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The staff and teachers at City High and Paulo Freire Schools are allowed to unionize, according to a federal ruling on Friday — paving the way for more charter schools in Arizona to form unions. The ruling by the National Labor Relations Board, says the group — about 40 teachers and staff that serve about […] The post Federal ruling opens door for City High, Paulo Freire, other Arizona charter school workers to unionize appeared first on AZ Luminaria.

جام جهانی ۲۰۲۶ برای ایرانیان فقط یک رویداد ورزشی نیست. اگر تیم فوتبال ایران در میانه جنگ، تورم و سرکوب راهی آمریکا شود، قلب هواخواهان را با خود خواهد داشت یا ویترین حکومت خواهد بود؟

State regulators have ordered additional training for a nursing home worker accused of failing to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress. The resident’s family allegedly had to call 911 to obtain medical assistance, and the resident subsequently died, according to state records. The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that in July 2024, 55-year-old […]

Two Democrats remain in the primary for Montana’s Eastern Congressional District: Brian Miller and Sam Lux. The winner will join Libertarian Patrick McCracken and possibly independent Mike Eisenhauer in challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Troy Downing in the Nov. 3 general election. But no matter who emerges from the primary with the Democratic nomination, political prognosticators agree, they’ll have neither history, money, or momentum on their side. “I don't really see a way that a Democrat would win that seat,” says Jessi Bennion, a political scientist who teaches at Montana State University and Carroll College. The post No one thinks a Democrat can win Montana’s eastern U.S. House seat — except the two Democrats facing off for a chance to try  appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Meet the new parks director. The post City aims to land 1,000 new jobs appeared first on Montana Free Press.

No movement on city’s anti-ICE resolution. The post Helena still eyeing roundabouts appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Before they left for Mexico, they told Principal Faviola Perez their kids wouldn’t be at school anymore.  At least 10 families of students at Mayfair Elementary School have approached Perez over the last year to tell her that the federal government’s immigration policies have left them with no choice but to uproot their lives.  “I’m […] The post Here are the Fresno Unified schools that have lost the most students over the past decade — and what it means appeared first on Fresnoland.

Even with the raise, other nearby cities, including Sacramento and Oakland, pay their councilmembers far higher base salaries. Stockton residents fume as City Council votes itself a 30% pay raise is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

From norteño stages to medical school, Jorge Torres is set to graduate from Texas Tech Health El Paso and start an internal medicine residency, with more than 12,500 Instagram followers tracking his journey. The post Becoming Dr. Torres: El Paso medical school student’s journey balances music, faith, family appeared first on El Paso Matters.

