Tracy Dorland will step down as Jeffco superintendent on July 5; the board will appoint an interim and open a national search. Her departure follows months of budget fights and a teachers' no‑confidence vote.

A $465,000 settlement would reimburse residents towed from private driveways and force Calverton Park to change its towing rules.

The Fed’s Financial Stability Report names geopolitical turmoil and an oil‑price shock as the top near‑term risks to markets, with AI‑funded debt and private credit adding fragility.

NEADA projects Ohio households may pay about $672 to cool homes this summer while LIHEAP funding faces potential cuts.

Bowie’s City Council approved an 18-cent property tax increase after cuts and rising public-safety costs left a roughly $20M budget shortfall. Leaders say more action may be needed.

The 11th Circuit ruled that DHS can’t broadly bar bond hearings for many immigrants in custody, clearing the way for detainees in the Southeast to seek release while their cases proceed.

Pyongyang says new 155‑mm howitzers have over 60 km range and will commission the Choe Hyon destroyer, a fresh escalation that brings Seoul’s outskirts into play.

House File 4361 would expand Minneapolis’ downtown hospitality-tax boundary into the North Loop, potentially adding up to 3% levies on food and drink and redirecting some stadium-related revenue.

Portland clarified its phased ban on gas-powered leaf blowers: limited use in 2026–27 and a full, year-round ban beginning January 1, 2028. Owners must ensure electric blowers are used.

District 204 approved a four-year teachers contract that includes early pay bumps, a higher starting salary and CPI-linked raises for later years.

Former Hillsborough County commissioner Kimberly Overman has shifted into Florida’s redrawn 12th District to challenge Rep. Gus Bilirakis; fundraising and the new map change the calculus.

The Oklahoma House voted 86-4 to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of HB 4434, a bill requiring 24-hour notice before the governor leaves the state. The measure now goes to the Senate.

The EEOC has sued Butterball, alleging a Garner worker undergoing chemotherapy was redirected to a third‑party administrator, accrued attendance points and was fired. The suit seeks back pay and other remedies.