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At about 31,000, Navajo students make up roughly 70% of students from tribal nations in New Mexico who are in the state’s public schools. But less than 20% of money allocated to tribes from the Indian education fund this year was set aside for the Navajo Nation.  One lawmaker questioned whether that’s fair during a […]

美国一名联邦法官周五裁定，禁止美国总统特朗普将其姓名添加到肯尼迪表演艺术中心的名字中。该法官还暂时叫停了这座位于华盛顿特区的文化地标建筑的要关闭两年的翻新工程。

El Pasoans are craving connection. They want places that bring people together in ways that feel authentic to our culture, our community, and our identity. The post Why El Paso needs spaces that bring people together appeared first on El Paso Matters.

New Mexico Democratic governor candidate Deb Haaland spoke to a group in recovery about the importance of their vote, the primary race for secretary of state continued to be contentious and a pro wrestling hall-of-famer urged Democrats to vote in the last full week of campaigning before the primary election.

(The Center Square) - A new ranking of how state agencies, utilities, school districts and other public agencies respond to public records requests show which ones are most responsive, and which ones have work to do. “There's a state legislative committee that's been compiling this data since 2018. So, we've got seven years of data,” said Washington Coalition for Open Government (WashCOG) Secretary George Erb in a Thursday interview with The Center Square. “We thought it would be a great idea to find out what the average is for five years and find out which agencies are doing a good job of turning around records requests and which ones are not.” WashCOG calls it their “Winners and Sinners” list. The list puts the Sumner School District at the very bottom in the five years from 2020 to 2024. It took about seven months for the district to provide records on average during that time, with 2022 being the worst year, when records were provided on average 396 days after being requested. “One of the things that we like to look at is, was there anything going on with this agency at the time that it took so long to complete the records requests?” said Erb. “And so we looked at the Sumner School District, and during the beginning of the five-year period we were looking at, they had a terrible scandal at the high school, with the high school basketball coach allegedly committing sexual abuse with his own players.” Jacob "Jake" Jackson was sentenced in 2025 to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing teenage students and players. A jury convicted him on 19 counts, including child molestation and child rape, after investigators found he groomed, manipulated, and sexually assaulted eight teenage victims between 2016 and 2022. “I can't say that that caused the lengthy records turnaround, but I can tell you that they occurred at the same time,” Erb said. Access to public records is often the only way to find out how deals are made, including how lawmakers draft legislation and who is influencing or lobbying for and against certain bills. Through a records request, TCS obtained nearly 1,000 pages of unredacted emails and other communications between the prime sponsor of the income tax (SB 6346) and the office of Attorney General Nick Brown, as plans were made to ensure the public would not have the option for a referendum, and the law would end up at the State Supreme Court. Winners and sinners The shortest average turnaround time came from the North City Water District. The public utility in Shoreline responded to records requests in an average of 0.2 days. Erb noted the utility only gets a handful of requests each year, so they are not overwhelmed with meeting those petitions. The second fastest agency was NORCOM 911, which handles thousands of requests. Over the five years, NORCOM 911 completed its records requests in an average of 0.9 days. “Another slowpoke was The Evergreen State College, the public university outside of Olympia. It completed its records requests in an average of 142.9 days,” read WashCOG’s release on the rankings. Erb said their listing is not meant to suggest that state agencies and other public organizations are intentionally slow walking records requests. “In terms of reasons why, it’s hard to tell. I mean, it could be, they were reluctant to release the information. It could also be that the public records office is just understaffed. They just don't have very many people working on it. And so, when they get a large volume of records requests, suddenly they're underwater, and it takes a while to work their way out,” Erb said. Others on the “slow to respond” list: • Washington State Senate averaging 85.1 days to comply with a records request. • The Department of Children, Youth and Families averaging 88.1 days to comply. • Bellevue School District, averaging 95.7 days to supply public records. • Department of Fish and Wildlife, averaging 97.2 days to supply requested records. • Washington State University, which took 111.6 days on average to supply records. • Seattle School District, averaging 118.3 days to comply with a records request. Others topping the list for fast responses: • Snohomish County 911 supplied records on average in 1.1 days. • Soos Creek Water and Sewer District took just 1.5 days on average to supply records. • West Thurston Regional Fire Service Authority averaged 1.7 days to meet a request. • City of Anacortes supplied records in just two days on average. Earlier this year, WashCOG lost a lawsuit that hoped to force state lawmakers to release internal legislative records. The Washington state Court of Appeals in Tacoma ruled that the state Legislature has a “privilege” to withhold internal records from public disclosure. The appellate judges said the separation of powers doctrine gives state lawmakers a “legislative privilege” that exempts their internal deliberations from the state Public Records Act. A handful of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have signed WashCOG’s pledge not to involve legislative privilege when reporters or members of the public ask to see their legislative emails and text messages. The pledge states: “In the interest of public transparency and open government, I instruct the records officer not to invoke a legislative privilege on my behalf when responding to public records requests.”

