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(The Center Square) — The Spokane City Council will soon vote on a proposed resolution that would urge voters to reject two statewide ballot initiatives concerning parental rights and participation in K-12 athletics based on biological sex. The council is scheduled to discuss Resolution 2026-0075 Tuesday. Councilmembers Zack Zappone and Kate Telis are sponsoring the resolution, which would put the council on record opposing Initiative 26-001 and Initiative 26-638 and urge Washington voters to reject both measures. Zappone said the effort came after members of Spokane's LGBTQ community asked him to take a position on the initiatives. “As a city council member, I have championed policies to affirm that in Spokane, we all belong,” Zappone told The Center Square. “As a teacher, I know how important it is for transgender youth to know that they belong.” Councilmember Michael Cathcart said the City Council should stay out of statewide ballot measures and allow voters to make their own decisions. “These are social issues that really don't fall on the lap of the city council,” Cathcart told The Center Square. “They are a state issue.” Cathcart said that while state law allows local governments to take positions on statewide ballot measures, he believes the council should not use its position or city resources to campaign on them. “To me, we should just be letting the community decide and not interject,” he said. The resolution says the initiatives could subject transgender students to “unfair and potentially harmful measures” intended to protect girls and parents. Zappone also argued the initiatives could affect students beyond the transgender community. “These initiatives can endanger not only transgender students, but all kids in our city and subject all girls to invasive genital exams,” Zappone said. Cathcart disagrees with the council weighing in, saying resolutions on statewide ballot measures can unnecessarily divide Spokane residents. “These are non-binding resolutions that just send a message that says to the 40, 50, 60%, whatever it ends up being on one side or the other, 'hey, we disagree with you, you're wrong,'” Cathcart said. He said the council should instead concentrate on municipal responsibilities. “Our job is to make things run on time, to think about the proper investments, consider how we keep the community running strong, how we keep core services going, and do the things that people cannot do on their own,” Cathcart said. Initiative background Initiative 26-001 concerns parental rights involving children in public schools. The measure would restore provisions giving parents and guardians certain rights involving school records, instructional materials, notifications about medical services provided to their children and other school activities. Supporters, including Let's Go Washington, say the initiative would strengthen parents' ability to receive information about their children and increase parental involvement in schools. Opponents, including the Washington State PTA, have raised concerns about how the measure could affect protections for LGBTQ students and its interaction with other state and federal requirements. Initiative 26-638 concerns participation in K-12 athletics based on biological sex. The measure would establish restrictions on participation in certain girls' and women's school sports and require verification of a student's biological sex by a health care provider. Supporters say the initiative is intended to protect opportunities for female athletes. The Spokane resolution takes the opposing position, arguing the initiative could harm transgender students. Cathcart said the proposed resolution is part of what he views as a broader pattern of the council taking positions on statewide ballot measures. “We have routinely done this with many, many things and I have routinely said it is not our role and we should not be trying to play decider when it comes to elections like this,” Cathcart said. He also said he expects the resolution to generate significant public comment. “It'll be inflammatory, no doubt, and probably a late night again, not to actually pass an ordinance that accomplishes anything, but just to send a message,” Cathcart said. The Center Square contacted Telis for comment, but did not receive a response before publication. The Public Safety Committee is scheduled to discuss the resolution Tuesday. The full council meeting listed in the agenda materials is scheduled for Oct. 28. Washington voters will decide the two initiatives Nov. 3.

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O empresário, general de três estrelas e dirigente desportivo angolano Bento dos Santos Kangamba revelou a origem do seu nome Tchahwa, atribuído pelos pais em Tchokwe, e apelou aos membros do MPLA para manterem fidelidade ao partido, ao seu presidente. Num vídeo divulgado na sua página oficial da rede social Facebook, o político explicou o […]

San Diego Climate Week saw events canceled amid a sweltering heat wave that is breaking records for local fall temperatures.

