Ellie’s (​​Bella Ramsey) quest for revenge is leading her somewhere far more dangerous than she could’ve possibly imagined that danger gets a face: Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac Dixon Isaac gets a hell of an introduction via a prologue set in 2018—ten years before the events of this season he is visibly irritated by his reports using “voters” as a slur for civilians He tells the men riding with him in the armored vehicle that the term dates back to when the federal government took away the public’s right to vote in response to the threat of the cordyceps infection a linguistic reminder of authority’s slide into fascism It seems like Isaac has had enough of all that When his transport is stopped by a bunch of civilians he instructs all but one—the youngest of the soldiers the only one who doesn’t understand how “voters” became a slur—to stay in the truck Isaac subsequently shakes hands with a woman who came out to meet him and tells the boy beside him to make a choice: Join or die the version of it that Ellie is about to meet We are reintroduced to him mid-interrogation as he rhapsodizes about the difference between copper and cast iron cookware for retaining heat He’s doing this because he’s holding hostage a Seraphite whom he intends to burn until he learns the cult’s next target It’s a mean snapshot of how things are in Seattle: Both the WLF and the Seraphites are locked in a conflict that neither side can remember the origin of an endless cycle of violence that no one in charge seems interested in ending Isaac (also portrayed by Wright) gets a lot of backstory divulged in documents you can find throughout the game Players can piece together how he cofounded the WLF with four others who were dissidents fed up with FEDRA’s tyrannical rule over Seattle eventually expelling the government by force and consolidating Seattle's population in the SoundView Stadium (based on Lumen Field the real-life home of the Seattle Seahawks) He is controversial for his bloodthirsty warmongering over the Seraphites and his iron grip on Seattle’s population doesn’t seem that different from FEDRA’s overreach But Isaac has also undeniably kept the people of Seattle safe and that uncomfortable mix of fear and reassurance is what keeps him in power due to the structure of The Last of Us Part II none of this is going to become clear until the story swings over to Abby’s (Kaitlyn Dever) perspective further down the line her commanding officer—and it’s also through her eyes that viewers might have the opportunity to see how the regular non-militia citizens of Seattle are living under the WLF regime (The SoundView Stadium is an interesting counterpoint to the community in Jackson.) that the rest of it is focused on the budding romance between Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) Each finds something of some consequence: Dina gets some pregnancy tests to privately confirm a suspicion that she’s expecting thanks to her brief fling with Jesse (Young Mazino) sweetly playing “Take on Me” as Dina joins her for a private concert taught her how to play—which gives the close viewer a moment to consider the things about the pre-apocalyptic world that these young people are and aren’t familiar with knows about the Apollo space missions in great detail These details—and the aforementioned A-ha song—all come straight from the game and are great bits of heartbreaking contextualization they came of age in a world of horror and are choosing to wade further into it Stumbling across a WLF patrol massacred by Seraphites and Dina sees it—which leads to a fraught moment when they finally take shelter in an abandoned theater and Dina holds Ellie at gunpoint she doesn't believe it when Ellie tells her that she’s immune and spends the night twitchily watching over her and confesses her own secret: Not just that she’s pregnant but that seeing Ellie bitten made her realize she was going to lose the life Dina had imagined with her Ellie tries to convince Dina that she doesn’t need to come along on this journey of revenge It’s not clear yet if either of them realize how much bigger the WLF is compared to what they thought they’d be facing I'm gonna be a dad,” she jokes the night before.) Dina and tells her they're doing this together—for better or worse Live Updates From the 2025 Met Gala See All the Fashion, Outfits, and Looks on the Met Gala Red Carpet Plus, Who Made VF’s Best-Dressed List The Met Gala’s Tailored for You Theme Winners: Who Did It Best Everything to Know About the 2025 Met Gala How to Watch the Met Gala Livestream Designer Prabal Gurung Recalls His First Met Gala Revisit the Most Unforgettable Met Gala Looks of All Time exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as he speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington Secretary of Energy Chris Wright catapulted himself—and his views on climate change—into the national spotlight It started with a corporate dust-up over jacket logos a Texas oil and gas firm tried to order company jackets from The North Face but the outdoor apparel giant refused because it didn't want its brand associated with fossil fuels Wright worked as the CEO of Liberty Energy a Denver-based fracking services firm he founded a decade earlier The company’s corporate headquarters are less than a mile from the VF Corporation the parent company overseeing The North Face.  