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Five Republican candidates are running for two Public Service Commissioner seats. The primary Tuesday will determine which candidates compete against the one Democrat who has filed to run in each open district. The PSC regulates monopoly utilities in Montana, meaning it has a hand in how high Montanans’ power bills go. The board is made […]

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Les parlementaires ghanéens ont adopté vendredi après-midi 29 mai une loi anti-LGBT+ parmi les plus répressives d'Afrique, qui doit désormais être ratifiée par le président John Mahama pour entrer en vigueur. Ce texte de loi répressif avait déjà été adopté auparavant par le parlement ghanéen, mais n'avait pas pu être définitivement adopté lors de la précédente mandature.

El Paso ISD postponed by a few days plans to vote on whether to declare financial exigency and eliminate 410 jobs to close a $42 million budget gap. The post ‘I worked so hard’: El Paso ISD employees fear layoffs, financial exigency vote delayed appeared first on El Paso Matters.

Alaska and three of its municipalities could be in line for an extra $60 million in oil industry tax revenue after a new ruling in a long-running feud over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline system. A state appeals board this week determined the property tax value of the enormous 50-year-old pipeline system, which moves […]

In her first year representing District 2 on the Stockton City Council, Mariela Ponce seldom explained publicly exactly what she’s doing for her constituents. What does Councilmember Mariela Ponce think of her first year? She wouldn’t say 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.

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Outside spending in Montana’s 2026 legislative races is dominated by four PACs. Who’s behind them, and what do they want? The post Who’s spending big to define ‘Republican’ in the 2027 Legislature? appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Los tribunales modificaron los calendarios de las audiencias de preparación de juicio oral de los exalcaldes de Recoleta y Maipú,...

Au Niger, les forces armées ont reçu ce mardi 26 mai 2026 une livraison de matériel militaire en provenance des États Unis. L'ambassade américaine a annoncé ce vendredi que des uniformes, des équipements de protection, des fournitures médicales et des kits de sauvetage ont été fournis à Niamey. La livraison, d'un total de 2,3 millions de dollars, intervient dans un contexte de réchauffement entre lesdeux pays.

(The Center Square) - Despite growing federal limitations on abortion, Colorado citizens will soon have better access to abortion pills. Gov. Jared Polis signed off on a law this week to require universities keep abortion pills on supply at student health centers amid the raging national battle over abortion access. “Colorado stands for freedom,” Polis told The Center Square, answering a question by email. “While politicians in other states are working to take away options and insert government into personal healthcare decisions, we are doing the opposite. Colorado is leading in protecting freedom, privacy, and expanding access to healthcare – not taking it away.” Through the Abortion Medication Access on College Campuses law, House Bill 26-1335, colleges and universities in Colorado will be required to maintain a supply of abortion medications, except for under a few exceptions including “sincerely held religious beliefs or practices.” Colleges or universities with student health centers will be required to provide abortion medication to all enrolled students starting August 2027. Schools with on-site pharmacies or other prescription outlets will keep a stock of abortion medications, and those without will keep the medication at an off-site pharmacy partner. The law also bans universities from sharing personal identifiable information about student patient records if requested by another state, unless required by federal law or a court order. The cross-state data sharing detail comes as some abortion-banning states have attempted to prosecute people for receiving abortion operations in other states. A February 2025 federal ruling told Alabama state leaders they could not enforce threats of felonies at women leaving the state for access to abortions. Colorado’s new law also allows universities to back out of the abortion medication requirement if it would "jeopardize an institution’s federal grant participation.” “Governor Polis has worked to protect abortion access throughout his Administration,” a spokesperson for the Governor’s Office told The Center Square. The spokesperson named a 2022 executive order the Governor signed that strengthened abortion access protections in Colorado and his membership in the Reproductive Freedom Alliance since 2023. While the political and social argument over access to abortions is nothing new to the American public, the issue has gone through a whirlwind of change in recent years. The 2022 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which made abortion access a constitutional right, has flipped the debate on its head. Today, 13 states have implemented total abortion bans, with 10 more states enforcing shortened abortion access timelines, according to health policy research group the KFF. More recently, the battle over abortion medications has taken the national stage as some states where abortion is now banned have argued the pills’ existence has threatened local bans, with telehealth and mailed medication expanding access. As of today, a temporary federal court order is in place to allow continued access to abortion medications, despite ongoing legal cases. “Despite the Trump administration’s attempts to outlaw abortion entirely, Colorado remains a beacon for safe, legal and protected reproductive healthcare,” said bill sponsor Rep. Lorena García, D-Adams County, in a press release. García did not immediately respond to questions from The Center Square about the law’s passage. The two abortion medications are mifepristone and misoprostol, which are pills often used together to end a pregnancy, according to Planned Parenthood. Medical abortions are generally effective up to 84 days after the first day of a woman’s last period, and are between 87% and 99% effective, depending on the number of doses and how soon after pregnancy the pills are taken. Responding to The Center Square, Planned Parenthood’s Rocky Mountains chapter said it was unable to comment on the law’s passage in time for this story.

