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The Lone Ranger Sends Tonto: Elise Anderson – Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Sam Slom

Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Slom, Elise Anderson appears on Community Matters to discuss items in the 2016 Legislative session. These include ivory bans; gas tax and taxes in general (specific hikes to the GET like 0.5% for “aging in place” and 1% for the HGEA); growing traction for conservative positions (fiscal impact statements, audits, […]

Citizen Initiative Bill SB2754 – Senator Laura Theilen and Senator Russell Ruderman

The Citizen Initiative Bill, Senate Bill 2754, would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state Constitution. Many other states already have such an initiative process which can transfer some measure of legislative power back to the people. Senators Laura Thielen and Russell Ruderman share their expereince championing the Citizen Initiative Bill pending in […]

Architecture , Landscaping and Today’s Public Spaces – Susannah C. Drake

Susannah C. Drake is the principal of DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture, an award winning multi-disciplinary design firm. DLANDstudio is the recipient of National and International urban design awards from the AIA, ASLA and Chicago Athenaeum among others. As one of very few designers of her generation with professional design qualifications in Architecture and Landscape […]

A Fresh Look at K-12 with Steve Chamberlin

Steve and his wife, Susan, are graduates of Roosevelt High School, are founders of Chamberlin Family Foundation. Their mission is to improve public education in Hawaii and in Richmond, California. The Foundation is the biggest supporter of Teach for America in Hawaii and has built charter schools in Richmond operated by **[Summit Public Schools](http://summitps.org/schools/california)**. Steve […]

Today’s Headlines

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- Aaron Boxerman, Ephrat Livni and Kayla Guo
Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. [...]

- Raja Abdulrahim and Bilal Shbair
Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money. [...]

- Edward Wong
U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general. [...]

- Michael C. Bender and Annie Karni
Stefanik to Denounce Biden, and Praise Trump, in Speech to Israel’s Parliament

The New York congresswoman will become the highest-ranking House Republican to speak before Israel’s Parliament since the Oct. 7 attacks, in a move meant to capitalize on Democratic divisions. [...]

- Rick Rojas and Maya King
Biden Flipped Georgia in 2020. This Year Could Be Different.

His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]

Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza

Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. [...]

Body of hostage recovered from Gaza, says IDF

The Israeli military said Ron Benjamin was found alongside the bodies of three other hostages. [...]

Su and Steve fought for justice, but didn't live to see it

Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice. [...]

Hepatitis C tests spike after blood scandal news

More than 12,000 people asked for tests in England after the BBC found 1,700 cases are undiagnosed. [...]

Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat. [...]

Oleksandr Usyk is boxing's first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis held the honor for five months over two decades ago. [...]

Israeli war Cabinet minister Benny Gantz said there should be a six-point plan for Gaza by June 8 or he would resign. Meanwhile, the UNRWA said 800,000 people had left [...]

Bayer Leverkusen sealed a maiden Bundesliga title with several games to spare, and have now become the first side to go unbeaten for a whole season in the German top [...]

Mob violence in Kyrgyzstan in recent days has led to several Pakistani nationals getting injured. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced concern, with Islamabad protesting to the Kyrgyz government. [...]

Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]

- Andrea Hsu
'Magic United': Disneyland characters vote to unionize

Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. [...]

- The Associated Press
Seize the Grey wins the Preakness, ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid

Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh victory in [...]

- Clare Marie Schneider
A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'

Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly." [...]

- Chloe Veltman
Napkin securing Lionel Messi's first contract fetches nearly $1 million at auction

The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi and FC Barcelona. [...]

- Daniel Estrin
A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas

The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners. [...]

- Spencer Nusbaum

The Nats’ closer has impressed all season, but he was burned for a solo homer with two outs in the ninth before Bryce Harper won it in the 10th with [...]

- Associated Press

Yankees extend their win streak to six, Soto homers twice in 6-1 win over White Sox [...]

- Noah Ferguson

Three goals in a seven-minute stretch power Washington to a 4-2 victory at Audi Field. [...]

- Associated Press

Robin Lod scored the equalizer in the second half and notched an assist Sang-Bin Jeong’s winner as Minnesota United rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers [...]

- Adam Kilgore

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan charged late but finished second. [...]

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