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Asteartetako Goizean argi buletinaren azpiko atala da hau. Izenak dioen moduan, postaletako irudiei buruzkoa da, “benetako” irudiei buruzkoa nahi bada, edo, bestela esanda, liluraren atzeko aldeaz. Atal horren bilduma da orrialde hau, argitaratutako hurrenkeran ekarrita. Ez bazaude buletinean izena emanda, eta goizero zure postontzian jaso nahi baduzu, debalde, eman izena hemen.

Udaltzaingoak identifikaturiko pertsonek ez dute zigorrik jasoko etxegabeei kalean janaria banatzeagatik. Pasa den ostiralean, Donostiako Udaleko Hiri Proiektuen eta Espazio Publikoaren Sailak zigor eskaera guztiak artxibatu zituen. Juantxo Marrero Hiri Proiektuen zinegotzi sozialistak jakinarazi zuenez, udaleko zerbitzu teknikoek ebatzi dute elikagaiak espazio publikoan ematea ez dela arau hauste bat.

Uda honetan, bata bestearen atzetik izan ditugun bero-boladak klima aldaketari aurre egiteko beharraren inguruko eztabaida zabaltzen ari dira. Hala ere, proposatzen dizkiguten “konponbideek” energia berriztagarria biltzeko azpiegitura gehiagoren ezarpenarekin dute lotura, ahal dela, geroz eta handiagoak. Eta trantsizio energetiko hori “klima aldaketari aurre egiteko konponbide azkar” bakar bezala saltzen digute. Nafarroan, gobernuko datuekin ikusten ari gara berriztagarrien ezarpenak ez duela balio erregai fosilen kontsumoa ordezkatzeko. Izan ere, Nafarroak duela 30 urte baino gehiago hasi zuen trantsizioa, Erreniegako haize erroten instalazioarekin. Ordutik hona, gure mendi eta zelaietan ikus ditzakegun instalazio berriztagarrien kopurua neurriz kanpo hazi da. Hala eta guztiz ere, Nafarroako Gobernuko Energia Balantzeko datuek agerian uzten dute elektrizitatea kontsumitzen dugun energia guztiaren %21 bakarrik izaten jarraitzen duela. Eta hori horrela da orain dela urte asko, bai Nafarroan, bai gure inguruko gainontzeko eskualdeetan. Ez da hazten ari. Fenomeno hori kontraintuitiboa da, energia berriztagarrien iragarkiek dena betetzen baitute, eta geroz eta gehiago erabiltzen direla pentsatzera garamatza. Sistema berriztagarriek gehien bat elektrizitatea sortzen dutenez, elektrizitatearen kontsumoak gora egin beharko luke, erregai fosilak ordezkatu ahal izateko. Baina ez, elektrizitatearen kontsumoak egonkor darrai 2004tik. Egia da elektrizitatearen iturburua azken urteotan aldatu dela, Nafarroan jatorri berriztagarriko elektrizitatea %50 baino gehiago izatera iritsi baita: %64, hain zuzen ere, 2025ean. Hala ere, kontsumitzen dugun energiaren %20 baino ez denez elektrizitatea, esan genezake jatorri berriztagarriko elektrizitatea kontsumitzen dugun energia guztiaren %12 baino ez dela. Bitartean, 2024an Nafarroan kontsumitutako energiaren parterik handiena erregai fosilena izan zen, %75, hain zuzen ere. Eta hori ez da aldatu azken urteotan. 2008ko krisiak eragindako jaitsieraren ondoren, energia fosilaren erabilera egonkor mantentzen da, baita zenbait gorakada arinekin ere, 2024an petrolioaren eratorrien kontsumoan izan zen %10eko gorakada aurreko urtearekin alderatuta, esate baterako. Horrela, negutegi efektuko gasen isurketek ere berdintsu darraite eta ez dugu horien murrizketa lortzen, Espainiako Estatuan gertatzen ari denaren pare. Horri guztiari gehitu beharko litzaioke azken 75 urteotan energia kontsumoa esponentzialki hazi dela munduan. Eta kontsumo horren banakapena eginez gero, energia mota ezberdinetan, ez da ikusten energia mota jakin batzuk beste batzuengatik ordezkatzen ari direnik, aitzitik; jatorri ezberdineko energia iturburuen metaketa ikus dezakegu, hazkunde izugarri hori ahalbidetu duena. Hori guztia kontuan hartuta, nahiz eta energia berriztagarriak garatu, Nafarroan ez du energia fosilaren kontsumoak behera egiten. Gaur egun, energia berriztagarriak lau aldiz biderkatu beharko genituzke energia fosilen kontsumoa ezabatzen saiatzeko, hori posible balitz. Horrek gure lurraldearen errealitatearekin