“No estamos reunidos acá para celebrar una fiesta, estamos recordando un momento sangriento y doloroso, esta historia de Panzós nunca se borrará”, expresaron los sobrevivientes de la masacre en Panzós, Alta Verapaz. Hace 48 años, el 29 de mayo de 1978, el ejército disparó contra pobladores Q’eqchi’ que ese día protestaban en la plaza del ... Read more The post Sobrevivientes de la masacre de Panzós denuncian que siguen siendo víctimas de violencia y desalojos appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

Le patron de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) est arrivé en RDC jeudi 28 mai pour apporter son soutien à la population congolaise. Il a appelé à la solidarité internationale. Le ministre congolais de la Santé était lui vendredi dans la province de l'Ituri, dans l'est du pays, où a été déclarée l'épidémie il y a deux semaines, assurant que « la riposte » contre Ebola « est en train de se mettre en place ».

Two long-debated topics on Smith Hill, a millionaire’s tax and a state inspector general, were cemented in the revised fiscal 2027 budget given first passage by House lawmakers Friday night. The record $15.2 billion budget — even higher than the $14.9 billion tax-and-spend plan Gov. Dan McKee unveiled in January thanks to an extra $228 […]

Tenants of 1605 Bath St. were given three days' notice that part of the property would be converted to luxury apartments The post Bath Street residents upset over noticing, construction of new ADUs on parking lot appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

O assessor especial da presidência brasileira, Celso Amorim, participou do Fórum Internacional de Segurança de 2026 em Moscou nesta semana. Além de ter se reunido com algumas das principais autoridades do governo russo, Amorim concedeu uma entrevista exclusiva ao Brasil de Fato na qual comentou os conflitos atuais e questões de soberania brasileira. O tema […] Fonte

All departments/programs at the White River National Forest have seen reductions in the workforce, except the forest leadership team, which has been able to fill positions with Forest Service employees who have left other roles within the agency. Recreation, engineering and specialist roles have been particularly hard-hit. The post  ‘Where’s our bench?’  appeared first on Aspen Journalism.

(The Center Square) - King County Regional Homeless Authority officials are admitting that its internal failures led the agency to lose track of how it spent millions of dollars in funds, but they also blame the two key funders, the city of Seattle and King County, for some of its funding troubles. The May 22 response from the Authority comes after a forensic audit last month found that its bookkeeping practices were so disorganized that it couldn’t fully document how $13 million in funds were spent, including $8 million for which there was no record at all. Forensic auditors also found that the agency overspent its administrative budget by $4 million, commingled restricted funds and relied on casual bookkeeping practices, such as using shared Excel spreadsheets that anyone could edit. The agency’s negative cash balance recently ballooned to $63 million. While KCRHA leaders admit to these internal failures in their response report, they argue that they cannot fix the system alone. The agency relies primarily on the City of Seattle and King County for its $200 million in annual funding. KCRHA, under the current setup, must pay service providers first and then wait to be reimbursed by the city and county. Officials blame this waiting period for the massive deficit, claiming it forces them to take out constant loans just to keep operating. While agency officials promised to overhaul its internal rules and tighten its financial controls, authority leaders insist that a true fix will require the city and county to completely restructure how they distribute money. "KCRHA accepts responsibility for correcting its internal deficiencies. At the same time, several of the highest-priority issues — including reimbursement timing, fund advances, KCIP exposure, backend funding adjustments, invoice review workflows, and administrative funding structure — cross organizational boundaries," the report reads. "Durable resolution will require active partnership by KCRHA, the City of Seattle, and King County. KCRHA owns its internal failures; the region must jointly fix the shared operating model." Requests by The Center Square to interview Authority CEO, Kelly Kinnison, were not acknowledged by the agency spokeswoman Lisa Edge. Kinnison took office in mid-2024, the fifth CEO since the agency was established in 2019. In an interview on KUOW's Soundside program, Kinnison said she realized that after several months on the job, something wasn’t right with the agency's practices. Kinnison said accounting practices were inadequate and she reported the fact to city and county officials. “I was very surprised by what I found at KCHRA,” she said. Kinnison said the agency has begun implementing reforms, but she has asked King County and Seattle to let her hire an accountant to find $8 million that is missing. She said the agency currently lacks the accounting sophistication to track its full spending on homeless services. Kellison said after a couple of months on the job, it became clear something wasn't right with how the agency monitored its finances. Kinnison said the homeless agency is worth saving and said she was glad the audit brought the full dimensions of the agency’s problems to light. But she wasn’t asked, and she did not address the auditor’s findings that she was missing in action during meetings held as the audit progressed. Kinnison didn’t show up for most of the twice-weekly KCRHA board meetings held concurrently with the audit period, said fraud investigator Mike Nurse in the audit report. “For a meeting whose purpose was solely to inform executive leadership on issues in progress, it surprised us from an ownership oversight and urgency perspective that she did not participate in these meetings,” Nurse told the authority board. Both the Seattle City Council and the King County Metropolitan Council have passed resolutions calling on their respective executive leaders, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, to decide by Aug. 1 whether the homeless authority should be dissolved. Either Zahilay or Wilson could end the regional homeless effort within a year of giving notice. Neither had indicated which decision they were leaning towards, but dissolving the commission would require both King County and Seattle to run homeless intervention programs on their own. In a statement to The Center Square, Zahilay didn’t show his cards. "King County has received the corrective action plan from KCRHA and we are carefully reviewing it to ensure it addresses the serious issues raised in the forensic evaluation report," the statement said. Wilson’s office did not respond to a request for comment.