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While Maricopa County election officials initially categorized the problem as a “hiccup,” it took hours before a solution was identified early Tuesday afternoon. According to the poll, 46% of voters said their family’s financial situation is worse than it was two years ago. Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP, filed a similar complaint Friday against state election officials. The app and portal had been down for part of the morning and the state's election hotline also briefly experienced issues. In Columbus County, election officials allegedly were harassed by an “observer following one-stop workers” and photographing or filming the workers, it said.

☆ Pro-DeSantis midterm mailer did more than mock LGBTQ communities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Nicholas Mitchell | Nicholas Mitchell Is An Assistant Professor Of Curriculum Studies At The University Of Kansas. He Is A Curriculum Theorist Whose Scholarship Focuses On The Intersection Of Education Theory | Policy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It and other publications rightly called it out for mocking the LGBTQ community. Republicans are belittling knowledge that they find threatening to the status quo that gives the lives of social conservatives meaning. To play on the words of Ben Shapiro, I call this movement the “feelings over facts” orientation, and it has been positioned as a bulwark against indoctrination by disciplines that focus on race, gender and art. This is the not-so-subtle implication of the mailer supporting DeSantis. For everyone who doesn’t believe gender studies is threatening, the student in the photo the mailer used is just a new nonbinary college graduate.

☆ A multimillion-dollar war against mosquitoes is underway in Florida after Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

"The mosquitoes are out there, and they’re biting," said Eric Jackson, the deputy director of the Lee County Mosquito Control Division. The Lee County Mosquito Control District, a special district in one of the communities hit hardest by Ian, employs about 100 workers, Jackson said. Anne Askew, a biologist in the Lee County Mosquito Control District's Larviciding Department, uses a microscope to identify mosquito species. Lee County Mosquito Control DistrictIn Lee County, where Fort Myers is located, mosquito counts in the traps began to spike about a week after Ian. Florida officials don’t think federal help will be necessary, though Hurricane Ian’s damage has created challenges for mosquito control workers.

☆ The Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz seems stalled, attorneys say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +21 min

Those included a stalking charge for falsely smearing a political rival as a pedophile, identity theft and sex trafficking the same 17-year-old who is the alleged victim in the Gaetz case. The alleged victim, who turned 18 in December 2017, did not answer requests for comment from NBC News. Also according to that plea agreement, the alleged victim falsely claimed she was of age on her SeekingArrangement profile. The Gaetz investigation became public in March 2021, after The New York Times reported the general contours of the investigation. The potential witnesses in the federal government’s inquiry into Gaetz is not limited to Greenberg, the alleged victim and Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend.

Tampa has been undergoing major infrastructure upgrades to protect the vulnerable city from flooding, but as Hurricane Ian barrels toward Florida’s west coast, the project is still years from completion. Construction is only about 30% done, said Sean Sullivan, executive director of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. “The potential area of inundation for the same intensity storm would be greater in the Tampa Bay area,” he said. The region has not borne the brunt of a major hurricane since 1921. “The Tampa Bay area hasn’t seen this type of storm in decades, if not 100 years,” said Rick Davis, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tampa office.

☆ Casino company Hard Rock to spend $100 million to raise employee wages
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Contessa Brewer | Contessa Brewer Is A Correspondent For Cnbc. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Cheers and tears — that’s how thousands of Hard Rock workers reacted when they learned their paychecks are about to get a lot bigger. As inflation surges and recession fears linger, Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming will spend more than $100 million to raise wages significantly for half of its U.S. workforce, more than 10,000 employees. In Florida, where the company is headquartered, some team members could get $16,000 more than the state’s minimum wage, Hard Rock said. Inflation is having an impact on the company, resulting in some softening in July, Allen said. Rising rates and pressure on people’s savings could put pressure on Hard Rock for the second half of 2022 and the first two quarters of 2023, he said.

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☆ Reprezentanta Mexicului a fost încoronată Miss Univers 2021 (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Andrea Meza, reprezentanta Mexicului, a fost încoronată Miss Univers 2021 duminică seară în Statele Unite, la finalul unei gale în timpul căreia Miss Myanmar a denunţat lovitura de stat organizată de armată în ţara sa, informează AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. Ediţia din 2020 a acestui concurs de frumuseţe a fost anulată din cauza pandemiei de coronavirus. Concursul a fost prezentat de actorul Mario Lopez şi de Olivia Culpo, fostă Miss Univers 2012. Ea îi succede lui Zozibini Tunzi, din Africa de Sud, încoronată Miss Univers 2019. Câştigătoarea din 2021 a fost desemnată de un juriul format din opt femei.

Persons: Andrea Meza, coronavirus, Mario Lopez, Olivia Culpo, Zozibini, Suu Kyi, Bernadette Organizations: Miss, Miss Univers Locations: Mexicului, Statele Unite, Myanmar, Brazilia, Peru, Hollywood, american Florida, Africa de Sud, Thuzar, Miss Singapore, Singapore

Andrea Meza, reprezentanta Mexicului, a devenit Miss Univers 2021, eveniment petrecut duminica seară în Statele Unite. Concursul a fost prezentat de actorul Mario Lopez şi de Olivia Culpo, fostă Miss Univers 2012. Câştigătoarea din 2021 a fost desemnată de un juriul format din opt femei, scrie go4media.ro. Andrea Meza este de meserie make-up artistă și modelă, este lutpătoare pentru egalitate de gen. Meza este a treia reprezentantă a Mexicului care învinge la Miss Univers. Ediția Miss Univers 2020 a fost anulată din cauza pandemiei.

Persons: Andrea Meza, Învingătoarea, Mario Lopez, Olivia Culpo, Zozibini Organizations: Miss, Miss Univers, Univers Locations: Mexicului, Statele Unite, Brazilia, Peru, Hollywood, american Florida, Africa de Sud

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