Fossil fuel advocates enlisted Wright to help call out the jacket rejection as a bit of hypocritical virtue signaling He already had a reputation for using humor to confront his critics having once filmed himself taking a shot of fracking fluid with his staff to show critics the solution was safe The campaign earned no shortage of local and national media coverage a self-described “tech nerd turned entrepreneur,” leveraged the exposure to advance one of his favorite arguments: fossil fuels contribute the raw material and energy behind almost everything good about living in the 21st Century — including high-end puffy jackets.  “You can’t make a windmill, a solar farm, a nuclear power plant or a hydroelectric dam, for that matter, without oil and gas,” he told Fox News’ host Greg Gutfeld during an interview about the jacket spat The incident offered a preview of the rhetoric and showmanship Wright has brought to energy policy in the new Trump administration Wright recalled how his initial interest in energy started with a passion for nuclear fusion He left Denver to study the topic at MIT before researching solar energy during graduate school at the University of California Wright later made his fortune in the oil and gas industry after returning to Colorado a company offering the kind of fracking services that have fueled the recent boom in fossil fuel production across North America he maintained an interest in alternative energy sources investing in geothermal energy startup Fervo and sitting on the board of Oklo He also developed a distinct view on climate change during his career Unlike previous Republican energy policy leaders Wright acknowledges that burning fossil fuels has already increased global temperatures that scientists have vastly exaggerated the consequences of climate change and that continued human progress requires more oil And the solution to climate change is to evolve our energy system,” Wright said during his confirmation hearing in January.   That position helped him win confirmation votes from seven Senate Democrats, including Sen. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet. To explain their support, both Colorado senators released statements saying they don’t agree with Wright on everything but respect his expertise in energy innovation and technology.  But Wright’s critics see his views on global warming as a dangerous and self-serving misinterpretation of climate science the fundamental role of fossil fuels in modern life is precisely the problem Without a rapid shift to other energy sources humanity risks undoing the types of progress Wright and his allies love to celebrate “Chris Wright has a net worth of over $150 million,” said Margaret Kran-Annexstein the director of the Colorado chapter of the Sierra Club “He’s just out of touch with the everyday folks here in Colorado and the pretty extreme realities we’re facing from climate disasters and the harms of fossil fuel production.” Wright did not respond to a request from CPR News for an interview about his thoughts on climate change Wright has found his biggest platform yet for the environmental views he detailed in countless past TED Talks He’s also given his thinking a new name: climate realism “Recently, I've been called a climate denier or climate skeptic,” he said during a keynote address at CERAWeek a major oil and gas conference held in Houston in March He explained that the label categorizes him as someone willing to acknowledge the trade-offs of non-fossil fuel energy sources By prioritizing wind and solar development Wright said former President Joe Biden saddled U.S and his administration made it harder for poorer countries to raise their standard of living by denying permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals Wright has worked to reverse those policies during the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term. As a part of a broader directive to “unleash American energy,” he’s approved new LNG export terminals undone efficiency rules for home appliances and trumpeted the benefits of alternative energy sources like geothermal and nuclear His CERAWeek speech demonstrated a new way for Trump administration officials to discuss climate change, distilling ideas he’d explored at length in an 180-page Liberty Energy report last year.  Wright concludes that climate change is real but not nearly the greatest threat to human life; energy poverty presents a far more pressing problem; and fossil fuels are essential to help the vast majority of the human population improve their lives It’s a line of thinking Wright developed by reading writers like Bjorn Lomborg a former science policy scholar at the University of Colorado Both have argued that climate scientists vastly overstate the threat posed by climate change while overlooking the immediate costs of their prescriptions Before Wright joined the Trump administration he founded the Bettering Human Lives Foundation in January 2024 to help distribute cleaner cooking stoves in sub-Saharan Africa the foundation’s executive director and Wright’s sister-in-law said in January that the nonprofit has given nearly $700,000 in low-interest loans to help businesses in Ghana and Kenya The non-profit’s board includes a retired president of Chevron the CEO of Occidental Petroleum and Liberty Energy’s current CEO.  In her book "The Language of Climate Politics," Genevieve Guenther a climate activist and researcher at The New School in New York City identifies Wright’s thinking as a part of a rising trend of so-called “lukewarmerism.” she told CPR News that “lukewarmers” acknowledge global warming is real but argue the economic benefits offered by fossil fuels outweigh the consequences of living on a hotter planet.  “It's almost as if he has acknowledged that climate change is real just as a kind of feint to make him seem reasonable,” Guenther said “What he’s really saying is one denier talking point after another: fires aren’t getting worse hurricanes aren’t becoming more intense and flooding isn’t increasing.” In Colorado, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says climate change alarmism has hurt energy development One particular point of skepticism for Wright is the link between climate change and wildfires On a recent visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden Wright faced questions about the 2021 Marshall fire which destroyed more than 1,000 homes and killed two people in Boulder County He rebuffed any suggestion that global warming played a role in the disaster saying wildfires “peaked over 100 years ago.” To blame climate change Wright laid out the argument in greater detail in the 2024 report — the former CU Boulder science policy expert — shows the total acreage burned across the U.S reached its highest levels in the early 1930s That figure plummets throughout the 20th century due to the creation of the U.S Forest Service and its fire suppression efforts Jennifer Balch, a fire scientist and the director of the Earth Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, said the line of argument has a few major issues. The data behind the graph comes from flawed reports compiled by the federal government prior to the arrival of fire-tracking satellites in the 1980s Balch acknowledged that blazes may have covered vast landscapes in earlier centuries due to Native American prescribed burns and the overall lack of fire suppression. Over the last few decades, however, more reliable information has shown that climate change has led to a steady increase in the total area impacted by fires globally While Wright argues that better forest management is the key to protecting communities Balch notes that the approach has its limits started in grasslands and stormed through suburban communities in the dead of winter The disaster occurred amid record dry and warm weather conditions she said climate change only made more likely “One of the ways to deal with it is to mitigate our fossil fuels,” Blach said “It’s going to be a tragic scenario if we hand our children and our grandchildren a more fiery future because we didn't deal with it ourselves.” insists future generations deserve the same cheap abundant fossil fuels humanity enjoys today and likely will need even a greater supply over the coming decades Colorado Postcards are snapshots of our colorful state in sound. 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All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page An official website of the United States government The Department of Energy (DOE) today released the following statement from U.S Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on President Trump’s 2026 Budget released this morning: WASHINGTON— The Department of Energy (DOE) today released the following statement from U.S “This is a consequential moment in American history—thanks to President Trump’s leadership the Energy Department has an opportunity to help the nation restore energy dominance and modernize our nuclear weapons stockpiles This administration’s budget proposal for the Energy Department supports those efforts and will ensure that the Department accomplishes its mission while also fulfilling President Trump’s promise to restore the responsible stewardship of the American taxpayer’s dollars.”                                                                                                   ### Here's what we know about the warlord from the video game and how the show fills in some of the blanks the actress shares her hopes for the crew bringing the Wizarding World to the small screen the only realized skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright known for restoring the Mayo Hotel in Tulsa won the auction with a $1.4 million bid and is now preparing to take over the landmark after months of legal disputes and bankruptcy proceedings The building was sold in March and April of 2024 before Green Copper Holdings and Copper Tree Inc filed for bankruptcy in January after struggling to keep the building open and Blanchard later sold items from inside the building prompting concern and legal disputes involving the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy A Washington County judge ordered that the sale to McFarlin proceed at the originally agreed-upon price of $1.4 million The judge also ruled that the funds be held in a court-managed account until all related debts and liabilities are resolved Any money made from selling artifacts from the tower must either be returned to the buyer or deducted from the total held in the fund Bankruptcy attorney Pat Molloy notes the U.S Bankruptcy Trustee has acknowledged these sales as legal and the Trustee—not the local court—will oversee any sale-related distributions The federal bankruptcy process preempts any prior local proceedings or actions." Read more: Price Tower in Bartlesville to be sold for original $1.4 million Price Tower was originally dedicated in 1956 and is a key part of Bartlesville’s identity said the tower’s closure has had a major impact on the city’s tourism and you have one of your best tourism assets going through this kind of turmoil Gus also emphasized the cultural significance of the building: “It's a representation of that oil and gas industry but it also represents the other things Bartlesville has found so important—arts Read more: Bartlesville’s Price Tower set for auction in May 2025 following bankruptcy Graham joined the News 9 team in February of 2025 He is dedicated to sharing the diverse stories that have shaped his country and his community The federal bankruptcy process preempts any prior local proceedings or actions.