• Column: The Public Doesn't Trust the 'Democracy-Saving' Media

    The national media consider themselves essential in educating the electorate, so what happens when the electorate does not consider them a trustworthy guardian of democracy? The Associated Press and the American Press Institute just released a poll on the 2024 election and found only 14 percent of their sample expressed a great deal of confidence in election-related information they receive from national sources. By contrast, 52 percent have little or no confidence at all in the information...

  • Column: The Public Doesn't Trust the 'Democracy-Saving' Media

    The national media consider themselves essential in educating the electorate, so what happens when the electorate does not consider them a trustworthy guardian of democracy? The Associated Press and the American Press Institute just released a poll on the 2024 election and found only 14 percent of their sample expressed a great deal of confidence in election-related information they receive from national sources. By contrast, 52 percent have little or no confidence at all in the information...

  • Georgia governor signs series of public safety bills

    (The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a series of public safety bills on Wednesday, including a measure to require Georgia counties to comply with federal immigration laws. Kemp, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 63, which expands the list of "serious offenses" for which bail is required, and SB 421, which stiffens the penalties for "swatting" and drive-by shootings. The move to tackle swatting follows several instances involving Georgia officials around the...

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    McAllen Public Library to host Dia De Los Niños

    MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Public Library invites families to join its award-winning Día de los Niños celebration, honoring El Día De Los Niños and El Día De Los Libros (Children’s Day/ Book Day). As a nationally recognized initiative, Día De Los Niños is an extension of Children’s Day, which was established in 1925 []

    • KEYT

    Estudiante de octavo grado de Wisconsin toma el volante de su autobús escolar después de que la conductora perdiera la consciencia

    Belén Liotti (CNN) — Era un final normal del día escolar a finales de abril para Acie Holland III, estudiante de octavo grado en la escuela secundaria Glen Hills en Glendale, Wisconsin. Continuó su rutina y se subió al autobús escolar para volver a casa. La conductora del autobús bromeó con los estudiantes, dijo Holland,

    • KIFI

    Petro dice que más de 2 millones de municiones y granadas fueron robadas de bases militares; señala presuntas redes de contrabando

    Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, dijo este martes que más de dos millones de piezas de armamento, principalmente municiones y granadas, fueron robadas de las bases militares de Tolemaida y La Guajira, un hecho que el mandatario calificó de “grave” y atribuyó a presuntas redes de contrabando en las

    • KTVZ

    Petro dice que más de 2 millones de municiones y granadas fueron robadas de bases militares; señala presuntas redes de contrabando

    Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, dijo este martes que más de dos millones de piezas de armamento, principalmente municiones y granadas, fueron robadas de las bases militares de Tolemaida y La Guajira, un hecho que el mandatario calificó de “grave” y atribuyó a presuntas redes de contrabando en las

    • KEYT

    Petro dice que más de 2 millones de municiones y granadas fueron robadas de bases militares; señala presuntas redes de contrabando

    Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, dijo este martes que más de dos millones de piezas de armamento, principalmente municiones y granadas, fueron robadas de las bases militares de Tolemaida y La Guajira, un hecho que el mandatario calificó de “grave” y atribuyó a presuntas redes de contrabando en las

    • FOX40

    California bill to ban large loads of homework in public schools considered

    (FOX40.COM) -- A new bill introduced in the legislature is taking aim at banning excessive homework in California public schools. "Homework is exhausting. It's overwhelming, " said sixth-grade student Sofia Johnson. "It's depressing that my whole day- from when I wake up to when I go to bed- is nearly all taken up with schoolwork." []

  • Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year

    Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven't legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled Legislature's scheduled adjournment for the year Tuesday. Supporters of each measure fell short of the 24 of 40 votes required to pull a bill on each subject out of committee. KANSAS GOVERNOR VETOES BILL BANNING TRANSGENDER...

    • KIFI

    Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year

    By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republicans state senators on Friday blocked efforts to force debates on both issues before the GOP-controlled Legislature’s