La comunidad de Pineville se alista para vivir una jornada llena de cultura, música y convivencia con la llegada de la primera edición del Pineville World Fest, un evento multicultural que busca unir a las distintas comunidades que forman parte de este municipio localizado al sur de Charlotte. La entrada Celebran por primera vez el Pineville World Fest se publicó primero en Enlace Latino NC. Celebran por primera vez el Pineville World Fest was first posted on mayo 29, 2026 at 6:00 pm.©2024 "Enlace Latino NC". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at paola@enlacelatinonc.org

法国世界报在报道中国媒体评论的同时表示，中国媒体的评论普遍忽略了这么一个现实：中国许多大型寺庙及其所在的名山胜地，其产权实际上属于国家。地方政府往往会成立专门公司负责景区的运营和旅游开发，通过高价门票获取丰厚的收益，而作为“活招牌”的僧侣们通常只能分得极少的收入。而少林寺前方丈释永信显然选择了另一种做法。

(The Center Square) — A federal judge has overturned a New Hampshire law that required unregistered voters to provide proof of citizenship to cast ballots in state elections. The ruling late Thursday by U.S. District Court judge Samantha Elliott sided with the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups who sued to block the law, saying the requirement for new voters to provide a birth certificate or valid U.S. passport to cast a ballot on election day was unconstitutional. “New Hampshire’s interest in election integrity cannot justify the burden on New Hampshire voters based on the evidence in this case," Elliot wrote in the 98-page ruling. Elliot said the state Attorney General's office, which defended the law during a recent trial, didn't provide "conclusive proof" that non-citizens were regularly voting in New Hampshire elections. She pointed to testimony during the trial that only one person in 26 years has been charged with voter fraud, while a few people with permanent resident cards were allowed to vote due to confusion by local clerks. "Such miniscule numbers strongly undercut any legitimate concern about election integrity vis-à-vis noncitizen voting and, consequently, the state’s interest in addressing it,” Elliott wrote. The decision, which goes into effect immediately, means New Hampshire voters who arrive at the polls in this fall's midterm elections without a birth certificate or passport will be allowed to use a "legally-binding" affidavit to register to vote and cast a ballot. "New Hampshire’s elections have always been safe, secure, and accurate – and this law could have unconstitutionally and needlessly prevented thousands of eligible voters from casting a ballot," Henry Klementowicz, deputy legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, said in a statement. "Making it harder to vote is a clear attack on one of our most fundamental of rights, and this law is consigned to the dustbin of history where it belongs." The 2024 law, signed by then-Gov. Chris Sununu, requires people who are registering to vote in New Hampshire for the first time on Election Day to provide proof of identification within seven days of casting a ballot. New Hampshire is one of a handful of states that don't use provisional ballots, which are required under federal law. The state received a waiver from the federal requirement in the 1990s in exchange for offering same-day voter registration. Under the previous law, voters can sign an affidavit attesting their identity if they are missing required documents. Republicans who backed the creation of the new affidavit ballots say the intent is to prevent voter fraud and instill more confidence in the state's election system. In 2021, New Hampshire's Supreme Court struck down a four-year old law requiring voters to show additional proof of identity if they register shortly before an election. In the ruling, the justices wrote that they agreed with the lower court rulings that the law "imposes unreasonable burdens on the right to vote" and that lawyers for the state failed to demonstrate that the law was related to an "important governmental objective." The law required voters to show additional proof of identification if they registered within 30 days of a federal, state or local election. Democrats passed a law repealing the changes in 2019, when they had control of the Legislature, but Sununu vetoed it.