\" Read more: Price Tower in Bartlesville to be sold for original $1.4 million Read more: Bartlesville’s Price Tower set for auction in May 2025 following bankruptcy and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is ranked #1 in Ohio for producing primary care physicians in the 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings from U.S the Boonshoft School of Medicine ranked an impressive 38th among medical schools for graduates practicing in primary care The Boonshoft School of Medicine continued to make its mark in community-focused health care ranking second in Ohio and 37th nationally for graduates serving rural communities and third in Ohio for producing physicians who practice in medically underserved areas “These rankings are particularly relevant in the state of Ohio where we have a critical and growing shortage of primary care physicians,” said Raj Mitra dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Premier Health Ohio faces a projected deficit of 1,200 primary care physicians threatening patient access to essential care potentially worsening health disparities among vulnerable populations The Boonshoft School of Medicine’s commitment to addressing the physician shortage is reflected in the choices of its recent graduates nearly 40% have entered primary care fields with 47% of the class of 2025 matching into primary care residencies Many graduates are also choosing to stay close to home: more than 43% remained in Ohio for residency training Wright State’s medical curriculum develops physicians who excel in any specialty by providing diverse clinical experiences across its partner institutions Wright-Patterson Medical Center and the Dayton VA Medical Center “Boonshoft School of Medicine graduates are recognized throughout the health care community for their exceptional clinical skills and patient-centered approach,” he said “This comprehensive training creates versatile physicians equipped to address the most pressing health care needs of our communities.” The School of Medicine was also ranked in the second tier for primary care nationally and the third tier for medical research in the 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings including Premier Health and Dayton Children’s Hospital The Boonshoft School of Medicine has built its reputation on educating culturally diverse students and emphasizing service learning and patient-centered primary care establishing itself as a national leader in community-based medical education “Our highly dedicated core and voluntary faculty and staff provide students with exceptional experiences in multiple primary care settings, including urban, rural and academic practice environments,” said Harminder Grewal, M.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine based at Five Rivers Family Health Center in Dayton trains 30 residents with a focus on patient-centered principles The program consistently attracts top talent from Wright State and across the nation with many graduates choosing to continue their practice locally Wright State’s Department of Pediatrics delivers education focused on comprehensive primary care for infants while preparing residents in family practice and other disciplines to meet children’s primary care needs The Internal Medicine program operates as a “clinical department without walls,” leveraging partnerships with Premier Health’s Miami Valley Hospital and Wright-Patterson Medical Center to provide diverse clinical experiences Addressing critical physician shortages in rural communities the Boonshoft School of Medicine has developed targeted initiatives to increase physician presence in rural Ohio: Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine is ranked #1 in Ohio for producing primary care physicians in the 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings from U.S. News and World Report. Continue reading → National Trustee and and Premier Health physician Anuj Goyal was re-appointed to a four-year term on the Wright State University Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Continue reading → Wright State President Sue Edwards challenged the class of 2025 to dream boldly and embrace their potential for greatness while acting with kindness and integrity. Continue reading → The Board of Trustees approved a balanced university budget plan that supports Wright State’s academic mission and continues investing in student success and career readiness.   Continue reading → Wright State engineering students showcased their technical expertise and creative problem-solving at the annual Senior Design Expo. Continue reading → Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Chicago College of Optometry faculty member chosen to help shape national vision health strategies The NEHEP Planning Group is a national team of leading professionals in eye health, public health communication, and community outreach. Members advise on the development and implementation of NEHEP activities, recommend program priorities, review educational resources, and help align efforts across the NEHEP Partnership. They also contribute directly to NEHEP’s mission of making eye health a national public health priority. As a faculty member at Midwestern University, Dr. Wright’s appointment reflects both her clinical expertise and her ongoing commitment to improving health education for populations at higher risk for vision loss.  “My role on the NEHEP Planning Group lets me bring the latest in eye health research and community outreach right into my work at Midwestern University,” Dr. Wright said. “I’m excited to translate innovative strategies into everyday lessons and care, inspiring students to become proactive advocates and providing patients with clear, relatable guidance for protecting their vision.” This national appointment highlights Midwestern University’s dedication to advancing public health through both patient care and professional leadership. Dr. Wright’s contributions to the NEHEP Planning Group will help shape national strategies aimed at preventing vision loss and improving eye health outcomes across the country. 2025Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyBy an attendant memory      she is walking obeying the familiar path that curves toward downstairs      sound of water being drawn Be the shoulders dusted as shoulders can glare Be the windows let up and the centenarian tree dependably there; be This is drawn from “The Essential C. D. Wright.” After three episodes spent ripping our hearts out while laying the groundwork for its new status quo The Last of Us settled into a sort of normalcy this week in the aptly titled “Day One.” The episode even kicks off with a flashback the opening sequence introduces us to the origins of Isaac Dixon the present-day leader of the Washington Liberation Front rebelling against FEDRA’s authoritarian grip on Seattle Isaac was a FEDRA lieutenant who defected to the WLF in a showy display of loyalty by killing his own team tossing grenades into their armored truck with a blasé flip of his wrist aided in no small part by the fact that Jeffrey Wright returned to play the character he originated in the video game (similar to Merle Dandridge portraying Marlene in both the game and the show’s first season) (I also should mention that Josh Peck played one of the FEDRA bozos Isaac blows up because it turns out that’s all anyone Googled about the show in the last 24 hours I sometimes use Google Trends to figure out which questions I should answer in my recaps but this time I was the one learning something You may also recognize the lone FEDRA dude Isaac spared because he’s played by Ben Ahlers from The Gilded Age.) Wolves defect from the WLF and join the Seraphites By the time the hostage willingly holds out his hand for another scalding hot Mauviel saucepan to the skin Isaac realizes he will never get any information out of this guy - so he shoots him Though Isaac doesn’t seem nearly as weary as he did eleven years prior he retains the same calm demeanor while assessing the situation and doing what he thinks he must do whose rage has her planning a solo frontal assault on a WLF outpost until Dina talks her out of it I have a feeling there’s a reason we’re learning so much about her boss this week Ellie is going to have her work cut out for her if she has to outmaneuver Isaac Not that Ellie knows anything about Isaac yet She and Dina are still getting the lay of the land and after their quiet tour of the city (complete with a beautiful musical number straight from the game as Ellie serenades Dina with an acoustic rendition of “Take On Me”) they decide to infiltrate that broadcast tower emblazoned with “WLF” at night (thank you for stopping her Inside they discover a Wolf riddled with arrows Ellie quickly realizes that this is the work of the same religious cult they’d found dead in the woods and that there’s more going down in Seattle than they realized Turns out the WLF isn’t alone in their brutality but they’re still bad news - and just as Ellie is putting this all together more Wolves arrive to see what happened in their station Ellie and Dina are able to make a getaway, but not without having to kill two soldiers and drawing attention to themselves. They’re chased into an abandoned subway station, where the WLF nearly has them cornered, until a horde of Infected comes rushing out of the tunnels. Props to director Kate Herron (Loki season one) who stages a tense escape as Ellie and Dina race through a subway car with Infected right on their heels and just as an Infected is about to bite her Ellie shoots her arm out and takes the bite instead Props to Kate Herron for the entire episode from our first real look at the WLF and Isaac to that serenade and the subway attack but it all leads up to the moment of truth between Ellie and Dina that we’ve been waiting for expecting to shoot her best friend in the head until Ellie confesses that she’s immune and they’d worked hard to keep it hidden for Ellie’s safety but now Joel’s gone and Ellie has to reveal it to the next most important person in her life the way Ellie says she’d die for Dina she drops her own truth bomb: She’s pregnant The morning after is filled with beef jerky-flavored kisses and more honesty as Dina admits she always knew how Ellie felt about her just like she always knew she didn’t feel that way about Jesse (who is the father - though Ellie’s gonna be the daddy) When Dina explains that her early admission of bisexuality was shut down by her mother that earlier scene where Ellie and Dina speculate about what all the rainbow flags in Seattle might mean takes on more weight It’s not a throwaway joke but an insight into how much culture was lost in the apocalypse and what that might mean for kids like Ellie and Dina who never knew what life was like in the before-times Surviving a zombiepocalypse won’t change your sexuality but it will change how much community and support you have around you Their time basking in their newly confirmed romance and planning their upcoming parenthood is short-lived They hear a WLF radio burst that mentions Nora Ellie is still going to continue her mission but isn’t sure she wants Dina to take the risk alongside her is quite sure that