egiten du talka, zeina azpiegitura berriztagarriz josita baitago. Izan ere, azken urteotan, Nafarroako Gobernuak bertan behera utzi behar izan dituen mota honetako proiektuak asko izan dira, kausa ezberdinengatik. Argi dago Nafarroako lurrak haien ahalmenaren mugetara iristen ari direla honelako azpiegiturak hartu ahal izateko. Horren guztiaren atzean, erregai fosilek dituzten erabilera guztiak ordezkatzeko energia berriztagarriek, gaur gaurkoz, arazoak dituzte. Berriztagarriak energia iturri intermitenteak dira, baldintza meteorologiko egokiak bakarrik daudenean energia sortzen dutenak. Gainera, azpiegitura handiak behar dituzte funtzionatu ahal izateko: produkzio plantei interkonexio azpiegiturak, biltegiratze eta kontrol azpiegiturak gehitu behar zaizkie. Horiek guztiak garestiak dira eta instalazio zailekoak. Eta ez dira erritmo berean ezartzen. Gaur egun, energia berriztagarriak lau aldiz biderkatu beharko genituzke energia fosilen kontsumoa ezabatzen saiatzeko, hori posible balitz. Horrek gure lurraldearen errealitatearekin egiten du talka Orain, beharrezkoa da tentsio altuko linea kopuru handia instalatzea, biltegiratze eta kontrol sistema askorekin batera. Hedapen horrek sistema energetikoaren jasangarritasun eza areagotuko du, mineralen erauzketa gehitu beharko baita azpiegitura guztiak eraiki ahal izateko. Eta hedapena atzeratu ohi da, Muruarte-Itsaso tentsio altuko linearen tramitazioak erakusten digun bezala, jada 20 urte bete dituenak, berriki onartua izan dena. Mantsoegia da trantsizioa, eta premiazkoa aurre egin behar dugun larrialdia, kolonialismoan eta estraktibismoan sakontzen duena haren garapenerako. Horregatik, ezinbestekoa da bultzatzen ari diren eredua errotik aldatzea. Etorkizuna berriztagarria izanen da, edo ez da izanen. Krisi klimatikoaren larritasunak, gainontzeko zortzi muga planetarioekin batera, zeinetatik jada zazpi gainditu baititugu, aldaketa azkarra izatea beharrezko egiten du. Eta hori ez da gertatzen ari Nafarroan, trantsizio berriztagarriaren arloan eskualde eredugarria den horretan. Nahitaezkoa da egungo energia eta materialen kontsumoak neurri handi batean murriztea. Horretarako, errotiko eraldaketak egin behar ditugu. Transformazio sistemikoa beharrezkoa da, beraz, inolako fruiturik ematen ez duen trantsizio energetiko soilaren aurrean. Eta orain behar dugu. Eta horretarako beharrezkoak diren transformazio guztien ezaugarriak aztertu behar ditugu, eta ez desazkundearen aldarri soilean geratu bakarrik. Zeregin zaila da, beharrezko estrategien definizioan zalantza eta zailtasun asko dakartzana eskutik. Sustrai Erakuntza fundazioak azaleko txosten bat argitaratu zuen nafar gizarte jasangarri batendako proposamenekin, eta bertan hainbat adibide aurki ditzakegu. Honelako neurriak proposatzen genituen kaleratutako txostenean: objektu eta erreminten erabilera partekatua errazteko neurriak ezartzea, horien fabrikazioa murrizte aldera. Eta gailu horiek konpongarriak, berrerabilgarriak eta berriztagarriak izateko fabrikatzea. Produktuen eta pertsonen garraiorako beharra murriztea, garraio kolektiboa sustatuta eta ibilgailu pribatuen erabilera murriztuta. Ohiko trena lehenestea, jada energia berriztagarria darabilena eta hiri eta herrien arteko lotura ahalbidetzen duena, lurraldea deuseztatu eta hiriak bakarrik lotzen dituen AHTaren aurrean... Adibide horiek garatu eta ezarri behar ditugu, beharrezkoa den bidezko desazkunde planifikatua lortuko badugu, batez ere Ipar Globaleko herrialdeetan. Beharrezkoa baita kapitalismoa bertan behera utziko duen eredu sozioekonomiko baterantz doan eraldaketa. Ezin baita kontsumoaren betiereko hazkundearekin jarraitu planeta mugatu batean. Horixe baita egun ditugun arazoen benetako iturburua. Sistema kapitalista, diseinatuta dagoen bezala, ez da bateragarria gizakiaren bizitzarekin Lur planetan. Martín Zelaia García eta Jule Goñi Montero, Sustrai Erakuntza fundazioaren kideak

