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Fishermen want to go green but say DOGE cuts prevent that
Read full article: Fishermen want to go green but say DOGE cuts prevent thatCommercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors seeking to convert to new, lower-carbon emission systems say they are finding federal funding they were counting on for the work is frozen or unavailable in the wake of sweeping budget cuts touted by President Donald Trump.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign
Read full article: Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resignA judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.
The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence
Read full article: The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligenceWars, a refugee crisis, famine, and artificial intelligence could all be recognized with Nobel Prizes.
Nuclear-armed nations are deepening their reliance on their nuclear weapons, watchdog finds
Read full article: Nuclear-armed nations are deepening their reliance on their nuclear weapons, watchdog findsA Stockholm-based watchdog says the world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on nuclear deterrence in 2023.
Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize their weapons, Chinese arsenal is growing
Read full article: Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize their weapons, Chinese arsenal is growingA report on the world's nuclear weapons says the nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapons systems in 2022.
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University of Florida prohibits professors from testifying
Read full article: University of Florida prohibits professors from testifyingThe University of Florida is prohibiting three professors from providing expert testimony in a lawsuit challenging a new law that critics claim restricts voting rights.
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Florida rejected fewer mail-in ballots in November election
Read full article: Florida rejected fewer mail-in ballots in November electionAdThe Republican-led Legislature is considering bills that would make mail-in voting more difficult, even though all sides agree Florida ran a near-perfect election in November. When Florida voters return mail-in ballots, they sign the envelope. AdOther findings include:— Blacks had their ballots initially rejected 1.4% of the time and Hispanics 1.3%, almost double the 0.8% rate of white voters. In the 18-21 age range, 2.4% of mail-in ballots statewide were rejected and 2.1% in the 22-25 range. Each age grouping getting older has fewer ballots rejected, with seniors 66 and older having the fewest rejections at 0.7%.
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Seminole County School Board votes Serita Beamon to be next superintendent
Read full article: Seminole County School Board votes Serita Beamon to be next superintendentSEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The Seminole County School Board voted Serita Beamon to be named the district’s next superintendent. Last month, board members voted 3-2 to select Farnsworth, the Lake County Assistant Superintendent, over Beamon. The school board confirmed Beamon submitted her resignation on Feb. 16 as the district’s attorney after she was not selected as the next superintendent. Beamon announced her resignation as Seminole County School Board Attorney after she was not selected during the first vote. To salvage this mess - the school board will need to bring their A-Game tonight.”Smith said the board’s indecision makes the school district look bad.
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'Vote and get home,' anxious voters say on Election Day
Read full article: 'Vote and get home,' anxious voters say on Election DayShe carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. Americans voting on Election Day are exhausted from constant crises, uneasy because of volatile political divisions and anxious about what will happen next. Instead, those voting in record numbers say basic democratic foundations feel suddenly brittle: Will their vote count? He told a far-right group to “stand back and stand by.”About 7 in 10 voters say they are anxious about the election, according to an AP-NORC poll last month. She voted on the first day of early voting in Georgia.
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‘Relief was overwhelming,’ Seminole schools accommodate 93% of high-risk teachers
Read full article: ‘Relief was overwhelming,’ Seminole schools accommodate 93% of high-risk teachersCasale decided to apply for the Seminole Virtual School option, hoping to be selected to teach via Seminole Connect. In fact, according to Dan Smith, the president of the Seminole Education Foundation, he applauded how Seminole County Public schools were able to accommodate high-risk teachers. He said at last count there were 420 high-risk teachers and around another 250 teachers with loved ones at home who are also considered high-risk. “I will have a little more peace when I know that 7% has that accommodations as well.”According to Seminole County Public School spokesperson Michael Lawrence, the demand for Seminole County Virtual School was there. With more than 10,000 students choosing Seminole County Virtual School or Seminole Virtual “save my seat” option, the district needed to hire 520 more teachers, many of them high-risk like Casale.