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Lawmakers have said school safety is a priority this session, but it is still unclear whether they’ll listen to Uvalde families who want to raise the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic guns from 18 to 21.

Wilson, who would be the first Black chief judge in New York state, was tapped following the rejection of Hector LaSalle.

That means neither the new chief judge nor the new associate judge would be Latino.

A bill introduced by the governor, whose first pick to lead the state’s sprawling court system was rejected by Senate Democrat last month, would speed up the process of nominating a new judge to the Court of Appeals should Hochul choose to elevate a current associate judge to chief judge.

A proposed change to the census faces opposition from Afro-Latino groups, and exposes conflicts among Latino communities.

Fort Dodge police have made an arrest in connection to a string of robberies dating back to October 2022.

A sort of collective amnesia sets in as organizations begin to refer to the new category’s long history and develop narratives about the rich cultural basis of the classification. By then, the category is completely institutionalized, and the new classification is, like other classifications, assumed to have existed. —Cristina Mora, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

Residents are still cleaning up all the tree damage left from the ice storm, but high winds this week could bring more challenges.

The rejection of Gov. Kathy Hochul's nominee comes as there is a bigger debate over policing, public safety.

Gov. Hochul's controversial nominee would be first Latino to lead the court.