Irakasleek geroz eta “botere” txikiagoa dute. Guztiek zalantzan jartzen dituzte, batez ere ikasleen gurasoek, gainera, ikasleek gero eta gutxiago errespetatzen dituzte haien maisu eta maistrak. Baina hori zergatik gertatzen da? Mediku batek proba batzuk egin ondoren, umea ateratzen bada probak bikain egin dituela esanez, gero medikuak esaten badu zerbait ez dagoela ondo probak benetan ondo atera ez direlako, gurasoek zalantzan jarriko dute medikua? Normalean ez, baina gaur egun ez ninduke harrituko horrelako adituak zalantzan jartzeak. Justu hori gertatzen da irakasleekin, haiek ikasi dute irakasteko, eta hainbat erreminta dituzte horretarako, zergatik ez diegu kasurik egiten? Zergatik mediku bati, polizia bati edo beste edonori kasu egiten diogu baina irakasleez paso egiten dugu? Hasteko, esan behar da gaur egun irakasleek geroz eta babes txikiagoa dutela, lehen, gurasoen babesa zuten, orain, aitzitik, ez, gurasoek haien seme-alabak babesten dituzte normalean. Gainera, orain, legez oso zaila da kurtsoa errepikatzea, adibidez, LHn behin bakarrik errepikatu daiteke, DBHn gehienez bi aldiz errepikatu daiteke (eta oker ez banago, kurtso bat gehienez behin errepikatu daiteke), eta batxilergoan gehienez lau aldiz errepikatu daiteke. LOMLOEk lege hori ezarri zuen duela hainbat urte, eta ikasleek badakite. Horregatik, hainbat ikaslek zera esaten dute: “Behin errepikatu dudanez ez dut lanik egin behar, azkenean kurtsoa legez pasatu behar dut”. Beraz, bost axola haiei irakasleek esandakoak. Utzi beharko genuke irakasleak zalantzan jartzeari, hezkuntzan profesionalak, benetan ikastetxeetan dauden langileak eta egoera benetan nola dagoen dakitenak zalantzan jartzeari. Uxue Madariaga

Unibertsitatean onartua izateko garaian, kalifikazioaren batez bestekoa selektibitateko Euskarako nota txarra kontuan hartu gabe egiteko agindu zioten epaileek EHUri, auzitara jo zuten ikasleen kasuan. Orain jakin da hainbat ikaslek egin zutela matrikulatzeko inskripzioa epaileen neurri horren babespean eta bueltan-bueltan, ikasle batek pribilegio hori baliatu duela.

Garai nahasi hauetarako termometro politiko bat asmatu nahi izan dugu. Euskal Herrian, burujabetza helburu, egun eragile politikoek duten tenperatura neurtuko duena.

Euskaldunentzako Jabetze Eskola ikastaro-sortaren 3. edizioa egingo da urrian hasita Izaskun Arrue Kulturguneko (IAK) programazioaren barruan, Gasteizen, UEUren laguntzarekin. Gasteizen euskarak bizi duen egoerarekiko kezka, interesa edo jakin-mina duen edonori zuzendutako eskola da eta haren inguruan hitz egiteko izan gara Manex Agirre Arriolabengoarekin (Aramaio, 1982), eskolaren dinamizatzailearekin.