she’s going along no matter what - but now that the “will they or won’t they?” is out of the way will Ellie be able to focus if Dina is around when the sh*t hits the fan Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission 10 of first-degree murder premeditated while armed two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed possession of a firearm during a crime of violence unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict and carrying a pistol without a license outside his home or place of business The charges stemmed from an incident on Jan “This is an act of retaliatory violence committed by individuals–[Wright’s] own family–who saw themselves as above the law,” the prosecutor told the court According to the prosecution,  Wallace and Glover prevented the legal investigation of another murder by killing Wright “Many of his family members noted that he may not have been a saint but nothing can justify what happened to Mr being gunned down in the street,” said Judge Park everybody,” Wright’s mother said about her son in a victim impact statement “I thank God for getting these animals off of these streets so the next generation will be a little better and I continue to do so,” Wallace told the court and this jury was not a jury of my peers.”  a key witness who testified against him did so to gain a personal benefit He chose not to address the court to avoid making any statement that might jeopardize his defense Wallace was sentenced to 420 months’ imprisonment for the charge of first-degree murder premeditated while armed to run concurrently with 108 months for the charge of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence Those two sentences will run consecutively with 120 months for assault with intent to kill which is concurrent with 108 months for the second count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence Concurrent with all other sentences is 32 months for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict Glover received four concurrent sentences: 252 months’ imprisonment for the charge of second-degree murder while armed 108 months for possession of a firearm during a crime of violence 30 months for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict and 30 months for carrying a pistol without a license outside his home or place of business Wallace and Glover each must serve five years of supervised release and register as gun offenders Judge Park ordered Wallace to pay $500 to the Victims of Violent Crime fund and Glover to pay $400 No further hearings are scheduled in these cases © Copyright 2025 D.C. Witness Powered by Team MindShift By Andres Picon | 05/05/2025 07:03 AM EDT The White House’s fiscal 2026 plan proposes sweeping cuts to programs with bipartisan support Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the White House in February He'll field questions from lawmakers this week on deep budget cuts Congressional appropriators and Trump administration officials could butt heads this week as the White House’s budget proposal comes under new scrutiny Several panels will host the leaders of the Department of Energy the Department of Agriculture and other agencies for some of the first fiscal 2026 spending hearings — just days after the administration unveiled its initial budget plan The so-called skinny budget proposes sweeping cuts to federal energy and environment initiatives and other programs that enjoy significant bipartisan support Appropriators on both sides of the aisle have already signaled that they want answers about why programs they funded are now on the chopping block “The executive branch can’t just think we can automatically — or will automatically — pass whatever they produce when their process is over,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters last week “I need [more information] to be able to craft something that politically can get through the committee and hopefully across the floor,” he said the more they’ll be satisfied with the product.” The hearings will be administration officials’ first opportunity to publicly defend the proposed reductions before Congress Lawmakers were expecting the budget plan to lay out steep cuts because of the efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency but some appear to have been alarmed by the breadth of the proposal and indicated that they would push back Congressional appropriators and the White House have disagreements on spending priorities every year but even high-ranking lawmakers loyal to Trump criticized the White House’s plan Friday Armed Services Committee chairs were particularly disappointed Cole referred to the proposed budget as a “clear starting point” for appropriators Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said it is “simply one step in the annual budget process.” Collins noted that it arrived late and said it was missing “key details.” She said she has “serious objections” about the lower-than-expected defense top line and the proposed elimination of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program biomedical research funding and other personal priorities it is Congress that holds the power of the purse,” she said in a statement “The Appropriations Committee has an aggressive hearing schedule to learn more about the President’s proposal and assess funding needs for the coming year.” The House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee’s hearing with Wright on Wednesday will likely see Republicans praise proposed cuts to DOE programs focused on energy efficiency Wright will have to answer for the administration’s calls to gut bipartisan priorities such as carbon management the