Live from NPR news in Washington, on Rylan Barton, the Virginia Supreme Court...
a striking bloated Democrats in the National Redistricting Battle with Republicans today,
“the court ruled that last month's voter referendum in Virginia, which allowed Democrats”
to shift four congressional districts their way, violated the state constitution, Chad Khalil of the member station VPM explains. That victory in the vote was the focus of a lot of the Democratic responses, and they said, you know, broadly that this overturned the popular will. They were kind of varied in different ways, so some Democrats said that they'll try to appeal
it to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others are just looking forward to the midterms. With the old map, Democrats could still pick up one or two seats, so that's sort of interesting. But Republicans, on the other hand, are celebrating. Chad Khalil of VPM reporting, the U.S. is facing a child care crisis, is operating costs and tuition continue to rise, leaving families with few affordable options.
Some places are looking to ramp up supply by removing red tape on new child care centers. Cynthia Abrams with member station WPLN reports Nashville is testing the approach. Nashville has decided to give proposals for new child care centers priority in the zoning process.
“The city is also looking to ease regulations for facilities, making it simply easier to open one.”
The city leaders, like Mayor Freddy O'Connell, hope that removing bureaucratic hurdles could increase supply and have positive ripple effects.
This isn't just a child care problem, it's a workforce problem and ultimately an economic
and family and household problem, because when a national parent can't find care, it is much harder to go to work. Similar approaches have been considered in other states, including California, Washington State, New Hampshire, and Colorado. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.
The unemployment rate held steady last month as employers added 115,000 jobs, but his empire Scott Horsley reports the hiring was largely concentrated in just a handful of industries. Health care, restaurants, retailers, and delivery companies all added jobs last month, while factories and the federal government cut workers. LinkedIn economists Corey Kentanga says it's encouraging the unemployment rate state low,
just 4.3%, but the opportunities to find a job are still limited. We still see that there's not a lot of momentum and job seekers feel that when we ask our members how they feel about their ability to get and hold a job, that is that historic lows. Average wages in April were up 3.6% from a year ago, but much of that gain is being eroded
by inflation, especially with a sharp jump in gasoline prices. Scott Horsley, impure news, Washington. US stocks closed up today in monster energy drinks was one of the top performers. Its overseas expansion has been juicing its earnings. The energy drink maker says international sales were up almost 45% for the quarter at over
a billion dollars, and now make up about 45% of its total revenue.
This is NPR. Three Western US states have announced a new two year deal to stabilize the Colorado River, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Arizona say their proposal would save 3.2 million acre feet of water through 2028, that's enough water to serve more than 25 million people a year.
The deal still needs federal approval and comes after the driest winter on record. Many foods are evaluated using internationally recognized standards, but that wasn't
“so for chocolates key ingredient, Cacao until recently, our annual reports.”
The standardized process of evaluating Cacao took years to develop involves roasting the beans, separating out the shells, and then running the nibs through a mill. Sugar and cocoa butter are added before pouring the resulting chocolate into molds. Juliana Simonis helped develop the process for the Cacao of Excellence program, created by a non-profit in Rome.
Harmonizing the way of talking about a food product is to see the differences, to let people appreciate it. Which helps persuade consumers to pay for higher quality chocolate, thereby benefiting farmers many of whom struggle economically. For NPR news, I'm Ari Daniel.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is having a renaissance with adaptations and performances worldwide. Eddie Isr is taking a one-person production of Hamlet on a worldwide tour, Taylor Swift's fate of a failure recently dominated the charts, and that he Hopkins is delighting fans on TikTok with some of Hamlet's saliliquies, some scholars say Hamlet resonates today as it allows audiences to explore deep emotions and process angst.
This is NPR news. As Hurricane season approaches, a political storm is brewing at the federal disaster agency.
"I've never been a big fan of fame, I really know you get the job done."
But can we afford to lose this vital agency? Whenever there's a disaster, the first thing people say is, "Where's FEMA?" American emergency, the movement to kill FEMA is a brand new series from WNYC's on the media.