La Cámara de Amparo y Antejuicio de la Corte Suprema de Justicia emitió una sentencia de amparo planteado por la defensa del exfiscal anticorrupción Stuardo Campo y mantuvo vigente la prisión preventiva ordenada por el Juzgado Décimo Penal desde diciembre de 2023. Por Alexander Valdéz  La Cámara de Amparo y Antejuicio de la Corte Suprema ... Read more The post CSJ rechaza en definitiva la solicitud para liberar al exfiscal Stuardo Campo appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

Minnesota prosecutors say the agent lied about what led up to the shooting. He is now charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor.

21世紀的世界，似乎正一步步滑向一個危險的時代。歐洲陷入烏克蘭戰爭，中東則被加沙衝突與伊朗問題持續撕裂。如今，越來越多戰略觀察家開始擔心：亞洲是否會成為下一個爆發重大衝突的地區？而所有目光，幾乎都集中在台灣海峽。法國地緣政治學者多米尼克·莫伊西最近提出一個極具象徵意味的問題：對於台灣台“習近平會跨越盧比孔河嗎？”，這個問題不僅在問：“會不會打”，更是在問：台灣是否會成為習近平政治命運的決定性轉折點？

21世纪的世界，似乎正一步步滑向一个危险的时代。欧洲陷入乌克兰战争，中东则被加沙冲突与伊朗问题持续撕裂。如今，越来越多战略观察家开始担心：亚洲是否会成为下一个爆发重大冲突的地区？而所有目光，几乎都集中在台湾海峡。法国地缘政治学者多米尼克·莫伊西最近提出一个极具象征意味的问题：对于台湾台“习近平会跨越卢比孔河吗？”，这个问题不仅在问：“会不会打”，更是在问：台湾是否会成为习近平政治命运的决定性转折点？

Report to the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority says that 302-unit Wyandotte Towers is nearly obsolete. The post Future of KCK apartment complex up in the air appeared first on The Beacon.

Citing sustained upheaval and cuts to federal programs, New Mexico lawmakers said this week they will maintain a subcommittee tracking impacts to the state and crafting the state’s response.

