebating up to $30 million in sales taxes to Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. for construction costs associated with its move from downtown to northern Sioux Falls, raising total state support of the project to $42 million.  Governor’s Office of Economic Development Commissioner Bill Even said in a news release Wednesday […]

A drive-through memorial along Sherman Boulevard honored people killed by gun violence and the families left behind. Organizers said the display was meant to inspire healing and encourage continued investment. The post Yard signs put faces to Milwaukee gun violence appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Opponents of Schweyer’s House Bill 2602, questioned his motive and rejected his explanation that the cyber student safety measure would impose requirements similar to those traditional public schools must follow.

Balyozxaneya Amerîkî li Îraqê îro Çarşemê hişyarîyeke ewlehîyê ji bo welatîyên Amerîkî yên li Îraqê belav kir. Balyozxaneyê di hişyarîya xwe de li ser platforma X’ê got, “ Ji ber pêşketinên herêmî, ji welatîyên Amerîkî yên li Îraqê tê xwestin ku amadebaşîyeke bilind biparêzin û çavkanîyên nûçeyên xwecihî bişopînin.” Wê got, “Dibe ku di demek kurt de astengîyên rêwîtîyê û girtina qada esmanî çêbibin. Balyozxaneya Amerîkî ya li Îraqê hişyarîya Asta 4: “Neçin Îraqê” ji welatîyên Amerîkî re bi...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.The Philadelphia school district has reached an agreement with the City Council and Mayor Cherelle Parker to stave off the 340 school-based position cuts it had planned for next school year.But no additional recurring revenue source is coming under the deal, Parker said Wednesday. Parker said the district will use $48 million in onetime funding City Council approved as part of its budget deal last week to pay for those positions next year. In the following years, Parker said she will continue to work with the City Council to find a way to generate new, recurring funds for the district. If that does not happen, the city will find the money through other budget cuts.“There is no new predictable and recurring revenue source in the budget,” Parker said. But she said they made some tough decisions to ensure the district gets the funding to keep these positions over the next five years.Parker did not share details about where that money would come from if there is no new recurring revenue source, but said there would be more information in the budget plan her team will release tomorrow.The 340 positions the district planned to cut included climate staff, special education aides, counselors, and teachers. Though no staff would have been laid off under the plan, staff would have had to find new positions and their empty positions would not be filled. Educators and public school advocates have spent the last few months warning district leaders that the cuts would upend schools, drive educators out of the city, and leave students with less support at a time when they desperately need it. The deal announced Wednesday would not reverse the 220 building substitute position cuts or the 130 central office position cuts the district adopted.Last week, Superintendent Tony Watlington told council members that the district could not restore the school-based positions without finding sources of recurrent multiyear funding, according to a memo Chalkbeat obtained. He argued relying on onetime stopgap funding to cover annual costs such as salaries could negatively impact the district’s financial outlook. But on Wednesday, standing beside Parker and Council President Kenyatta Johnson, he said he was grateful to accept the deal and called it “Christmas in June.”Many school staff were told to find new positions months ago due to the budget cuts. Now, the district plans to work with principals as well as the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to fill those positions again.Figuring out how to fill the restored positions “is a great problem to have,” Watlington said.Rebecca Redelmeier is a reporter at Chalkbeat Philadelphia. She writes about public schools, early childhood education, and issues that affect students, families, and educators across Philadelphia. Contact Rebecca at rredelmeier@chalkbeat.org.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)]]>

O Azteca volta às copas do mundo a partir do dia 11 de junho para escrever mais um capítulo no futebol mundial O post Estádio Azteca: o mais lendário das copas apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

The North Park Music Fest featured psych-cumbia, jazz, folk, experimental electronic, emo, punk, alternative, DJs and more.

Healthcare providers, advocates and politicians gathered in Raleigh Wednesday to push for state laws and grant programs they say would reduce pregnancy-related deaths among Black women.  In North Carolina, the Black maternal death rate was 61.4 for each 100,000 births from 2019-2023, according to America’s Health Rankings. The maternal mortality rate for white women was […]

A legislative repeal allows the USDA to bypass its administrative process, including public comment, in removing federal forestland protections.