Euskal Konfederazioak hamabost herriren deliberoen aurkako prefetaren erasoak salatu ditu, eta azaroak 21eko Euskararen garaia da manifestaldira deitu du gaur Baionako suprefeturaren aitzinean.

(The Center Square) - Now that the U.S. Department of Treasury has released long-awaited rules for the Education Freedom Tax Credit, pressure is mounting on states that have not opted in, including Washington state. The regulations released Oct 1 confirm that married couples filing jointly can claim up to $3,400 and give governors instructions for certifying scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) and provide guidance on student eligibility. However, many Democrat-led states, including Washington under Governor Bob Fergusson, have opted not to join the program. Former U.S. Education Secretary under President Obama Arne Duncan took part in a Sept. 15 discussion hosted by the free-market think tank Washington Policy Center about the Education Tax Credit, and urged leaders to opt their state into the program. “We have to be accelerating student learning, and that is not happening in the vast majority of our states, and very candidly is not happening in Washington,” said Duncan. Created by the 2025 tax and spending law signed by President Donald Trump under the Big Beautiful Bill, the program lets taxpayers claim a federal credit for donations to SGOs. Those groups then fund scholarships for tutoring, books, supplies, extended-day programs, special education programs or private schools, as well as other qualified expenditures. The estimates are that Washington state could benefit upwards of $700 million per year above and beyond local and state funding for education. “I would say that’s minimally. It could be north of a billion and to be clear that’s on top of state and local money. It doesn't replace a single dollar. It's additional. It's additive. It's supplemental,” said Duncan. “And if we can get a lot more kids in Washington state, who are way too far behind academically, if we can get them math tutoring, if we can get them literacy tutoring, if we can get them more after school, we can get them summer school…that will literally not just help improve their grades, that will change their lives.” How it works Each taxpayer can claim a credit of up to $1,700, and there is no marriage penalty meaning both spouses on a joint return can claim the full amount for up to $3,400. Donors claiming the tax credit can give to an eligible SGO in any participating state, regardless of where they live, and SGOs cannot earmark gifts for a particular student. That means taxpayers can claim credit, but if their home state is not participating in the program, the profits can be directed to another participating state. Scholarships are open to students in households earning up to 300% of their area’s median income. Treasury officials put that at about 95% of U.S. children, and Education Department officials said roughly 28 million children in the 30 participating states would qualify. Jorge Elorza, CEO of Democrats for Education Reform, said during WPC’s event last month that the program has the potential to change lives. “Reasonable minds can disagree as to the wisdom of the federal law. But now that the federal law has passed, the only question is how the money will be spent. The only question is, will it be spent in Washington? Or will it be spent in other states?” said Elorza. “If Washington does opt in, and let's say we get just 30% of those people whom it costs nothing to redirect their $1700 away from Treasury and to Washington State…there’s no reason that we have to limit ourselves to just 30% participation.” Elorza said once the program is up and running, he expects participation to blow past the 30% anticipated rate. “This program has the potential to be huge. And first and foremost, that's what gets me really excited.” States must opt in by Jan. 1 and submit their lists of qualifying SGOs by Feb. 15. SGOs already registered in their state with the required paperwork can begin accepting donations on Jan. 1. The rules give governors specific, legally binding instructions for submitting those lists. States must include every organization that meets federal requirements and cannot pick favorites, a Treasury official said. States can't restrict which schools families choose or which allowable expenses scholarships cover. Duncan said he believes the program can change education for the better for decades. “This program has the potential to be really, significant…we're talking about 30% of people whom it would cost nothing to keep those $1700 in Washington.” “Reasonable minds can disagree as to the wisdom of the federal law. But now that the federal law has passed, the only question is how the money will be spent. The only question is, will it be spent in Washington? Or will it be spent in other states?" said Duncan. Gov. Ferguson had previously said he was waiting for the updated Treasury Department guidelines before making a decision about whether or not to join the program. The Center Square reached out to Ferguson's regarding the Treasury guidance and to find out when the governor will make a decision to join or not, but received no response.