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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was at the California Supreme Court Monday as his attorney argued he acted within his authority in seizing 650,000 ballots.

Picketing workers said declining staff levels are compromising patient care but higher compensation would aid recruiting and retention.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.The principal of Goldrick Elementary had a question for the “super, super smart third graders” lined up on the playground on the first day of school Monday.“Raise your hand if you remember one of the rules about being on the swings at Goldrick,” Principal Taryn Rawson said. “Bella, loud and proud. What’s one of our rules?”“No swinging side to side,” the girl said. A classmate offered another rule: No twisting.Two grown men — one in cowboy boots, the other in dress shoes — hopped on the swings. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston twirled around until the metal chains of his swing were knotted up. Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero did the same. “Noooooo!” the third graders cried in unison.The playground rules demonstration was one of the most lighthearted moments on Marrero’s back-to-school tour as he visited classrooms and spoke with students at the start of the 2026-27 school year. Colorado’s largest school district faces several changes and challenges this year, including a new bell-to-bell cellphone ban, the potential for more school closures, a pair of fights with the Trump administration, and whether Denver voters will approve a $44 million tax increase for public schools in November.There is also simmering tension between Marrero and the school board, which is responsible for hiring and firing him. Only board President Xóchitl Gaytán and member Marlene De La Rosa accompanied Marrero as he visited CMS Community School, Goldrick Elementary, Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood, DSST College View, and Denison Montessori in southwest Denver.Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero gives high fives to students at Goldrick Elementary on the first day of school. At Goldrick, Marrero listened as fifth grade teacher Craig Sellers went over his classroom rules. Rule number one? No touching. Rule number two? Stay in your seat. Rule number three? No cussing.“I’ll try,” a boy sitting in the front row said quietly.Marrero said he wanted to visit Sellers’ classroom because his students had shown tremendous growth on the state standardized math and literacy tests last spring. Johnston, a former teacher, called Sellers “the LeBron James of reading instruction.” “You all drew the lucky class,” Marrero told the students.Marrero also visited two charter schools, which are authorized by the district but overseen by independent nonprofit organizations. The stops were part showcase, part information sharing, as Marrero asked charter leaders about their start dates and student-to-staff ratios. Marrero has at times taken a hard line with charter schools, pushing low-performing ones to close. Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood offered Marrero and the board members fruit smoothies, breakfast burritos, and branded T-shirts and frisbees. The school put a children’s book that Marrero wrote, called “Ask My Amigos,” in its book vending machine by the front door.Charter schools create their own calendars, and Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood had already been in session for a week. Marrero watched as sixth graders defined the word “authoritarian” and seventh graders wrote about how China portrayed the Cultural Revolution in propaganda. The teacher awarded them an extra point if they used the word “pernicious” in their answer.At DSST College View, Marrero and the board members met with a roundtable of eighth graders before a trio of seniors led them through the charter school.De La Rosa asked one of the seniors how he felt about the new cellphone ban. She said she’d gotten several emails from upset parents in the past week.“I think it’s helped me a lot because I’m focusing,” said the senior, Angel. “I don’t have my phone in my pocket. Nothing is going to distract me.”One of the eighth graders had a question for Marrero: “What’s your favorite DPS school?” “What I’m supposed to say is that I don’t have a favorite, just like when they ask you who is your favorite child,” said Marrero, who was wearing a jersey with the logos of district-run high schools — but not charters — on the back. “But I answer the question. … It is Northfield.”He ticked off several reasons, including that Northfield High, a district-run school that opened in 2015 in northeast Denver, “puts colleges to shame.” Marrero also said that he lives near Northfield and sometimes walks the grounds, and that the school had recently been ranked the best high school in Colorado by U.S. News and World Report. The DSST principal handed Marrero a gift: a DSST College View baseball jersey.Melanie Asmar is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Colorado. Contact Melanie at masmar@chalkbeat.org.

A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed by lawmakers and signed into law by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden in March, requires documentary proof of citizenship from people registering to vote. That […]

Irving Alonso Acosta wants to become a barber to support his family, but he was arrested in Sidney, kicked while in custody, and threatened with staying in jail if he talked to an attorney, according to a court filing. Acosta, held at the Cascade County Detention Center, is a possible class member in a lawsuit […]

It has been four-and-a-half months since the Artemis II splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, but the enthusiasm and pride for what the four-member crew accomplished has not diminished one iota at one astronaut’s alma mater. On Monday, students, faculty, and top elected officials gathered on North Carolina State University’s campus to […]

