In 2024, Washington lawmakers sent a clear message to parents: You have a right to know what is happening with your children in school. The parental notification initiative, I-2081, arrived at the Legislature in 2024 with a record number of signatures, and it subsequently passed both chambers. Then, a year later — after the elections — the same legislators gutted the provisions and protections afforded to parents. It is clear that some legislators misled the public about their support for parental notification. Those same legislators are now misleading the public about the effort to restore the law they voted for.They dismantled…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Many founders make the mistake of hiring a senior leader before the infrastructure exists to support it. They expect the leader to produce results off of a strategy that doesn’t exist yet. Read the signs before you hire: no repeatable way leads or customers come in, the budget depends on whoever’s cheapest rather than what’s working, no one knows which channel actually drives revenue. Set them up before day one: They need clear business goals, real decision-making authority, access to data and alignment with the founder on priorities. Consider fractional leadership: Real work gets done,…
It may look like a child’s Lego creation, but it’s a mathematical marvel. Researchers have just discovered a three-dimensional “einstein” tile—a special shape with unique capabilities.The finding follows a major announcement from 2023, when a new hat-shaped tile called an “einstein” rocked the popular mathematics world. David Smith, an amateur mathematician, discovered that shape. In an article later published in Combinatorial Theory, he and three other researchers—Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig Kaplan and Chaim Goodman-Strauss—proved that “the hat” was the first known example of a two-dimensional aperiodic monotile, also called an “einstein” (ein Stein roughly translates to “one shape” in German).…
Actor RJ Mitte, known for playing the son of Walter White in the hit AMC series “Breaking Bad” and as an advocate for the rights of those with disabilities, has died at the age of 34, his representatives said Monday.“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,” his representatives said. They did not provide details about his cause of death. Mitte died Monday in Brownsville, Texas, where he had moved, Brownsville Justice of the Peace Judge Cyndi Hinojosa said.Hinojosa said she declared him dead at 1:32…
This article was originally published by Canary Media.The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The Houston-based firm turned on an initial 33-megawatt unit late last week and has been testing and ramping up output since then. On Thursday, Fervo will officially begin commercial operations, supplying carbon-free electricity to Shell Energy, a retail power provider in California. Cape Station, a $2 billion project that will eventually be 500 MW, is unique among the…
Europe will NEVER avoid war until it starts impeaching Kaja Kallas who was not directly elected by the public to the EU position she uses to oppose any peace deal. However, this is standard procedure for this role for the EU was established to actually prevent the people from having any say in the future of Europe. She claims only more sanctions will end the war when there is no evidence that sanctions have ever worked on anyone even once. She wants world war for her personal vendetta like Victoria Nuland et el. Kaja Kallas was nominated by the…
The State has broken down where South Carolina high school football teams sit in the RPI rankings as the regular season enters its final weeks.RPI, the ratings formula that weighs wins, losses and opponent strength, is the key tool for determining playoff seeding in the Palmetto State.Teams with strong schedules can climb even with a few losses, while undefeated programs face pressure to keep winning big.AI-generated briefing — triage, not the story; every claim links out to the coverage below.Latest videoPowered by TPD VideoIn this storyOrgThe StateTopicSouth CarolinaTopicRPI RankingsReader pollAdvertisementPowered by SidedThe Conversation Source link
Dolly Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, is pushing back against the legal case surrounding his late aunt’s estate, with his attorneys saying the dispute has placed added strain on a grieving family. Seaver’s lawyers, Dominic J. Leonardo and James L. Collier, defended their client after allegations involving Dolly Parton’s longtime manager, Danny Nozell, and She’s Alive, LLC, the company managing the country icon’s business interests. The attorneys say Seaver never sought the spotlight and argue that the private messages used against him were presented without full context. Their response adds a new chapter to a dispute that has included Seaver’s firing,…
KATHMANDU: More than 100 foreign trekkers are stranded at different locations after the flooding of a river in central Nepal at the weekend swept away hiking trails and bridges, an official said on Monday (Oct 12).Authorities rescued 321 people, including 12 foreigners, on Monday after a pre-dawn landslide at the weekend in Gorkha district, about 100 km (62 miles) west of Kathmandu, blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding. The army said the rescue operation would continue on Tuesday, even as the water level in the river had receded.The river is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream…
Published On 12 Oct 202612 Oct 2026Thousands of protesters have marched in New Delhi, demanding the resignation of India’s top election official over alleged misconduct during a voter roll revision.The demonstrations on Monday marked the latest confrontation with authorities in the heavily fortified capital.Opposition parties and supporters of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party protest movement have taken to the streets in recent days, defying a strict security clampdown to demand the government stop deleting voters from the rolls and calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.More than 133 million names have been removed from voter lists since…