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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can’t dredge 28 miles of the Wilmington Harbor as planned, after North Carolina environmental regulators determined the billion-dollar proposal would be inconsistent with the state’s coastal management policies. Tancred Miller, director of the Division of Coastal Management (DCM), sent a letter Feb. 24 to the Corps that listed reasons […]

One of the five newly flippable California seats is Rep. Darrell Issa’s 48th District, almost evenly split between San Diego and Riverside County voters.

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Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador asked the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee to restore nearly $1 million in funding cuts that he says would lead to massive furloughs or layoffs that would devastate the office. On Tuesday morning, Labrador told the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, that new across-the-board budget cuts approved earlier this month […]

Muertes prematuras, crímenes y enfermedades rodearon al elenco de la célebre trilogía ochentera. Aunque no existe evidencia sobrenatural, la coincidencia de tragedias convirtió a la saga en una de las historias más inquietantes de Hollywood.

Regularly scheduled clinic appointments and elective procedures at the University of Mississippi Medical Center are canceled through Friday, extending statewide disruptions in health care to more than a week since a cyberattack targeted Mississippi’s only academic medical center.

An Alabama House committee approved a bill on Wednesday to allow food trucks to get one inspection from the state, instead of local health departments and fire marshals. SB 197, sponsored by Sen. Dan Roberts, R-Mountain Brook, allows food trucks that would otherwise be required to get health and fire inspections from multiple counties to […]

(The Center Square) — A renewable energy program instituted by a 2022 law has still not been launched more than three years later, California lawmakers said during a committee hearing on Wednesday. The Assembly Energy and Utilities Committee looked at the efficacy of the legislation as part of a response to ensure previously passed laws are enforced. The law in question, Assembly Bill 2316, established a renewable energy subscription program for utility ratepayers, as well as a separate community renewable energy program. “There are a number of important policy outcomes we wanted to be able to achieve,” Assemblymember Christopher Ward, D-San Diego and author of the bill, said during Wednesday's meeting. “We wanted to make sure the California Public Utilities Commission would help us create a community renewable energy program that would prioritize access for community solar for renters and other low-income households.” The bill was intended to create a mid-scale community solar program for all Californians, especially those who couldn’t afford their own rooftop solar system, Ward said. He added it was meant to be rolled out in a way that is cost-effective for all ratepayers. In September 2023, Ward and 20 other California lawmakers wrote a letter to the state’s Public Utilities Commission, telling the agency that the group supported a proposal that ensured the energy program was cost-effective and expanded access to low-income residents. However, the program, as Ward and other lawmakers envisioned, was never implemented by the Public Utilities Commission. “Unfortunately, the decision that was adopted by the commission was wholly inconsistent with AB 2316’s outcomes, and it rejected the community solar model in favor of another proposal,” Ward said during the outcome review hearing. “This decision represented a dismissal of California’s need for clean, reliable and affordable energy.” Ward added that the proposal implemented by the commission actually created an outdated, commercially unworkable program that wouldn’t result in new renewable projects or energy storage. “Today, that leaves us without the untapped potential of 5,000 megawatts of carbon-free energy,” Ward said. “The projects aren’t there. The bill credits aren’t there. The jobs aren’t there.” Commission officials said during Wednesday's hearing that the renewable energy program they rolled out is meant to be economically efficient, results in low-cost power purchase agreements and makes electricity bills more affordable. Another reason commission officials told lawmakers for why the AB 2316 renewable energy program wasn’t rolled out as lawmakers intended is because of stipulations attached to federal funding to pay for the program - even though AB 2316 didn’t stipulate that the program would rely on federal dollars. “That external funding was part and parcel of the program design at that point,” said Kerry Fleisher, the director of distributed energy resources, natural gas and retail resources at the California Public Utilities Commission. “We had a lot of details we had to work out, and we really had to carefully design that program, because if we weren’t compliant with the entire EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] requirement, we couldn’t apply that funding.” According to Ward's comments during the hearing, 22 other states and the District of Columbia have similar renewable energy programs. He noted those states’ programs didn’t take three years to get up and running. No other state relied on federal funding to start a community solar program, Ward added. “I’m looking forward to continuing to work with the PUC to get this on a better track that is ultimately going to deliver on the objectives we sought out in the first place,” he said. Wednesday's oversight hearing was part of a response to concerns that taxpayer dollars are wasted or fraudulently spent on laws that are carried out haphazardly or not at all. Assembly Republicans highlighted the problem in recent statements after a CBS News investigation found lawmakers ignored recommendations from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, which recommended how the state could save billions of dollars in waste or fraud. Some lawmakers previously told The Center Square that they are concerned that after they get a bill passed and signed into law, government workers fail to carry out the law's mandated programs. “As legislators, it is disheartening for us to find out that these departments or regulatory agencies are sitting on these bills, waiting us out until we are termed out, or refusing to implement these bills as if they are members of the Legislature,” Assemblymember Mike Gipson, D-Gardena, told The Center Square. “When we pass a bill, the implementation starts the first of the year. That’s what our expectations are as lawmakers.” A number of other bills passed in the last several years are also scheduled for oversight hearings in the coming weeks.

