Senate passes bill to cut funding to public broadcasting The bill to cut more than $9 billion from public broadcasting, foreign aid and more will move on for a final House vote, then to the president. The rescission bill passed by Congress ends funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including NPR and affiliates. KCLU
WATSONVILLE — A fundraiser to support a Watsonville High School student-athlete, who was been in the intensive care unit since being hospitalized for a brain bleed June 30, has exceeded its initial goal of raising $20,000 to assist his family with medical costs and lost wages. Xavier Mendoza, a sophomore known to those close to
Aurora Mayor John Laesch is looking to appoint new top leadership in the city’s finance and public works departments. Unlike others Laesch has appointed to department head positions since he took office in May, both roles are set to be filled by candidates who currently work at the city. The appointments still need to be
Watch weeks-old peregrine falcon chicks at the Ojai Raptor Center Peregrine falcon eggs were transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center in May 2025. Watch what happens next. Pamela Greer, former Ojai finance director, filed a 22-page claim July 15. She said the real reason for her March 3 firing was her exposure of internal improprieties.
WARREN — Trumbull County Commissioners are considering reallocating $125,000 of senior levy funds from senior centers to in-home care services to address a growing waitlist of seniors needing assistance, a move that sparked debate during Wednesday’s meeting. Diane Siskowic-Jurkovic, Trumbull County Senior Levy Administrator, proposed shifting funds from the county’s 11 senior centers to homemaker
One of the state’s largest credit unions is celebrating the opening of a new main branch in a major Connecticut business district. Dutch Point Credit Union has a new branch at the Goff Brook Shops on the Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield. The branch, at 1269 Silas Deane Highway, is three miles from the former
OAKLAND — A former African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for transferring church property deeds to an entity he created then using them to obtain loans, prosecutors said. Staccato Powell, a 65-year-old resident of Wake Forest, North Carolina, agreed
SCOTUS backs Trump plan to fire Education Dept. workers A divided Supreme Court backed Trump’s plan to dismantle the Education Dept. and fire hundreds of federal workers, despite a judge’s earlier pause. Southwest Ohio districts didn’t receive at least hundreds of thousands of anticipated federal funds. President Donald Trump’s Department of Education froze the funds,
Two people who allegedly took around $1 million from investors who believed they were buying stock options or franchises of a pizza restaurant chain have been charged in San Diego Superior Court with more than two dozen counts related to fraud or theft. The victims, which included senior citizens and military veterans, paid between $5,000
The Pelican River area in Oneida, Forest and Langlade counties in Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy of Jay Brittain) When Gov. Tony Evers made his 2025-27 budget proposal in February, it included an annual $100 million appropriation to fund the broadly popular Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant program for another 10 years. The budget he signed after 1 a.m.