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The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat advisory throughout Santa Barbara County from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening. Temperatures are forecasted to be in the high 80s to low 90s in Santa Barbara The post Santa Barbara residents cool off on the beach amid three-day heat wave appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

(The Center Square) - Spokane County leaders considered accepting nearly $1 million in grant funding for public defense services on Tuesday as they face a lawsuit over the state’s new caseload standards. The Washington Supreme Court slashed public defender caseload standards last year and required the state to fully comply by 2036. The Washington State Bar Association had requested a shorter deadline and specific weighting criteria, but the justices left that decision up to counties statewide. Officials at the city and county levels have argued that the new caseload limits amount to an unfunded mandate, as local governments pay roughly 96% of public defense costs. Colin Charbonneau, the director of Spokane County’s Public Defender’s Office, said Tuesday that relief could be on the way soon.​ “So essentially, we're going to try to spend obviously all of the money that they're going to give to us,” Charbonneau told the Board of County Commissioners during their meeting. “There is about $50,000, by my math yesterday, that would be left over, but I'm sure we can find creative ways to spend that.” According to Tuesday's agenda, the state awarded the county a $941,297 contract for "improving the quality of public defense services” from July 2026 through June 2027. The county can use the grant to hire attorneys and support staff, increase salaries and conduct system evaluations, among other things.​ However, the contract prohibits the commissioners from using the money to supplant existing funding or spending it on administrative functions, pre-trial monitoring, interpreters and indigency screenings. If approved during an upcoming legislative meeting, the grant funding could help expand the county’s Public Defender’s Office budget to comply with the new caseload standards. The board allocated nearly $13 million to public defense this year, but reduced caseloads could require more funding in the future. The Public Defender’s Office currently employs over 60 attorneys, according to the county’s directory. Meanwhile, the county faces a $30 million general fund deficit ahead of 2027 that has led the board to consider several different taxes as a way to balance the budget. Addressing public defender caseloads could prove a challenge in the years ahead, and Charbonneau has already filed suit against the county. Charbonneau did not respond to a request for comment about the grant and lawsuit before publication.​ “Washington State funds approximately 4% of public defense statewide, leaving counties — including Spokane County — to shoulder the remaining 96%. This imbalance is unsustainable and is a root cause of the statewide indigent defense crisis,” county officials wrote in a statement back in May. “Adding to this pressure, misaligned guidelines from [WSBA] that contradict the Washington Supreme Court rules have created an untenable implementation environment," the officials wrote in response to the lawsuit. “It is time for the Legislature to resolve these conflicts and provide meaningful funding.” The new limits require counties to reduce maximum caseloads 10% annually from 150 felony cases and 300 to 400 misdemeanor cases per public defender to 47 felony case “credits” and 120 misdemeanor credits by 2036. According to the lawsuit, Charbonneau’s office had already adopted WSBA’s 2027 compliance schedule and weighting criteria before commissioners later approved their own criteria under the 2036 deadline. He claimed in the complaint that the county’s criteria understate the workload his office faces and risk violating the new caseload standards. Charbonneau argued that the county had already violated WSBA’s implementation schedule and asked the court to require the board to follow his direction. While Charbonneau’s lawsuit is still in play in Pend Oreille County Superior Court, the eventual ruling could help Spokane determine how it measures compliance with the new standards moving forward. However, that won’t address the funding crisis as cities and counties call on the Legislature to increase public defense support while the Democratic majority in Olympia grapples with another budget hole. “Spokane County will defend its position and demonstrate that the standards adopted by the board comply fully with applicable law, Washington State Supreme Court directives, and the governance framework established by the Legislature,” the local officials concluded in their May statement.

A bipartisan group in Congress plans to introduce legislation that will expand the federal government’s program compensating people exposed to nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining and milling.  The bill will expand the Radiation Exposure Reauthorization Act, or RECA, to include individuals in Montana, which recorded some of the highest concentrations of radiation in the […]

Russian forces struck two merchant ships traveling along the Black Sea maritime corridor, said Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration. The ships were flying the flags of Tanzania and Liberia.

Авиньонский фестиваль открылся 4 июля — в этом году проходит его 80-й сезон. В двух шагах от Папского дворца открыта первая постоянная выставка, посвящённая его истории, — «Ключи фестиваля. Путь Авиньонского фестиваля от истоков до наших дней». На площади 300 квадратных метров собраны уникальные фотографии и видеоматериалы, рисунки и заметки к спектаклям, переписка Жана Вилара, костюмы и элементы декораций легендарных постановок. О том, как устроена экспозиция и что делает Авиньонский фестиваль уникальным, RFI рассказала директор Ассоциации Жана Вилара / Дома Жана Вилара Натали Кабрера. Сегодня Авиньон — один из крупнейших в мире центров сценического искусства: ежегодно за три недели фестиваля здесь продают до 150 тысяч билетов на спектакли.

El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) ordenó la suspensión temporal de la mayoría de los controles y detenciones vehiculares realizados durante operativos migratorios en todo el país, una medida extraordinaria que refleja la creciente presión política y pública sobre las tácticas empleadas por la agencia. La decisión fue adoptada […]

HWAD Member of Parliament John-Paul Danko is hosting a town hall on the federal government's AI strategy. Follow along for live coverage.

