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O que têm em comum a angolana Maria Mambo Café, a moçambicana Graça Machel e a brasileira Carlota Pereira de Queirós? As três estão entre as 41 mulheres retratadas como pioneiras na política dos respetivos países durante o século XX num livro publicado no Reino Unido.

Julie Butner, CEO and president of the food bank, said the More Than Food initiative will help center the needs of neighbors.

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach called for the classification of mifepristone, an abortion medication, as a water contaminant in a June 5 letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency despite his past efforts to decrease water contaminant regulation. Mifepristone is a part of a two-drug prescription regimen to terminate a pregnancy through 10 […]

As proponents of artificial intelligence insist that the AI future is inevitable, one California city is pushing back. It might not be the last. Earlier this month, residents in Los Angeles County’s Monterey Park overwhelmingly voted to permanently ban data centers in the city, becoming the first city in the U.S. to do so. The […]

Mariachi, Juneteenth programming, concerts, outdoor movies and community events fill this week’s calendar across the Borderland. The post Party on the Plaza, Juneteenth discussion headline El Paso events roundup appeared first on El Paso Matters.

To improve school attendance in a state with one of the nation’s highest absenteeism rates, Oregon education officials on Tuesday presented lawmakers with a plan to repeal existing attendance laws. The high-level presentation and 20-page report presented to the Senate Interim Education Committee described a strategy to replace existing attendance laws “rooted in compliance” with […]

(The Center Square)— Sixteen Allegheny County workers received more than $50,000 in unused leave last year, and all worked in the police department, sheriff’s office or jail. The top nine spots in the western Pennsylvania county were dominated by the police, according to an investigation by The Center Square, which obtained the data from a request under the state’s right-to-know law. Sergeant Christopher McHenry earned the most at $80,083. Officers Richard Keebler, Kirk A. Ruckel, and Kevin McCue each received more than $71,000. The exception was Douglas E. Clark, a sergeant in the sheriff’s office, who cashed out $70,914. Those sums amounted to half to two-thirds of their $110,000-plus annual salaries last year. County policies suggest the largest payouts were driven largely by accumulated sick leave. The county tightly caps unused vacation time. By contrast, many police, sheriff's office, and jail employees may cash out as much as half a year of unused sick leave when they leave county employment.Where the money went Mark Moses, a former city treasurer and author of The Municipal Finance Crisis, said leave cash-out policies allow some employees to take home more money than higher-salaried officials.“This shows where the money is going in the organization,” he told The Center Square in an interview. Eight of the largest leave recipients earned more compensation last year than County Executive Sara Innamorato, Warden Trevor Wingard, and County Solicitor Rosalyn Guy-McCorkle, each of whose salary was in the $150,000 to $160,000 range last year. The latter officials oversee a county of 1.22 million, the 39th largest in the country. Another five police cracked the top 50. In addition, 17 of the 50 came from the sheriff’s office or jail department. To put those figures in perspective, employees from the three departments represented 21% of the county’s workforce, or 1,223 of 5,900, last year. Yet they accounted for 60% of the 50 employees who cashed out the most money from unused sick and vacation leave. The police department’s dominance wasn’t confined to the top earners. Police department employees received $825,548 in unused leave last year, more than twice as much as the next two departments combined. Sheriff’s office workers cashed out $379,478, while those from the District Attorney’s office received $373,794. Jail department employees received $328,200. Like city, like county The pattern mirrored one that The Center Square found in Pittsburgh last month. Allegheny County’s payouts for unused leave were even larger. It paid $3.3 million to 475 employees, while the Steel City paid $2.3 million to 200 city workers last year. Leonard Gilroy, vice president of government reform for the Reason Foundation, said the large payouts show the folly of governments showering generous benefits on their workers. “Most types of employees don’t work at a place based on their benefits,” Gilroy told The Center Square in an interview. “Governments need to compete with the private sector for workers, but the idea that they are going to win because of super generous benefit policies is not supported by the evidence.” An email and phone call to the Allegheny County’s controller’s office were not returned. Caps hard and loose Gilroy noted that most governments no longer permit retiring employees to rack up $200,000 to $300,000 in unused leave in their final year on the job—amounts he described as “crazy” for taxpayers to pay. Like Moses, he described Allegheny County’s policies on unused leave for retiring or departing employees as partially reformed. The county places a hard cap on unused vacation leave for many police, sheriff's office and jail employees covered by collective-bargaining agreements. Employees generally cannot carry vacation leave from one year to the next, and payouts are typically limited to unused vacation from the current year when an employee leaves county service. The county’s cap on unused sick leave is far looser. Many employees for the three departments may cash out as much as half a year’s worth of sick leave. The amount depends on the bargaining unit.Police officers, sergeants, and lieutenants, as well deputy sheriffs, sergeants, and lieutenants, are permitted to receive as many as 132 days of unused sick leave. Those covered police employees are paid at their daily rate, while covered sheriff's office employees are paid on a sliding scale.Correctional officers may be paid for as many as 130 days based on their hourly rate. Steven G. Craig, an economist at the University of Houston, said most governments and businesses have adopted the opposite approach.“(S)ome institutions, including firms, have combined sick and vacation days into one pool,” he told The Center Square in an interview. “For those that have not done that, they usually only pay for vacation days, not sick days.” Among the top earners, retirement eligible employees held only a modest financial edge. Police officers Keebler, Ruckel, and McCue started in 2006. Yet they cashed out $71,000 to $73,000, only a few thousand dollars more than their counterparts Brad L. Martin, who started in 2014, and James P. Grill, who started in 2012. Large leave cash-outs, the records suggest, are not confined to employees at the end of their careers.