(The Center Square) – Florida’s economy added 4,500 jobs in July, but its unemployment rate is trending above the national average despite a small dip, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Workforce Statistics. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.6% in July, down by 0.1%. It means that Florida’s unemployment rate remains 0.7% higher than it was a year ago. It’s also above the national seasonally adjusted average unemployment rate of 4.1%. Florida enjoyed an unemployment rate that remained below the national average for over five years since 2020 but started trending up this year. However, the state has made gains in employment, adding 4,500 nonagricultural jobs in July and an overall bump of 41,000 jobs over the year, according to the report. Out of Florida’s labor force of 11,121,000, a total of 515,000 did not have jobs in July. Several industries lost thousands of jobs over the year while others enjoyed growth. Financial activities lost 13,600 jobs, government lost 13,100 jobs, information dropped by 3,100 jobs, and jobs categorized by “other services” decreased by 2,600 jobs, the report found. The areas that lost the most jobs over the year in July were Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin that lost a total of 800 jobs. The Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Sunrise area lost 400 jobs. Meanwhile, education and health services added 35,800 jobs over the year, professional and business services grew by 13,600 jobs, leisure and hospitality gained 13,200 jobs, manufacturing grew by 4,200 jobs, trade, transportation and utilities added 3,800 jobs, and construction grew by 2,700 jobs, according to the report. The metro areas with the largest over the year job gains were Orlando, Kissimmee, and Sanford, which added 16,500 jobs. The second largest job growth was seen in Miami, Miami Beach, and Kendall which added 10,800 jobs. Tampa added 6,600 jobs. Lakeland and Winter Haven grew by 5,000 jobs and the North Port, Bradenton and Sarasota areas added 4,400 jobs, the report found. Miami-Dade County had the lowest unemployment rate in Florida during July at 2.5%. Monroe County had the second lowest at 3.3% and Wakulla County was third at 4.2%. The highest unemployment rate in the state was in Taylor County at 8.4%. Sumter County had the second highest at 7.9% followed by Union County at 6.9%. The unemployment and job growth statistics were compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics along with the Florida Department of Commerce.

Fresno County’s lawsuit against the State of California gets its third judge swap ahead of Tuesday’s start date for the case that will decide whether a controversial countywide transportation tax proposal gets placed on the November ballot.  Judge Jonathan Skiles has been selected to oversee Fresno County’s Better Roads lawsuit following 10 days’ worth of […] The post Fresno County’s lawsuit against California, Better Roads group gets yet another judge ahead of Tuesday’s hearing appeared first on Fresnoland.

آلمان، اسپانیا، پرتغال، ایتالیا، لهستان و اتریش خواستار بررسی مالیات بر سودهای «بادآورده» شرکت‌های نفتی در نشست سپتامبر وزرای دارایی اتحادیه اروپا شدند.

تقلای سفیر جمهوری اسلامی برای ماندن در لبنان؛ «عنصر نامطلوب» خواستار مجوز اقامت عادی شد

Victor Garcia, an educator, hunter and fisherman appointed to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission last year, has died.   The Department of Fish and Wildlife announced his death Monday. No cause was provided. “Commissioner Garcia loved this state, and cared deeply for fish and wildlife,” said Commission Chair Jim Anderson. “He was ready to do […]

Addressing Japan’s fertility decline will require measures that improve employment security, make work and family easier to combine and increase incentives for marriage and childrearing.

កម្ពុជាមានដំរីស្រុកប្រមាណជាង ៧០ក្បាល និងមានដំរីព្រៃចន្លោះពី ៦០០ ទៅ ៨០០ក្បាល ដែលកំពុងរស់នៅក្នុងព្រៃធម្មជាតិនៃភូមិភាគឦសាន តំបន់ជួរភ្នំក្រវាញ និងតំបន់ព្រៃឡង់។ ដោយឡែក សត្វដំរីស្រុកចំនួន ៧ក្បាល ដែលរស់​តាម​បែប​ធម្មជាតិ នៅជ្រលងដំរីប្រៀបបានជាឆ័ត្រការពារធនធានធម្មជាតិ និងវប្បធម៌របស់ជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចពូនង។ គម្រោងជ្រលងដំរី​ បានក្លាយជាតំបន់អេកូទេសចរណ៍ដ៏ទាក់ទាញ ប៉ុន្តែការធ្លាក់ចុះចំនួនភ្ញៀវទេសចរអន្តរជាតិក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០២៦នេះ កំពុងរំខានដល់សកម្មភាពថែទាំសត្វដំរីស្រុក៕

پتک تحریم‌های واشنگتن بر سر خریداران نفت و شبکه‌های مالی جمهوری اسلامی

Three Commissioner of Political Practices complaints filed against Accountability in State Government, a conservative political action committee, over mailers that used generative artificial intelligence will be dismissed, according to court records from an accompanying lawsuit in federal district court. Rep. Eric Albus, a Hi-Line Republican, former legislator Jennifer Carlson, running for a state House seat […]

اعتراض کارگران و بازنشستگان تامین اجتماعی به فروش شرکت‌های زیرمجموعه شستا

Ukraine marked the 35th anniversary of its independence on August 24. The leaders of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Romania, Moldova, and Luxembourg traveled to Kyiv for the occasion, as did Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, on his first official visit to Ukraine.

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واشنگتن نام سوریه را از فهرست دولت‌‌های حامی تروریسم حذف کرد

Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada.  Of the seven states that rely on the river, Nevada gets the smallest amount by law. Nevada water managers said the long-term impacts from the proposed cuts could be devastating—with Las Vegas bearing […]