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د. جەعفەر شێخولئیسلامی، پرۆفسۆری زمانەوانی زانکۆی کارلتن لە چاوپێکەوتنێکدا دەڵێت، بەردەستە کتێبی ئۆکسفۆرد بۆ زمانەوانی کوردی، بۆ یەکەمجار لە مانگەکانی ئایندەدا چاپ و بڵاودەکرێتەوە بە شێوەیەکی داهێنەرانە و ورد پێداچوونەوە و شیکردنەوەیەکی نوێ بەسەر هەر شەش جۆرە زاراوە سەرەکییەکانی زمانی کوردییدا دەکات

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.School board elections won’t look the same in Indiana this year.At the ballot box, voters could see new partisan labels for school board candidates. More voters than usual could be faced with a decision on whether they should approve a tax increase, known as a referendum, for their local schools. And before Election Day, candidates and school leaders also have decisions to make about their campaigns. The outcomes in November could have a lasting effect on students and schools. Join us on Wednesday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center for a panel discussion on these issues.We’ll dive into the changes around school decision-makers and school funding to ask: What’s at stake for students and families across the state?Moderated by Chalkbeat Indiana reporter Aleksandra Appleton, the panel includes:David Roof, director of the Center for Economic and Civic Learning at Ball State UniversityTerry Spradlin, executive director of the Indiana School Boards AssociationAshley Thomas, member of both the Indianapolis Public Schools board and the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation.The event is in partnership with the Indiana Historical Society and is free, but RSVP is encouraged. Get your ticket here.Doors open at 6 p.m. The panel starts at 6:30 p.m. Food and childcare will be provided. Parking is available in the Indiana Historical Society lot off of New York Street.MJ Slaby oversees Chalkbeat Indiana’s coverage as bureau chief. Contact MJ at mslaby@chalkbeat.org.

Já são 40 dias de bloqueio no país. Apesar dos sinais de desgaste, povo não recua, mesmo sem ver saídas claras. Governo pretende aplicar nova lei de estado de exceção, o que pode reacender os protestos. A única certeza neste impasse: presidente perdeu sua legitimidade The post Bolívia, entre a rebeldia e a falta de perspectivas appeared first on Outras Palavras.

This is the third part of an ongoing series chronicling oligarchy and its effects on North American society. The post The Oligarch Chronicles Part 4 appeared first on rabble.ca.

La Justicia de la provincia de Salta, en el noroeste de Argentina, impuso un embargo preventivo de 21 805 millones de pesos —equivalente a unos 15 millones de dólares— a dos empresarios señalados por la fiscalía como responsables del presunto desmonte ilegal de más de 11 000 hectáreas de bosque nativo cerca de la localidad de […]

North Carolina Democratic state senators and advocates gathered Tuesday, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case that enshrined access to contraception as a constitutional right, to warn that 61 years later, that right could once again be at risk.  Sens. Sophia Chitlik (D-Durham), Woodson Bradley (D-Mecklenburg), and Natalie Murdock (D-Durham) all spoke about the […]

