Ald. Alex Brower's plan to replace We Energies heads to City Hall for a June 24 public hearing, where legal and financial hurdles will be aired.

Five Miami‑Dade commission seats were decided with no votes after qualifying closed; the board will now include five unopposed winners while three districts head to an Aug. 18 primary.

Kacey KC took over the Oregon Department of Forestry this spring and says she will enforce strict financial controls and workplace accountability as the state faces another hard fire season.

Sen. Steve Padilla amended SB 420 to bar nonprofits tied to private ICE jails from claiming the Welfare Exemption after reporting showed a local foundation avoided millions in property taxes.

The Justice Department has scaled back a longtime Election Day command center, canceled trainings and removed a key prosecutorial manual — moves that have lawmakers and former prosecutors sounding alarms before Nov. 3, 2026.

Gov. Bob Ferguson and State Superintendent Chris Reykdal urged lawmakers to push a bell-to-bell phone ban for K–12 schools, proposing limited health and IEP exemptions. The move aims to replace a patchwork of district rules with a statewide standard.

FEMA will provide $60,493,661.51 to replace Jasper‑Troupsburg’s flood‑damaged junior/senior high and fund mitigation to move critical facilities out of the floodplain.

Columbia Heights is moving to cancel its Flock Safety contract and remove 12 license‑plate readers after residents raised privacy and immigration concerns. The decision follows packed public meetings and an ACLU memo to the council.

A citizen group in Brunswick has started a petition to ban Flock license‑plate cameras after council accepted the initiative on June 8; organizers must now collect signatures for county review.

More than 80 House Democrats led by Rep. Emilia Sykes pressed HHS after moms.gov linked users to a network tied to Heartbeat International and its client‑management tools. Lawmakers demanded documents and answers about privacy and who built the site.

The Michigan AFL‑CIO endorsed Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit for attorney general, giving his campaign new organizing and funding firepower.

Gov. Josh Stein is directing $10 million to 39 rural EMS agencies to expand mobile integrated health, training and follow‑up care for substance‑use and mental‑health needs.

A fighter jet from the San Diego‑based USS Abraham Lincoln disabled the Palau‑flagged M/T Marivex in the Gulf of Oman, U.S. Central Command said. India says all 24 crew are safe after a reported fire.