(The Center Square) -- Illinois has failed to broaden access to state contract money for businesses owned by racial minorities, women and people with disabilities because many of the businesses aren't interested, according to staff of the state's highly-paid Commission on Equity and Inclusion. But a business owner who helps others obtain the certification that gets them priority for state contracts blames the diversity commission's processes. The issue was raised in a recent meeting of the state's Business Enterprise Council, a subordinate of the commission that, in part, reviews certification appeals. One of the council members, who did not identify himself before speaking, questioned why total certifications for businesses have been persistently low following a computer software switch. "They're the ones that are choosing simply not to respond and participate," the council member questioned, paraphrasing the commission's staff. "On a consistent basis," responded LaTasha Binder, a deputy director for the commission. The problem has dogged the commission for nearly two years. The commission has tried, most often in vain, to acclimate more than 2,000 formerly certified businesses to the new system. But Tracy Sullivan, a consultant who assists businesses with the certification process, said the problem is a combination of difficulty and disillusionment. Getting certified has long been cumbersome, and the software issues have complicated that. "I don't believe that businesses don't care about being certified," Sullivan told The Center Square. "You can only bang your head against the wall so many times before the headache becomes too much." Not pointing fingers The diversity commission staff's remarks, during a public meeting last month, came after weeks of bipartisan scrutiny by state lawmakers who are displeased with the commission's lack of progress. The commission's executive director, Alexandria Wilson, told The Center Square the comments were not meant to shift blame to businesses: "This is not a matter of fault, it is a matter of process change," she wrote in an email. "With the transition to the new Supplier Diversity Management Portal, vendors now have to complete a manual update to create an account and confirm their information," she said. "That step is essential for data accuracy, but it also means the certification count now reflects only those firms that have actively updated their profiles." She and other staff told lawmakers that even though the total number of certified businesses is nearly half of its peak, that smaller group of about 2,900 more actively seeks state contracts. Lawmakers created the commission in 2022 to push the state closer to its goals of awarding between 20 and 30 percent of eligible state contract money to those businesses. The agency is led by seven commissioners who are each paid about $150,000 annually, and they have a staff of more than 30 people. The council had overseen the goals before lawmakers formed the commission -- a new layer of bureaucracy that supersedes the council. While the commission recently reported that about $1.6 billion of state contract money went to those businesses last fiscal year -- the highest total yet -- the money went to fewer of the businesses. A forthcoming solution The commission has been flummoxed by a computer software problem that has been ongoing since July 2024 that resulted in a monumental decline in the number of businesses that are certified for preference in state contracting. Unable to correct it, commissioners and their staff have attempted to contact more than 2,000 businesses that lost their certifications to help them get recertified. In recent months, they have made personal phone calls to the businesses. Binder said the commission has not been successful with the businesses despite staff "hand-holding every step of the way." "So there's anecdotal information that suggests if firms are not recertifying, those are firms that may not be actively pursuing or participating in the state of Illinois procurement opportunities," Binder said during last week's Business Enterprise Council meeting. The new software was meant to streamline the certification process, but Sullivan said it still contains unnecessary and burdensome steps that can take months for businesses to climb, especially if they have few employees. Sullivan is retired from a long career in public contracting and now works as a consultant. She said she has helped seven or eight businesses get certified with the state and is certified herself for a woman-owned business. She has offered to help the commission simplify the online process. "The challenge and the work that it takes to get through that process -- the small business owners don't have the extensive quantity of time it takes to create, attach and submit dozens of documents," Sullivan said, adding that some of them simply abandon the process midway through. The commission hopes to implement a workaround for the software problem in the coming months. Wilson and other commission staff have been grilled by Democrats and Republicans at two legislative budget hearings in recent weeks -- largely based on The Center Square's reporting -- and are expected to attend a third, as they seek about $5.6 million to operate their agency in the next fiscal year.

“It matters a great deal to me that people are not sent on the next journey alone,” Janie Sweeney said.

Eritrea är återigen, enligt pressfrihetsorganisationen Reportrar Utan Gränser, världens sämsta land för pressfrihet. Ändå finns där berättelser som måste berättas.

En RDC, c’est une démonstration de force du parti présidentiel ce 4 mai dans les rues de Kinshasa. Une mobilisation pour soutenir les sanctions américaines visant l’ex-président Joseph Kabila, accusé par Washington et par les autorités congolaises de soutenir AFC/M23 dans l’est du pays. Sous la présidence de Felix Tshisekedi, la RDC a conclu un accord minier avec les États-Unis en échange de l’appui dans le domaine de la sécurité. Un deal qui a été critiqué par l’opposition qui voit mal ce rapprochement à deux ans de la fin du mandat du chef de l’État, sur fond de soupçon d’un troisième mandat interdit par la Constitution.

فرماندهی مرکزی ایالات متحده، «سنتکام»، روز دوشنبه ۱۴ اردبیهشت با انتشار پیامی در حساب کاربری خود در شبکه اجتماعی ایکس، ادعای رسانه‌های حکومتی ایران مبنی بر هدف قرار دادن یک ناوشکن آمریکایی با دو موشک سپاه پاسداران را به طور قاطع رد کرد.