(The Center Square) - Most Americans may not know that metal grocery carts, metal racks that dispense newspapers nationwide, or the decorative wire baskets now commonplace in big box stores were invented and produced by an entrepreneur in rural Texas. A company that began making wire baskets in 1898 has adapted through several generations surviving the Great Depression, steel shortages, oil embargoes, multiple wars, recessions, technological changes, political turmoil marked by national protests and assassinations, and an unprecedented border crisis whose county sheriff is leading on border security efforts working with an Operation Lone Star Task Force. As Texas celebrates its 190th anniversary of independence this year, Texans in a rural part of the state continue to set a standard for entrepreneurship, public service and philanthropy that’s endured for more than 125 years. They’re also bucking the trend of rural communities losing residents in a county where cattle outnumber residents three to one. In 1898, Kaspar Wire Works was founded in Shiner, Texas, by August Kaspar, a native Texan and son of a Swiss German immigrant and Lutheran missionary. With the advent of barbed wire, farmers and ranchers were tearing out miles of wire fencing. Kaspar used the wire to solve a problem: He made wire baskets for local farmers and ranchers to carry produce, initially selling them for $1 a piece. Kaspar later developed new tools to mass produce and refine the baskets. By the 1920s, the company expanded by selling baskets to swimming resorts and manufactured wire hangers and hanging wire baskets in a new manufacturing plant. By the 1930s, Kaspar Wire Works began mounting the baskets to wheeled contraptions - inventing the grocery cart. By World War II, the company supported the war effort by making thousands of deep fry baskets, baskets for sterilizing and egg washing and 200,000 metal ammunition box handles for the U.S. military. It also suffered losses as the U.S. War Department barred manufacturing of most consumer products. In the 1950s, new inventions led to the creation of bottle racks for soft drink manufacturers and a high-capacity coin-controlled newspaper rack. In the 1940s and 1950s, cotton farming was in a crisis, ranching was declining, and many small businesses were failing in rural Texas. But the Kaspars remained committed to skilled jobs training and kept hiring local residents contributing to the local economy. “If workers stay, their families stay, contributing to local economy, school enrollment, real estate and housing and a thriving community,” Arthur Kaspar’s great-grandson, Jason Kaspar, told The Center Square. He runs Kaspar Companies as its CEO. By the 1980s, the company expanded to produce 90% of USA Today’s newspaper Sho-Racks, putting Kaspar and Shiner on the national map. “We do business the Texas way. That means something,” Kaspar said. This includes hiring and manufacturing products locally and meeting customer needs in the quintessential Texas (and international) markets: trucks, guns, horses and gold. Kaspar Companies manufactures truck beds through Bedrock Truck Beds, weapons products through Horizon Firearms and is applying lessons learned to other industries, like working with carbon fiber to improve saddles. “We’re always adapting and committed to versatility,” Kasparsaid. Kaspar Companies acquired Circle Y Saddles, a leading saddle brand where saddles and other products are handmade in Yoakum, the leather capital of Texas. It also acquired Tex Tan (Texas Tanning and Manufacturing Company), one of the earliest pioneers in American saddle making, founded in 1919 by the Welhausen family. Other companies include Tucker Trail, another saddle, tack and outdoor gear company, and Reinsman, which sells performance gear for horses. In 2011, Jason Kaspar also co-founded Texas Precious Metals with Tarek Saab, one of the largest online retailers of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion in the country. Also headquartered in Shiner, it’s become a leader in the precious metals industry, having processed more than $4 billion in client transactions and shipped tens of thousands of orders nationwide. Last year, it became an accredited affiliate member of the London Bullion Market Association, which sets the benchmark spot prices for precious metals. TPM also owns and operates Texas Precious Metals Depository, the largest depository in Texas, which serves retail and institutional customers nationwide. TPM has also designed unique gold and silver non-legal tender medallions, including celebrating Texas independence. Four coins in its Texas Revolution series commemorate the battles of Gonzales, Goliad, the Alamo and San Jacinto. “Texas exudes trust,” Kaspar explained. “Tens of thousands of customers have entrusted us with their life savings in gold and silver. Customers from all over the world are buying our products that connect to that trust with a history of more than 125 years in the community.” Even though Kaspar and other company leaders have lived in large cities, it was important to them to safeguard the rural way of life and continue the company legacy committed to faith, family and versatility, he said. Kaspar Companies now employs nearly 500 people in several counties, including an Old 300, Old Gonzales 18 and Immortal 32 descendant whose mother works for the sheriff’s office, The Center Square exclusively reported. The company provides skills training, an Uncommon Career Experience Program, and financially supports multiple local and international causes, including through the Don G. Kaspar Foundation, named after Jason Kaspar’s grandfather. “Faith, family and giving back to our community is not only a way of life but part of our company’s ethos,” Kaspar explained. “It’s a way of living and a way of respecting people. It means I’m not going to cheat or lie for that lost dollar. It’s a way we conduct ourselves and hold each other accountable for treating others fairly. The capital we’ve been blessed with and the money we make is not our own. We are stewards of these resources.”

With just over two weeks until the first game in Arlington, leaders came together to commemorate the moment and statue.

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New Mexico’s pueblos, tribes and nations recently received an initial $30 million allocation from the Indian Education Fund.