A planned $1-billion Amazon data center in Clinton will be in the former Delphi auto parts plant that once employed almost 300 people but has sat mostly empty since 2009.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here.With mere weeks until voting begins in a high-stakes primary election, a long-standing disagreement over election control in Maricopa County is only getting more combative.In a new twist of the feud, a special prosecutor is looking into whether employees in the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office broke the law by allegedly removing a scanner and provisional ballot envelopes from the county’s vote tabulation headquarters amid a local election earlier this year.Recorder Justin Heap, a Republican, said in a recent legal filing that he wanted possession of the scanner, which he said belongs to his office — a claim that the county’s mostly-GOP board of supervisors disputed.He also requested a court order barring any criminal prosecution of his employees related to the incident, which occurred as votes were being tallied in the March 10 election for three seats on the Tempe City Council.Heap’s latest filing in his lawsuit with the board of supervisors raises further questions about top officials’ ability to work together to administer this year’s midterm election in the key swing county. It comes less than two months before the state primary on July 21 — and as the special prosecutor looking into the scanner incident draws close to completing his investigation.Former Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer, a Republican, told Votebeat that he was tapped by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate the matter in April. He said he’d hired an off-duty, reserve deputy with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office to assist with the case, and that the investigation was “wrapping up.”Erin Pellett, a spokesperson for Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, said in a statement that Mitchell had appointed special counsel after receiving an “allegation” and determining a conflict of interest was present. As the county’s top prosecutor, Mitchell, a Republican, represents both the recorder’s office and the board of supervisors.Volkmer declined to share many details of the investigation, noting that it still remained active. But he said the investigation wasn’t initiated to target specific employees in the recorder’s office. Rather, Volkmer said he was looking into the incident to determine “whether there was, in fact, criminal behavior.”“This wasn’t, ‘Hey, go look at this person,’” he said. “That’s not how this came about.”Volkmer added that it is standard practice for investigators to attempt to contact individuals who could have knowledge of a potential criminal matter.“I would say you’re not doing your job if you don’t try,” he said, adding that he believed his investigator would be “thorough” in examining the incident.What happened with Maricopa County Recorder’s Office employees and the disputed scanner?Heap said in his court motion that multiple employees from the recorder’s office had attempted to “retrieve” a scanner from the election center in March, with the intent of repurposing it to scan inbound provisional ballot envelopes.He said the scanner belonged to his office. Heap noted it was purchased with funds from the recorder’s office and was never “lawfully transferred” to the county elections department, which is overseen by the board of supervisors. He added that the scanners were acquired specifically for early voting services, “a function under the sole authority of the recorder.”But the board saw it differently. In a statement, Supervisors Kate Brophy McGee and Debbie Lesko said two workers — including Chief Information Officer Brian Colby, who is named in court filings as one of the employees who was later approached by an investigator — were caught on security cameras loading the piece of equipment into the back of an unmarked pickup truck on March 12. The supervisors said it appeared to be a personal vehicle.The supervisors called the machine a “pre-tabulation” scanner and said it was controlled by the board. Furthermore, they said Colby had been notified on “at least one occasion, in an inter-office message on March 5,” that the scanner was the property of the board.Brophy McGee and Lesko, both Republicans, said the workers returned the scanner about an hour later, after elections department staff contacted the recorder’s office about the matter.But they said Colby also appeared to take envelopes that potentially contained live provisional ballots, creating “grave chain-of-custody concerns.” They added that a count the following day confirmed that all ballots were accounted for, and that a human resources investigation substantiated their accounting of the incident.Later, Heap said his employees were approached at their homes by “Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies.” He said Colby was specifically told he was under investigation for theft.Filing comes as Maricopa County elections dispute continues to escalateThe filing adds fuel to the flames of a long-running feud within county government.Heap has long contended that county supervisors usurped much of his power in a deal they struck with his predecessor months before he took office. He sued over the matter last year — and after months of back-and-forth in court, a court ruled largely in his favor on April 16, ordering the board to return control of several election-related functions and information technology staffers to Heap’s office.The board unsuccessfully moved to stay that ruling, arguing it was too close to the primary to implement the court’s directives without risking a tumultuous election. Later, they filed for an appeal, which is still pending.In the meantime, the officials have continued to butt heads.During a May 19 local election, they argued over how to communicate a new voting option at polling sites. Emails show the recorder’s office and the board’s elections department disagreed over whether poll workers should verbally inform voters that they could opt to show identification at voting sites to have their mailed ballot counted faster.Then, another scuffle erupted last month over ballot drop box locations for the upcoming primary. The board has set such sites for years under a provision of the state’s election rulebook, and it planned to approve the locations at a May 20 meeting. But just before the supervisors met to do so, Heap sent a letter to the board citing state statutes that he said granted his office authority over ballot drop boxes. He also warned that election workers who handle ballots deposited in “unauthorized” receptacles could face criminal penalties.The suggestion that election workers could be charged with felonies drew strong condemnation from the supervisors. One, Democratic Supervisor Steve Gallardo, accused Heap of attempting to sabotage election operations. Ultimately, the board unanimously approved a slate of voting locations — including the drop box sites — for the primary.Later, Heap asked a judge to hold the county board in civil contempt of court, accusing supervisors of flouting the April ruling. If supervisors failed to quickly adhere to the recent decision, he asked that the court levy substantial fines and give the money to his office.Heap reiterated that request in his most recent filing, asking the court to set an expedited hearing on the issue in light of “these new factual developments.”He also said the board was targeting his employees and doing “exactly what it had falsely accused the recorder of doing” amid the drop box saga last month.“It has actively initiated a criminal referral against a Recorder’s Office staff member for doing something entirely lawful, in the middle of active litigation, just over two weeks before early ballots are scheduled to be mailed to voters,” Heap wrote in the filing.Sasha Hupka is a reporter for Votebeat based in Arizona. Contact Sasha at shupka@votebeat.org.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. The original article can be found here. A little more than a year ago, Sen. Tim Sheehy floated an audacious proposal to reshape the way the federal government fights wildfires. It called for expanding the use of private planes and helicopters to quickly attack blazes while also eliminating […]

Серед найпомітніших фігур у пропозиції з оновлення санкційних списків ЄС – російський історик, помічний російського президента Володимир Мединський, якого Володимир Путін призначив очільником делегації від РФ на переговорах про завершення війни в Україні