Security forces kill herder while attempting to arrest suspect in Cueibet South Sudan People’s Defense The post Security forces kill herder while attempting to arrest suspect in Cueibet appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

Гоце Делчев се бореше против неправда и туѓинска власт. Денешното ВМРО се бори за тендери, заштита на криминалци и за бугарски пасоши во џебовите, обвинуваат во СДСМ

Тврдењата на Иран дека погодил американски воен брод во Ормутскиот Теснец беа брзо демантирани од САД, но информациите предизвикаа раст на цените на нафтата за повеќе од 3%, во услови на зголемени геополитички тензии

The opposition figure was speaking about calls from Baku to resettle Azerbaijanis in Armenia.

El presidente de la entidad, Josep Sánchez Llibre, considera la cifra "alarmante" e insta a las fuerzas políticas a encontrar una "solución definitiva"El Govern presenta el consorcio exigido por ERC para licitar y ejecutar las inversiones del Estado en Catalunya La patronal catalana Foment del Treball ha elevado a 49.543 millones de euros el déficit en infraestructuras en Catalunya entre 2009 y 2025, es decir . El presidente de la patronal, Josep Sánchez Llibre, ha definido esta cifra como “alarmante, profundamente indignante y absolutamente intolerable”. A su juicio, esta situación se ha visto agradecida por “una nefasta” gestión pública que “no se corrige, sino que cada vez es más grave”. En rueda de prensa, advirtió de que la falta de inversión impacta directamente en la competitividad de las empresas y el bienestar de los ciudadanos. Ante esto, Sánchez Llibre ha instado al Gobierno y al conjunto de fuerzas parlamentarias a encontrar “una solución definitiva” y velar por que esto no vuelva a suceder. Presentado este lunes, el análisis de Foment señala que España es la administración pública con un porcentaje de ejecución más bajo en Cataluña, con el 43% del total presupuestado. “Debemos revertir la cultura de la no inversión”, ha valorado el presidente de la Cámara de Contratistas de Obras de Catalunya (CCOC), Lluis Moreno. Asimismo, la Generalitat ha ejecutado el 89 por ciento de las obras presupuestadas, mientras que las administraciones locales han llegado hasta el 85 por ciento. El grado de ejecución de Adif es del 48,6%, mientras que el de Renfe sube hasta el 62,2%. Aterrizando los datos en las infraestructuras concretas, la patronal ha valorado que las autopistas están “muy bien”, situándose por encima de la media, junto al transporte aéreo de pasajeros. Por otra parte, el ferrocarril, el transporte de mercancías y las carreteras se encuentran en una situación peor. Por otra parte, Moreno ha detallado que si hoy se hicieran todas las inversiones que deberían haberse hecho en los últimos 15 años deberían invertirse 9 millones de euros más, hasta alcanzar los 58.748. El caso español se inscribe en una dinámica de menor esfuerzo inversor en infraestructuras frente a los estándares europeos. Según el informe, mientras que la Unión Europea ha mantenido históricamente una intensidad inversora en torno al 2,2% del PIB en este ámbito, España ha registrado en los últimos años niveles claramente inferiores, con una inversión pública que en algunos ejercicios se ha situado por debajo del 1% del PIB. “Máximo consenso” Para revertir esta situación, Sánchez Llibre ha pedido a la Generalitat ya las fuerzas políticas del Parlament que encuentren “el máximo consenso y la unidad más amplia posible” para abordar esta cuestión. A su juicio, la unidad de acción es imprescindible para encontrar una solución definitiva y que prospere en el Congreso de los Diputados. “Todo lo que hemos planteado ha fracasado, y lo más perjudicado es Cataluña”, ha lamentado a ser preguntado por el consorcio de inversiones. En este sentido, ha rechazado hacer una valoración sobre la propuesta de ERC y el PSC y ha recordado que en 2022 la patronal hizo un “planteamiento similar”, con la propuesta de crear una empresa público-privada con participación mixta.

The commander of Akhmat, Apti Alaudinov, describes the claims as ‘fairy tales’ and ‘the work of AI’.