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St. Paul Public Schools plans $1 billion budget for 2023-24 school year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

St. Paul Public Schools plans to spend more than $1 billion to fund its operations in the coming academic year.A draft budget outlined Tuesday would see the district draw $34 million from its general fund reserves to bridge a deficit that has grown by about $11 million since an initial overview was presented to the school board late last month.Board members will review the district’s budget proposal over the next week as they hold a series of small group meetings with SPPS officials. Members will receive a finalized budget book on June 16 and are scheduled to vote on it at their June 20 board meeting.Under the proposed budget, the district would increase its spending in four of five expenditure categories.The district’s general fund — which goes to teacher salaries and other instructional expenses — would grow by more than $73 million to to nearly $793 million, while food service, community service and construction would also see increases. Only spending on d...

Lawmakers discuss cancer biomarker legislation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With only a few days left in the legislative session, advocates are hoping a bill that would help cancer patients passes in the assembly before lawmakers leave Albany.In the state senate, a bill passed unanimously to require health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing for people who've been diagnosed with diseases such as cancer.Over in the assembly, Assemblymember Pamela Hunter, who sponsors the bill, said targeted treatment based on biomarker testing has worked wonders for patients. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "This is something we need conversations about and getting it right now," she said. "If we prevent and take care of it now, we get the great treatment now that is right for the illness now, it really saves money and has great quality of life later in life."Officials with the American Cancer Society Action Network said, while many insurance policies cover some biomar...

NYS legislature approves Glens Falls transit with CDTA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The merger between the Greater Glens Falls Transit and the Capital District Transportation Authority is one stop closer to becoming a reality. The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on the merger back on May 31. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This means as the GGFT is dissolved into CDTA, employees will have an opportunity to work for the company. Warren County was the sixth county to join CDTA's transit network.

Texas gangs maybe masterminds behind St. Louis ATM attacks

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The mastermind behind a string of ATM attacks across the St. Louis region may have ties to gangs in Texas.Criminals steal a truck, chain up an ATM, then drive off. Banker's Security Safe and Vault Sales Manager Mark Thatcher Jr. said it's a process that is well thought out."It's deliberate and targeted to certain ATMs makes and models," Thatcher said. "It almost always involves a stolen vehicle as well."He calls it an organized crime trend that started in Houston, Texas, and people are copying it across St. Louis and other cities."They spread pretty quickly from there, hitting our area in Missouri and Kansas," Thatcher said.There are now reports of chain attack thefts happening all over the country. Missouri governor denies clemency for man facing execution today Detectives from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating at least five attacks on ATMs in the last month.May 3 | New York Grill | 3765 Gravois: Truck was used to drag ATM from buildingMay...

Denver mayor’s race: Johnston takes significant lead over Brough in early runoff election results

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

Mike Johnston, riding a wave of progressive endorsements and buoyed by a multi-million-dollar sea of outside campaign spending, has opened a significant lead on Kelly Brough in the runoff race to be Denver’s first new mayor in a dozen years. Johnston received 53.9% of the vote to Brough’s 46.1%, in unofficial results updated just after 8:30 p.m. He led Brough by 9,792 votes with 126,596 ballots counted as of that update. The Denver Clerk and Recorder’s Office was expected to release the next results update at 10 p.m. As of Tuesday morning, the clerk’s office was predicting a turnout on par with the 2019 runoff election which saw more than 165,000 Denverites cast ballots.  The crowd at Johnston’s campaign gathering inside Union Station’s main hall erupted in cheers just after 7 p.m. as a TV screen displayed the first batch of results. A short time later, the song “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers played on the speakers. Less than two miles t...

Deputies in pursuit of driver in L.A. County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were in pursuit of a suspect in a stolen vehicle who reportedly rammed one deputy's vehicle and attempted to hit another. The suspect vehicle, a white sedan with a driver and a passenger, could be seen speeding down lower Azusa Road, near, Cogswell Road, in El Monte when Sky5 caught up to the chase. The pursuit suspect weaved in and out of traffic, driving at times on the wrong side of the road on Los Angeles Street in Baldwin Park. As the driver made a left turn onto La Rica Avenue, the vehicle front bumper came off the car. As the driver wound around to Edra Avenue and came to a dead, both suspects jumped out of the vehicle and began running through residential properties, climbing over fences back toward Los Angeles Street. The driver was quickly captured by deputies. It is unclear if the passenger has been taken into custody.

Fights break out amid Glendale school board meeting on Pride curriculum

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

Police responded to the scene after fights broke out amid a Glendale school district meeting on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ studies on Tuesday.At least one arrest was made so far. Large barricades set up by Glendale Police to control crowds were seen containing hundreds of demonstrators outside of the Glendale Unified School District building.A dispersal order was issued as police were heard using a loudspeaker to order the crowds’ removal, stating an unlawful assembly. A large barricade was placed in the middle of the parking lot, separating the two contentious groups.Officers were also heard saying they would not hesitate to use a chemical agent against the crowds.Demonstrators from both sides showed up on Tuesday night to either support or protest the school board’s meeting for a consideration resolution on the LGBTQ+ curriculum.Demonstrators and protestors were made up of both parents and community members alike. Despite the dispersal order, it appears the crowds were not immediatel...

L.A. school board approves resolution in support of LGBTQ+ community

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to celebrate Pride Month across all district schools.  The LAUSD board member who introduced the motion said similar resolutions have been approved in the past, but that this discussion is coming on the heels of a violent exchange between groups of protestors outside Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood on Friday. That incident occurred over an assembly that took place where the discussion was around a book that had a line in it about LGBTQ families, which some parents believed was inappropriate for young children.  LAUSD School Board President Jackie Goldberg on Tuesday read aloud from Mary Hoffman’s “The Great Big Book of Families,” the book in question.  The resolution, which was co-sponsored by all board members and authored by Board member Nick Melvoin, affirms the board’s “commitment to a safe, welcoming, and inclusive learning environment for all LGTBQ+ s...

Prison sentence announced for man who sold deadly batch of fentanyl

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man was sentenced to six years in federal prison after he sold fentanyl that caused a person to fatally overdose, the United States Department of Justice said. Celin David Doblado-Canaca, 40, of San Francisco pleaded guilty on April 4 to distributing fentanyl.Doblado-Canaca admitted that he sold drugs in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. He sold the drugs that wound up killing a person on May 18, 2020, and was arrested two days later, the DOJ said. Novato police searching for bank robbery suspect Doblado-Canaca sold the drugs on May 18 to a buyer who he had been in business with before. The buyer then gave the drugs to two people in San Bruno. The DOJ said that both of these people snorted the drug, thinking it was cocaine when it was actually fentanyl. Both victims overdosed. One survived and one died. On May 20, 2020, Doblado-Canaca agreed to meet the buyer from May 18 in the Tenderloin for another deal, per the DOJ. This time, the buyer was accompa...

Yankees star Aaron Judge headed to injured list for 2nd time this season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:46 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is headed to the injured list for the second time this season after the New York Yankees star hurt his right toe while making a spectacular catch at Dodger Stadium.The reigning AL MVP missed his second consecutive game Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox. He met with team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad and underwent testing that showed a bruise and a sprained ligament, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said following his team’s 3-2 loss.Boone said Judge will be placed on the IL but did not give a timeline for his return. The slugger received a platelet-rich plasma injection.“The biggest thing now is trying to get the swelling out of there,” Boone said. “Had some improvements today, but now just see where we are in the coming weeks, or days and then a week — but the biggest thing is getting the swelling out of there now.”Boone said Judge’s toe is not fractured.“I think it definitely could have been worse,” the manager said. “Hopefully ...