Con el objetivo de fortalecer la participación cívica y promover soluciones colectivas a los principales desafíos que enfrenta la comunidad, el domingo 14 de junio se llevó a cabola reunión pública inaugural de Forsyth IAF en la ciudad de Winston-Salem, Carolina del Norte. La entrada Más de 30 organizaciones lanzan una agenda de acción y obtienen compromisos de autoridades en Forsyth se publicó primero en Enlace Latino NC. Más de 30 organizaciones lanzan una agenda de acción y obtienen compromisos de autoridades en Forsyth was first posted on junio 17, 2026 at 9:00 am.©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

Following a request to return sole legal jurisdiction to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a proclamation accepting the request. CTUIR is the first to issue such a request after a March 2025 bill that passed the state senate, establishing a clear process. The post Oregon Governor Signs Proclamation to Return Civil Legal Jurisdiction to Umatilla Tribes appeared first on Underscore Native News.

Kommunalbestyrelsens arbejdsudvalg i Malmø har foreslået, at Jonas Rosenkvist skal være ny stadsdirektör (kommunaldirektør, red.) i byen. Det skriver Malmö Stad i en pressemeddelelse. Han har arbejdet i byen siden 2019 og har tidligere været kommunaldirektør i både Ystad og Trelleborg. Jonas Rosenkvist overtager jobbet efter den nuværende stadsdirektör Andreas Norbrant den 15. oktober. Andreas […]

Pinturas, bandeiras e mutirões comunitários transformam ruas em símbolos da paixão nacional pelo futebol O post Quando a rua vira torcida: a arte das ruas brasileira na Copa do Mundo apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

Lan hitzarmen berria adosteko negoziazioetan murgilduta dago Araban 25.000 langile biltzen dituen sektorea, eta patronalaren «blokeoa» salatzeko antolatu dute protesta. Ekainaren 24an dute hurrengo bilera patronalarekin.

Denera, 230 preso inguru eraman dituzte Gipuzkoako espetxe berrira. Hura astelehenean inauguratu zuen Eusko Jaurlaritzak.