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Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. A tighter cellphone and device ban is on its way to Indiana schools after lawmakers passed SB 78 to limit phone use during the school day. The bill’s bell-to-bell ban builds on Indiana’s existing school cellphone ban, which currently requires students to put away phones and other personal devices during instructional time. The purpose of the added restriction is to create more uniform policies from school to school and classroom to classroom that take the onus of enforcement off of teachers, according to the bill’s author. On Wednesday, Indiana state senators concurred with changes made by House lawmakers, sending the bill to Gov. Mike Braun for his signature. The proposal received significant support from educators throughout the session who said cellphones led to distractions and fights. “Inside the classroom, where attention and focus and human connection are essential, these devices have become a significant barrier to learning,” said John O’Neal of the Indiana State Teachers Association. “A wireless device ban is not about restricting technology, it’s about creating an environment where students can thrive.” But some school leaders also expressed concern about the potential costs to implement the bill, like paying for additional lockers or storage pouches, as well as learning devices for students who previously brought their own. In response to cost concerns, House lawmakers changed the bill to remove language requiring “secure” storage, with the aim of allowing schools to use existing facilities like cubbies to store the devices. Under the bill, public school districts and charter schools would have to adopt policies that require students to either leave their devices at home, or to put the devices away, powered off and inaccessible, for the entirety of the school day. The bill defines devices as cellphones, tablets, laptops, gaming devices, or smartwatches that are connected to phones or the internet. The bill would allow some exceptions, such as for students who need the devices for medical reasons, translation, or as part of their special education services, or in the case of an emergency. It would also allow audio recording devices for notetaking. And students could bring their laptops or tablets from home to use for learning at a teacher’s direction until July 1, 2028. After that date, these devices would have to be provided by the school in order to be used for learning. The restrictions would not apply to private schools. A failed Democratic amendment would have included private schools that accept state vouchers in the requirements. If the bill is signed into law, school districts will need to adopt bell-to-bell cellphone policies by July 1, 2026 and possibly prepare space to store students’ cellphones before the beginning of the next school year. Under the bill, the Department of Education is also supposed to publish model policy guidance that would include how schools could use existing resources to comply with the law. In testimony before lawmakers earlier this month, Jeff Butts of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents and former superintendent of Wayne schools said the district of around 16,000 students received an estimate of $275,000 for phone storage pouches. Whiteland Community High School does not have enough lockers for its 2,100 students, Principal Duke Lines told lawmakers. Under the school’s current device policy, students can use their cellphones during lunchtime, for teacher-directed instructional use, or for work-based learning purposes. “If students carry backpacks with them all day, is a phone inside a backpack considered inaccessible?” he said. While lawmakers initially changed the bill to allow schools to use Secured School Safety Grant funds to purchase storage pouches, they ultimately removed this language from the legislation. They also rejected an amendment to allow schools to charge parents a fee of no more than $25 for storage pouches was rejected — but lawmakers did clarify that schools already have the ability to charge this kind of fee if they choose to do so. The 2026 legislative session is expected to end this week. Aleksandra Appleton covers Indiana education policy and writes about K-12 schools across the state. Contact her at aappleton@chalkbeat.org.

State lawmakers say their state’s Epstein Truth Commission is the first full investigation into the property.

The Public Education Department should throw out its court-ordered plan for remedying inequities in how the majority of public school students in New Mexico are educated and start over. That’s what the plaintiffs in the long-running Yazzie/Martinez case told a state judge last week. They’re asking the court to order PED to consult with experts […]

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The question of whether South Dakota moves to ban the use of government food assistance for sugary drinks is in the hands of Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden, who has signaled his opposition to the bill all through the 2026 legislative session. The state Senate voted 27-6 on Wednesday to endorse House Bill 1056, after the […]

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is widely expected to grant approval Thursday to 12 universities seeking tuition increases. The move comes five months after the system first announced that it would allow individual institutions to propose modest increases of up to 3% for resident undergraduates. In-state undergraduate tuition has not increased in […]

The city’s total investment in the redevelopment will reach $39 million when all is said and done.

La nueva temporada de Drive to Survive mostrará imágenes inéditas del fuerte intercambio entre Flavio Briatore y Franco Colapinto luego del accidente del piloto argentino en su primera clasificación con Alpine F1 Team.