(The Center Square) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office has been shorted about $10 million from its overall state budget appropriation in 2026. Raoul said during a City Club of Chicago event Tuesday that funding remained flat in budget legislation for fiscal year 2027 until 3 a.m. on June 1, a little more than an hour before the budget bill passed. Raoul said his office received a $5 million increase in general funds but an overall $10 million decrease in the new budget. ATTORNEYS GENERAL CALL FOR TOBACCO AD BAN IN AUTO RACING Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general calling on international auto racing organizations to ban sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products and terminate existing agreements involving those products. In a letter to FIA and Formula One leadership, Raoul and the attorneys general cited nicotine pouch advertising connected to Formula One teams and events, including products marketed by major tobacco companies. COOK COUNTY TAX BILLS ARE AGAIN DELAYED Cook County officials say their next round of property tax bills will arrive about two months late. County board president Toni Preckwinkle said in a statement that she intends to reopen a bridge fund program to help local governments manage the resulting gap in cash flow. Technological problems have caused several delays in Cook County’s tax system in recent years, leaving municipalities and other taxing districts on the hook for interest lost and debts incurred because of the county’s delinquent distributions. REPORT: IL HOME INSURANCE RATES ARE UP 68% SINCE 2020 A new report says Illinois ranks 17th in home insurance rates nationwide, with premiums up 68% since 2020. LendingTree's 2026 State of Home Insurance Report said Illinois homeowners pay $2,731 annually, 14% above the national average of $2,395. The General Assembly recently passed House Bill 4273 to regulate property insurance. HOUSE ANNOUNCES FALL VETO SCHEDULE Five days after the state Senate released its calendar for fall veto session, the Illinois House has matched the schedule. Both chambers are scheduled to meet in Springfield on Nov. 17-19 and Dec. 1-3.

Aux Philippines, un ancien haut responsable de la police a été arrêté, mardi 9 juin, pour le meurtre d'un homme d'affaires sud-coréen, commis en 2016, en pleine « guerre anti-drogue » lancée par l'ancien président, Rodrigo Duterte. Cette affaire rappelle l'impunité des responsables politiques philippins lors de cette campagne d'exécutions extra-judiciaires qui a fait plus de 30 000 morts, selon les organisations internationales.

Conservation groups have filed two separate appeals seeking to halt the Trump administration’s decision to evict more than 900 bison from large swaths of federal land in central Montana. The post Conservationists appeal Trump admin’s plan to evict bison from Montana public land appeared first on Montana Free Press.

A ferramenta do Observatório da Transição Energética possibilita visualizar, em um mapa interativo, os impactos de diversos empreendimentos e projetos em territórios indígenas, quilombolas, assentamentos e áreas protegidas. O mecanismo surgiu de uma parceria entre Repórter Brasil, Instituto de Estudos Socioeconômicos (Inesc) e Grupo Política, Economia, Mineração, Ambiente e Sociedade (PoEMAS) e reúne dados sobre […] Fonte

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O plenário do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) deve julgar nesta terça-feira (9), em sessão marcada para as 19h, se mantém ou derruba uma decisão liminar do ministro Nunes Marques que mandou suspender a divulgação de uma pesquisa que havia mostrado queda nas intenções de voto no senador Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), pré-candidato à Presidência. O levantamento […] Fonte

Em manobra para evitar debate sobre redução da jornada, direita propõe fragmentá-la ainda mais – e anular os efeitos do fim da 6x1. Promete liberdade, mas entrega renda incerta e direitos corroídos ao bel prazer dos empresários The post PEC das Horas Trabalhadas, regressão histórica appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Após duas candidatas aprovadas no concurso público na Prefeitura de Bayeux (PB) iniciarem uma greve de fome e se acorrentaram nas instalações da Prefeitura Municipal de Bayeux, no dia 2 de junho, como forma de protestar pelo direito às suas respectivas nomeações, a prefeita Tacyana Leitão anunciou a convocação de dez auxiliares de merendeira, cinco […] Fonte

ირანის საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრმა, აბას არაყჩიმ, განაცხადა, რომ ირანის ტერიტორიასთან ახლოს მყოფი უცხოური ძალები „მუდმივი საფრთხის ქვეშ არიან საკუთარი ადამიანური შეცდომების, უბრალო ავარიების ან პოტენციურად ჯვარედინი ცეცხლის ქვეშ მოხვედრის გამო“ და მოუწოდა მათ მოშორდნენ ამ ტერიტორიას. „რისკის შესამცირებლად, საუკეთესო გამოსავალია მათთვის (უცხოური ძალებისთვის) წასვლა“, - წერს არაყჩი X-ზე გამოქვეყნებულ პოსტში. განცხადება გაკეთდა მას შემდეგ, რაც აშშ-ის პრეზიდენტმა დონალდ ტრამპმა განაცხადა,...

The state health department has launched a new webpage to explain the federal work requirement for some Medicaid recipients that will take effect in 2027. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is still reviewing the federal rule, released on June 1, governing how states are to implement the work requirements, a spokesperson said. Medicaid is […]