Latinos Surge But May Not Win Equal Political Clout

I was a pretty heavy Mac user back in the 2000s. This was largely because my studies suited the platform, but there were other reasons. This was where I learned to master the Unix command line. Eventually, I decided that Ubuntu was a better fit for my computing needs.

Proposed changes to how Colorado doles out state education funding have divided school districts, pit rival Democratic-leaning education groups against each other and built bipartisan coalitions on both sides of the fight. Lawmakers’ aim is to reshape the contentious formula used to determine how much money to send to local school districts — and how to divide it up.

“The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold Wednesday, but investors will scrutinize Jerome Powell’s subsequent press conference for hints as to the future rate path,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Politico: The Fed thinks time is on its side. That could get awkward.

“President Biden’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug is the latest in a series of administrative policy moves that anxious Democrats hope will bolster his re-election standing with young voters,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Axios: Biden gives cannabis industry a badly needed win.

“President Biden has been personally involved in intense efforts in recent days to reach a hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which he sees as a crucial element of a much wider strategy at home and abroad,” Axios reports. “The president’s senior advisers say the deal on the table right now is the only conceivable path to a ceasefire in Gaza and to possibly ending a war that has drawn sharp criticism of Biden among some of his key supporters ahead of the presidential election.”