Health Connections Inc. and the MKE Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity partnered with Safe & Sound to host an event on June 6, part of an ongoing effort to reconnect residents impacted by the City on a Hill and other closures with resources. The post Health groups continue to step in following City on a Hill closure appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

فەرماندەیی ناوەندیی ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکانی ئەمەریکا، سێنتکۆم لە پۆستێکدا لە کەناڵی ئێکس دەستپێکردنی خولێکی نوێی هێرشەکانی بۆ سەر ئێران ڕاگەیاند. سێنتکۆم لە پەیامەکەیدا نووسیویەتی هێزەکانی بە فەرمانی سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا لە کاتژمێر 5:15 خولەکی پاشنیوەڕۆ بە کاتی واشنتن دەستیان بە هێرشە "بەرگرییەکانیان" کردووە لە دژی چەندین ئامانج لە ئێران. سێنتکۆم جەختی لەوە کردووەتەوە ئەم هێرشانە لە وەڵامی "کردەوەی شڕانگێزانەی بەردەوام و بێ هۆکاری ئێران" ئەنجام دەدرێن. پاش پەیامەکەی سێنتکۆم ئاژانسی هەواڵی...

A North Dakota federal judge nominated to serve on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals answered pointed questions from U.S. senators Wednesday about whether judges should speak out on political issues. The Senate Judiciary Committee is tasked with vetting judicial nominees before forwarding them to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. U.S. District Court […]

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LINCOLN — Nebraskans will not vote this November on any parts of a multi-pronged petition drive seeking to address property taxes and change key parts of state elections. Eric Underwood, the former chair of the Nebraska Republican Party and spokesperson for the Advocates For All Nebraskans campaign, confirmed to the Nebraska Examiner that the 200 volunteers […]

