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Senate passes plan to let Texas parents use public funds to pay for private schools

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

Editor's note: This story is updated to reflect that the Senate passed Senate Bill 1 just after midnight Thursday. The video above aired before the vote.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Senate just after midnight Thursday evening passed a plan, 18 to 13, to let Texas parents use public funds to pay for private schools.Senate Bill 1 would allocate $500 million toward the creation of an education savings account program, which was the primary education policy request on Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for this third special session. Texas Senate unveils its priority school voucher-like legislation The funding comes from Texas’ general revenue and would be available for eligible pre-K through 12 school-aged children. Families of eligible students would receive $8,000 each year that they are enrolled in the program in an account. In order to qualify, they must have attended public school within the last year or are about to enter pre-K or kindergarten for the first time.Earlier in the day, Texas ...

Pets featured in the Morning Report in October

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

In October, we’ve featured pets in Halloween costumes and an adorable goat named Misty. We’ve also remembered a Morning Report friend, Oliver, who recently passed away.Sign up for the Morning Report, our free weekday newsletter, to see more photos of pets: Follow the prompts at Twincities.com/newsletters.Friday, Oct. 13Jennifer and her family love raising goats. This is baby Misty. Isn’t she adorable?Jennifer and her family love raising goats.This is baby Misty.Isn’t she adorable?Thursday, Oct. 12Archie“Archie is our sweet 4-year-old rescue cat and an intelligent guy,” writes Richard of St. Paul. “In this photo he is deep in thought (what is he thinking?). Archie knows he is not welcome on the kitchen counter, but strategically sits on a counter stool with his paws just over the line.”Wednesday, Oct. 11Lucky“My little guy, Lucky, loves long walks,” Troy wrote in an email to the Pioneer Press during a heat wave on Aug. 23. “Yester...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: My Neighbors Hate My Halloween Decorations. What Do I Do?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Andy and it's about Halloween decorations. Here's his email: Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. What do you think about this? Over the last week, I’ve become the most hated man in my neighborhood… and it’s all because of my love for Halloween. My love for the holiday is well known, and I’ve invested thousands of dollars over the last decade making sure I have the greatest house in our entire zip code. Now, people go out of their way to drive by the house, see the spooky decorations, look at the lights, check out the animatronics, and hear my new giant ogre yell at them. It’s freaking awesome. My neighbors, however, have let it be known how much they hate me around this time each year. I’ve set timers to shut things down at 9 p.m. each night, but it doesn’t seem to make things any better. I think 9pm is a fair time to turn things off. Don't you think they'...

Pittsfield PD responds to fatal construction zone crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NEWS10) -- Pittsfield Police responded to a crash in a construction zone Thursday, resulting in the death of someone working in the roadway. Police say Shane Cassavant, 49, died due to injuries from the crash. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Thursday, around 7:52 a.m., multiple crews responded to 777 West Street for a report of a car that crashed into a pedestrian. Police say the eastbound land was closed to traffic for construction, and cars were being directed into the westbound lane by a flagger. Police say a Chevy Colorado entered the construction zone and struck Cassavant while he was working in the roadway. Cassavant was taken to Berkshire Medical Center where he later died as a result of his injuries. Vermont State Police respond to fatal crash in Mendon Police say that area of West Street was closed for roughly three hours for an investigation and cleanup of the roadway. Police are still investi...

Ask Amy: Elder man wants to shelve wife for younger model

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

Dear Amy: I’m a 67-year-old man, married for over 40 years.I felt pressured into marrying my wife, all those years ago. We have two children, both middle-aged men.I met “Annie” online and we’ve been chatting and talking for two years now.I really like her! She is a little immature but seems very fun to be around.She’s 29 years old. She says she’s in love with me, but we’ve never met.I’m hoping to meet her next month.I’ve told her many times that I’m too old for her, but she starts to cry and doesn’t want to think about not being without me.I’ve tried various common-sense approaches, but she starts to cry.What do you think I should do?Will this be a mistake?I really want out of my marriage, but I don’t want to lose my family.Related ArticlesAsk Amy | Ask Amy: Biological connection reveals famous sibling Ask Amy | Ask Amy: Widowed man falls for former sister-in-law Ask Amy | Ask Amy:...