Barbara Jean Wiedeman Willis passed away on June 28, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Though she is no longer with us, she will continue to live in the hearts of […]

Ante los galos, la Roja disputó un partido impecable para ganar su boleto a la final del Mundial 2026.

A growing number of professors are pushing the UC to reinstate the SAT for undergraduate admissions, which the Board of Regents removed from the admissions process in 2020.

Three New Mexico national monuments have similarities to the ones in Utah that President Donald Trump drastically reduced Monday.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroun – Daniel Waki, un cinquantenaire du village autochtone Baka de Se’eh, ne sait pas où il vivra l’année prochaine — et c’est la deuxième fois qu’il se retrouve dans cette situation. Son hameau, qui compte à peine une centaine d’habitants, est perdu au cœur de la forêt communautaire Djoko à l’est du Cameroun, […] The post Déplacés par une réserve puis une mine, des Baka à la recherche de nouvelles forêts communautaires au Cameroun appeared first on Nouvelles de l'environnement.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday making the state the first in the nation to implement a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. The Democratic governor said she would pause environmental permits while the state researches and develops a regulatory framework to protect ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid and communities. […]

(The Center Square) – The national news outlet CNBC ranked 10 Republican-led states as the worst to live in its 2026 America’s Top States for Business rankings. Officials from Republican-led Texas, which ranked second to worst for quality of life in CNBC's report, scoffed at the rankings. In its business ranking it also included a new quality of life category in which crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections and civil rights laws were considered. This includes childcare costs, taxpayer-funded healthcare and Medicaid expansion, “inclusiveness of state laws” related to gender and LGBTQ, and access to abortion. “With more states touting their quality of life when trying to attract business, CNBC is giving [quality of life] more weight in the 2026 America’s Top States for Business rankings. Based on the data, quality of life in some states does not make the grade,” it said. Tennessee is listed as the worst state to live for quality of life, according to CNBC, followed by Texas. Rounding out the 10 worst states for quality of life are Indiana, ranking third worst, followed by Louisiana, Georgia, Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Tennessee ranks the worst for quality of life because of its support for the nuclear heterosexual family, CNBC says. Republican Gov. Bill Lee makes “no apologies for a rash of state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community, including a so-called ‘bathroom law’ requiring transgender people to use the facilities designated for their sex at birth,” CNBC says. “The state also explicitly bars localities from adopting their own antidiscrimination ordinances. To underscore the point, Lee signed a resolution earlier this year designating June ‘Nuclear Family Month.’” Texas ranks second worst because CNBC says Texans don’t have access to healthcare. In May, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced $56 million in federal grants to rural hospitals. His administration has also advanced a range of free healthcare programs to support pregnant women and families, The Center Square has reported. On Monday, he announced three Statewide Preceptorship Program grants totaling $5.5 million to professional medical societies in Texas. Ohio tops the states as the best state for business, according to the CNBC ranking. North Carolina ranks second, followed by Virginia, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, rounding out the top ten. The ranking comes as Texas continues to lead the U.S. as the top state for business in multiple rankings for two decades. Texas also leads the country in population growth, economic growth, job growth, and its GDP surpasses all other states. Texas is also leading a Boom Belt economic growth record in 11 southern states, The Center Square reported. U.S. Census data also regularly reports that southern states are leading the country in population growth. Blue states are consistently losing population. Businesses are also relocating and redomiciling to Texas, leaving blue states like Delaware, referred to as DEXIT. This year, Texas ranked first for having the most Fortune 500 company headquarters in the U.S. When Texas again ranked first as the best state for business last fall, Site Selection magazine said it was because “from the governor’s office in Austin to economic development offices in communities large and small across the Lone Star State, those charged with marketing Texas know they have an easy sell – no corporate tax, sensible business regulations, business-dedicated courts, unbeatable logistics infrastructure and a huge labor force, among other factors. Their challenge is to keep it that way.” Texas is also consecutively ranked the top state for business, job creation and capital investment for more than a decade by Area Development magazine. Texas received the top ranking again last year because of “an astonishing $10.6 billion in total capital investment across a dozen high-impact projects,” the magazine said. Since 2015, every year that Abbott’s been governor, Texas has ranked first as the best state for economic development, as well as the best state for business 20 years in a row, including a few years preceding Abbott, The Center Square reported. Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, told The Center Square CNBC’s ranking “is flawed and doesn’t reflect reality.” Texas’ “low taxes, strong economy, abundant energy, and commitment to freedom deliver the quality of life and opportunity that millions of Americans choose every year. The Governor will continue working to keep Texas the best place to live, work, and raise a family.” U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden, a Republican from North Texas, also weighed in, saying, “If you hate not paying income taxes, law and order, parental rights, smaller government, school choice, the Second Amendment, and criminal illegal aliens being arrested... Here's another garbage list from the mainstream media!”

Recent data shows violent crime is down in the city. Advocates say preventing violence depends on trust as well as community investment. The post Milwaukee’s crime decline reflects years of relationship building, advocates say appeared first on Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

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