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Three progressive superintendents defended their policies for parental involvement and transgender inclusion during a congressional hearing Wednesday in which Republican lawmakers called them “pathetic” and said they should find other jobs. House Education and Workforce Chairman Tim Walberg convened the hearing with the title “Breaking Trust.” Much of the questioning centered on policies intended to protect the rights of transgender students or create more inclusive school environments. But lawmakers also brought up abortion, the role of teachers in promoting political protest, and eighth grade algebra access.Called to testify were San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su, Loudoun County Superintendent Aaron Spence in Virginia, and Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King, who had to be subpoenaed. Each of these superintendents is a relatively new leader in a district that has been at the center of intense controversy over race, gender, and other topics that are often referred to as part of culture war fights. Chicago and Loudon County, in particular, have been the targets of repeated investigations by the Trump administration, which has also threatened to withhold funding. Two days before the hearing, the conservative advocacy group America First Legal, founded by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, filed formal complaints accusing all three districts of violating parental rights and federal law with policies that give students a say in whether parents are notified that that child wants to change their gender presentation.Walberg, a Michigan Republican, said in his opening remarks that Congress has a responsibility to ask questions of school districts, including when “parents are excluded from major decisions involving their children” and “when classrooms become vehicles for political or ideological agendas.” “Across the country, school districts are losing sight of their core mission: educating students,” Walberg said. The superintendents, in turn, said they respect parents as partners, develop policies with input from local communities, and want to create school environments where students can show up as themselves. “We’re in education because we care about students, and part of that means ensuring an environment where all students can reach their full potential,” Spence said.Lawmakers and superintendents spar over abortion, transgender studentsAsked repeatedly if parents can opt out of lessons related to sexual health or LGBTQ topics, superintendents said yes or that they comply with state and “binding” federal law. Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, asked King about Chicago Public Schools making information about abortion available to students. He also pressed her about “which form of abortion” she preferred after offering graphic descriptions of the procedure. “I’m very disturbed by that question,” King said after a pause. “I want to say that Chicago Public Schools’ sexual education curriculum is in compliance with Illinois state law.”Rep. Rick Allen, a Georgia Republican, cited a recent malpractice lawsuit in which a New York jury awarded $2 million to a woman who felt disfigured by a mastectomy she had as a teenager when she identified as male. He compared that to school districts having policies that require addressing students by their preferred names and pronouns. “You’re going to be held responsible legally for what you’re perpetrating on young people,” Allen said. Democrats for their part used their time to highlight cuts to the Office for Civil Rights, the value of diversity, and Republican efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. They emphasized that the superintendents were accountable to local elected school boards and that policies reflected community preferences.“This committee talks all the time about ‘decisions should be made at the local level,’ but I guess that’s only if they like the decisions that you make at the local level,” said Rep. Jahana Hayes, a Connecticut Democrat and former national teacher of the year.Supreme Court ruling on gender identity favors parents but leaves unanswered questions for schoolsAnd Democratic Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania urged the superintendents not to “change your values or your positions, because you know who you work for, and it is the parents and the students in your community.” Spence came in for some of the most intense questioning. The Virginia district has been at the epicenter of political battles over COVID restrictions, parental rights and policies related to transgender students and racial equity. Most recently, the district refused to bend to pressure to exclude some immigrant students from federally funded career education. Virginia sits under the jurisdiction of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled in the 2020 Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board decision that students cannot be prevented from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. Loudon County officials have said they are bound by that ruling until the 4th Circuit or the Supreme Court decides otherwise. The Trump administration, in contrast, says Title IX, the federal law that bars sex discrimination in education, actually requires that transgender students be excluded from restrooms that align with their gender. It has threatened Loudon County with the loss of federal funding.“Yes or no, should biological men be allowed in locker rooms with biological women or girls?” asked Rep. Robert Onder Jr., a Missouri Republican.“Transgender women should be allowed in women’s spaces,” Spence responded.“That’s a yes,” Onder said. “So biological men should be able to go into locker rooms and shower rooms with biological girls?” “Federal law requires it,” Spence said.“No it doesn’t,” Onder said.“Yes, it does,” Spence said. “No,” Onder said. “Title IX is, in fact, quite the opposite. Title IX requires you to protect women and girls.”Loudon County has also been investigated over an incident in which a transgender boy was accused of filming other boys in a locker room. The U.S. Department of Education said the school district violated Title IX in its handling of the incident.Several representatives interrogated Spence over the incident and why the students who complained about being filmed allegedly received longer suspensions than the transgender student.Spence said he could not discuss specifics due to student privacy laws but said that the incident had not been described accurately in public reports. He also said the district applies discipline “appropriately” and in accordance with its policies, including policies against bullying. The hearing did have moments of comity. California Rep. Kevin Kiley, who recently switched from Republican to independent, said he’d long been a critic of San Francisco Unified but praised Su, giving her a platform to talk about changes she’s made.Su said the district has brought back eighth grade algebra, revised its ethnic studies curriculum, and implemented literacy approaches consistent with the science of reading, among other changes.“When I came on as superintendent 18 months ago, I listened to families, listened to parents and our educators, and we moved quickly,” Su said.Kiley said he probably disagrees with many things the district is doing.“But these are really good, important steps, so thank you for your leadership,” he said.Erica Meltzer is Chalkbeat’s national editor based in Colorado. Contact Erica at emeltzer@chalkbeat.org.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recently redistricted congressional map that could net Republicans up to four additional seats this fall will remain in place after the Florida Supreme Court rejected an emergency petition to stop the map from taking effect on Wednesday. The Equal Ground Education Fund had filed the petition, asking the high court to overturn […]

A Fort Worth police captain claimed she was harassed and demoted after holding enforcement officers accountable for their actions.

US armed forces launched a second night of air strikes on Iran late on June 10, just hours after President Donald Trump warned Tehran it would be hit "very hard" if a deal aimed at ending more than three months of war is not finalized.