Which EU regions rely heavily on agriculture?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

In 2020, approximately 4.5% of the EU's total employment, an estimated 9.4 million people, worked within the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector. The vast majority, or 4.2% of total employment, worked in agriculture. The agriculture, forestry and fishing sector continues to be a significant source of employment, particularly in eastern and southern EU countries. Looking at the NUTS 3 regional data, Romania's Vaslui (61.7%) and Neamţ (51.4%) regions reported the highest employment rates in this sector. Furthermore, 114 regions had over 16.5% of their workforce employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing, with concentrations in Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Romania.Toward the lower end of the range, 137 regions in 2020 had less than 0.5% of their workforce employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.  In absolute numbers, the regions with the highest employment in agriculture, forestry, and fishing were predominantly located in Romania, with 8 out of the top 10 re...

Goldberg: The fracturing of the U.S. political left over Israel, Hamas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

On Tuesday evening, I was drinking on the porch of my friend and neighbor Misha Shulman, the Israel-born rabbi of a progressive New York synagogue called the New Shul. All day, he’d been on the phone with congregants deeply distraught over the massacres and mass kidnappings in Israel. Of all the people he spoke to, he said, those most devastated were either people who had lost close friends or family, or young Jews “completely shattered by the response of their lefty friends in New York,” who were either justifying Hamas’ atrocities or celebrating them outright.This sense of deep betrayal is not limited to New York. Many progressive Jews have been profoundly shaken by the way some on the left are treating the terrorist mass murder of civilians as noble acts of anti-colonial resistance. These are Jews who share the left’s abhorrence of the occupation of Gaza and of the enormities inflicted on it, which are only going to get worse if and when Israel invades. But the way keyboard radic...

Horoscopes Oct. 13, 2023: Kate Walsh, make personal growth a priority

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Caleb McLaughlin, 22; Sacha Baron Cohen, 52; Kate Walsh, 56; Marie Osmond, 64.Happy Birthday: Follow your passion, speak the truth and do things your way. Refuse to get caught up in someone else’s dream when you have one to pursue. Put your energy into making a difference for yourself and finding solutions to your concerns. Don’t let anger set in when time, patience and love will help you find the answers. Make personal growth a priority. Your numbers are 5, 19, 22, 27, 30, 38, 49.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a breather and do what’s best for you. Ask yourself tough questions and consider what brings you joy. Take responsibility for your happiness, and pursue the skills, knowledge and experience needed to get you where you want to be. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t let an opportunity pass you by, and don’t give up on someone or something because it takes work to turn things around. Put your energy into a positive...

Move over, PSL! These 15 local autumnal drinks are perfectly seasonal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

Certainly, there’s no need to besmirch the reputation or flavor of the ever-popular pumpkin spice latte, but there are better, more unique drinks just around the corner.For those who may be getting a little tired of the same-old-same-old baking spices that have become so ubiquitous with the season, WTOP went out to gather 15 alternative limited-time beverages that are sure to impress.With this list, you can don your most comfortable sweater and get ready for some of the most cozy beverages in the D.C. region — from a cardamom-infused negroni that is inspired by firnee, a traditional Afghan dessert, to boozy flights and sangria botas to an umami bomb of a mezcal drink that is just as delicious as it is unexpected.And just to emphasize, these drinks are indeed seasonal — so that means they are only available for a limited time. Order while you still can.The Firnee Negroni (Courtesy Lapis)“Firnee Negroni” at Lapis ($16)Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.At the modern Afghan bistro, Lapis, t...

¿Qué es mejor para la depresión: el ejercicio o la medicación? Expertos opinan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:25 GMT

(CNN) — Según una nueva investigación, correr puede ser tan eficaz como los antidepresivos para tratar la depresión o la ansiedad. Pero expertos afirman que la solución puede no ser tan sencilla para todas las personas.Dada la prevalencia de la depresión y la ansiedad y sus consecuencias sobre la salud, investigadores de Ámsterdam estudiaron la mejor manera de mitigar estos efectos, y si los antidepresivos o la intervención sobre el estilo de vida tendrían efectos diferentes sobre la salud mental, así como sobre ciertos aspectos de la salud física.La investigación es la primera “que compara los efectos de los antidepresivos con los ejercicios de carrera para la ansiedad, la depresión y la salud en general”, según un comunicado sobre un estudio presentado el 6 de octubre en la conferencia anual del Colegio Europeo de Neuropsicofarmacología. El estudio se publicó a principios de este año en la revista Journal of Affective Disorders.“Los antidepresivos suelen se...