Montanans will have the chance to vote on a law aimed at limiting the amount of money spent in elections, following an announcement on Tuesday that the Transparent Election Initiative had exceeded the required number of signatures needed to get on the ballot.  And while the idea to use state law to counter the Citizens […]

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30-year-old sentenced to prison for royal defamation over Facebook post A 30-year-old has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a Facebook post featuring a photo of a protest sign.Fanta (pseudonym), a 30-year-old Chiang Mai resident, was charged with royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act after posting on Facebook a picture of a protest sign with a hashtag on 18 July 2021, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).The complaint against the 30-year-old was filed by Asawinee Wanjing, former dean of Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Asawinee previously filed a trespassing charge against two lecturers and a student for taking over the University Art Centre in October 2021 after the Faculty and University administration prohibited them from showing their final theses, some of which dealt with social and political themes. The case was filed with the Criminal Court in Bangkok.On 2 December 2023, the public prosecutor concluded that Fanta's Facebook post could lead the public to perceive the King as a dictator, and that the post constituted defamation toward the King.  The indictment also stated that the post intended to undermine the King’s dignity. On the same day, Fanta was granted provisional bail with 90,000 baht as security.; He was required to wear the Electronic Monitoring bracelet (EM) and also had his passport confiscated and was prohibited from travelling abroad unless permitted by the court.Because of the bracelet, he was not able to travel to Bangkok by plane. Fanta had to travel from Chiang Mai by private car or bus, which took over 10 hours. On Wednesday (17 June), the TLHR reported that the Criminal Court sentenced Fanta to one year and six months in prison, stating that the circumstances of the case were serious and affected national security, and that the Court had no reason to grant the defendant a suspended sentence. Fanta’s legal representative has filed a bail application pending appeal.According to his interview with TLHR, Fanta said he knew about the royal defamation law, but he had no idea how the law is enforced or who has the authority to file the complaint. After finding more information, he realised that complaints regarding royal defamation can be filed by the general public.In his view, this is a major loophole in the law, as it can be easily used to harass others. Fanta recounted that after the day the police knocked on his door and took him to acknowledge the charge, he became much more stressed and paranoid whenever he heard a knock on the door.During the investigation, Fanta found that the police had his personal information, including information about his daily activities obtained from social media. This led him to believe that he might have been under surveillance for a long time.Fanta also revealed that he applied for a job in a private company, but the company refused to hire him after discovering that he was facing a criminal charge. Although he explained that the case was still pending and no final verdict had yet been issued by the court, the company still stood by its decision. eng editor 3 Wed, 2026-06-17 - 19:54 News Royal defamation Section 112 lese majeste online freedom

Evropski parlament usvojio je godišnju Rezoluciju o Crnoj Gori, potvrđujući da je ta zemlja i dalje najnapredniji kandidat za članstvo u Evropskoj uniji i pozdravljajući napredak ostvaren tokom protekle godine u procesu pristupanja.

Authorities in Vorkuta have dismantled a memorial marker for victims of political repression at the memorial cemetery in the settlement of Yur-Shor.

С 2022 года украинские дроны атаковали 24 из 33 крупных нефтеперерабатывающих заводов России. К июню 2026 года в европейской части страны не осталось ни одного крупного НПЗ, который ни разу не попадал бы под удар. Кампания, которая два года назад выглядела набором разрозненных рейдов, превратилась в системное давление на топливную отрасль страны, на нефтяные доходы бюджета и на снабжение армии. При этом масштаб реального ущерба остается предметом спора: украинская сторона говорит о выводе из строя 40% мощностей, независимые аналитики — о куда более скромной потере. В соцсетях все чаще стали появляться сообщения о дефиците бензина, однако до полноценного топливного кризиса еще далеко.

Dok se Mađarskom i dobrim delom Evrope smirivala euforija zbog sloma Viktora Orbana, u Sloveniji Janez Janša, lider desnice, postao je premijer po četvrti put. Duže od decenije države EU ljuljaju se na klackalici populizma, koji je dominantan u državama kandidatima za člansvo u Uniji na Balkanu.