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Rimga Viskanta is pitching her record as a steady hand in two local education crises as she runs for Encinitas mayor in 2026. Her campaign says that experience shows the kind of order, process and calm she would bring to City Hall. Why it matters:…

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Professor Dr. Wilert Puriwat of Chulalongkorn University has been elected president of the Asian Universities Alliance for 2027–2029, making him the first Thai university leader to head the regional group.

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Farm Credit Mid-America customer-owners re-elected four board members and chose 25 people for the 2027 Nominating Committee, strengthening governance as the cooperative manages a mixed agricultural economy.

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Mayor Curt Skoog and Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney are rolling out a Kansas gubernatorial campaign plan centered on housing, schools, health care, rural development and democracy reforms.

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Rimga Viskanta, a candidate for mayor of Encinitas, received the 2026 Gun Sense Candidate distinction from Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety.

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North Carolina legislators have put a constitutional amendment on the November 3 ballot that would let the General Assembly limit how fast local property tax levies can grow.

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Democratic nominee Shawn Harris has endorsed Nikki Porcher ahead of Georgia’s June 16 Labor Commissioner runoff after Porcher led the primary.

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The Best of Tennessee, Inc. was named one of nine recipients of grants from Leadership Now Project’s new Catalyst Fund, a $1 million initiative focused on civic organizations and trusted messengers.

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Former Romanian Prime Minister Petre Roman said AI now moves faster than governments can regulate and urged a global treaty to limit risks without slowing useful innovation.

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Schnelle Tonge’s Palm Beach County judicial campaign reported more than $60,000 raised in its first fundraising report, including donations from 160 contributors and a $20,000 loan from Tonge.

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Allied Market Research says the global astrology market is on track to rise from $12.8 billion in 2021 to $22.8 billion by 2031, driven by online demand, millennial interest and astrology-themed products.

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Street Poller Media says it has surpassed $25 million in monthly managed client ad spend, making the Miami agency the largest player in the street interview ad category.

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Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson and journalist-entrepreneur Melissa Jun Rowley are using two June events in Washington, DC, to push a simple message: narratives shape culture, civic engagement and policy.

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Surveva has launched a polling app that pairs every question with 10 anonymous responses from other users around the world.

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Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2026 says trust in news fell again in Hungary, where just 17% of respondents said they generally trust the news.

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A new national survey from the Foundation for Community Association Research finds that more than 8 in 10 Americans living in homeowners associations, condominiums and housing cooperatives rate their experience positively or neutrally.

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Shiner Law Group founder David Shiner was elected to the Florida Justice Association Board of Directors during the group’s 2026 Annual Convention at The Breakers Palm Beach.

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Former U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow endorsed Korey Hall for Michigan State Senate District 3 on Tuesday, giving the open-seat campaign a high-profile boost in Southeast Michigan.

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ButterflyMan has published Taiwan and the Taiwanese: Freedom, Fabric, and Fragility, a 2026 book that argues Taiwan’s future depends more on civic will, institutions and social resilience than on semiconductors alone.

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Circurna said co-founder and board member Dr. Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco has been elected president of the RNA Society, with his term beginning in 2027 after a President-Elect period starting July 1, 2026. The move spotlights one of the company’s…