chair of the Energy-Water Subcommittee said in a brief interview last week that he had already spoken with Wright about programs that are “near and dear to my heart,” including DOE’s environmental management initiative which the budget plan proposes to cut by $389 million not only in Oak Ridge [National Laboratory] but all across the United States,” Fleischmann said “There’s going to be a lot of commonalities and common ground,” he said about the budget plan before seeing it “but there’s going to be some areas that probably will be funded at a level less than I would like We will deal with it and get a bill done.” Asked if he feels that the proposed cuts would undermine the appropriations that his own subcommittee and others approved last year Fleischmann demurred and suggested appropriators are going to have to be flexible and continue advocating for their preferred programs as they have always done “Not to say undermining; we’re just going to have to deal with it,” he said “It’s the environment in which we find ourselves it’s playing with the allocations that are given to us and making sure that we have our priorities.” Appropriators in both chambers could grill Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on the billions of dollars in proposed cuts to USDA programs dedicated to rural development agricultural research and forest management will face questions from the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday about the $646 million reduction the White House is requesting for his agency’s non-disaster grants Republican lawmakers say the hearings will be an opportunity to jump-start the fiscal 2026 spending negotiations and are looking forward to beginning the process of working with the administration to achieve spending cuts and making the government more “efficient.” “My kind of continuing theme is: Things are changing and things have to change,” said Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) let’s figure out a way to make the changes make everything work better for the American people,” she said Schedule: The House Appropriations Financial Services-General Government Subcommittee hearing is Tuesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 2359 Rayburn and via webcast Schedule: The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing is Tuesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 2358-C Rayburn and via webcast Witness: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Schedule: The Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee hearing is Tuesday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. in 124 Dirksen and via webcast Witness: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Schedule: The House Appropriations Energy-Water Subcommittee hearing is Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in 2359 Rayburn and via webcast Schedule: The House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee hearing is Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in 2362-A Rayburn and via webcast Schedule: The House Budget committee hearing is Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in 210 Cannon and via webcast Schedule: The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on FEMA is Wednesday, May 7, at 2 p.m. in 2008 Rayburn and via webcast Witness: FEMA acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton Schedule: The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity is Thursday, May 8, at 9 a.m. in 2008 Rayburn and via webcast Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Schedule: The Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing is Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. in 124 Dirksen and via webcast Request a FREE trial to receive unlimited access to Dozens of people in Muskogee are remembering a man who died after being found severely injured on a road There was a vigil Sunday for Ashton Wright The people out there say their goal was to make sure people don’t forget about Wright and to show they aren’t giving up on finding out what happened Loved ones of Wright held up signs and wore shirts with his face on them not pushed under the rug but it slows down after a month or two so I just want to remind people that we’re not going to give up on him,” said Markaya Breshears His family says Wright was a good father and loved making people laugh The goal of the vigil was to get people talking about Wright’s case and other murder victims’ cases in Muskogee “I hope they just realize it can happen to anybody I didn’t think I was going to lose my brother at 16 and my nephew obviously was going to lose his dad It means a lot to his family to see so many people supporting Wright and asking for answers on what happened to him “It’s crazy because you don’t really think these things will happen to you and you don’t really know how many people support you or in your corner Muskogee Police say Wright was found at South L St and Frankfort St severely hurt on March 31st He was taken to the hospital where he died Muskogee Police haven’t said if any arrests have been made in this case If you have any information that can help investigators you are encouraged to reach out to Investigator J 'You crave answers': Eufaula woman searching for peace after her brother found injured in the road in Muskogee before dying Muskogee Police identify 21-year-old man found injured in street before death; 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Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience ALABASTER – The Shelby County Schools Board of Education delivered a special presentation to honor one of the county’s most successful baseball coaches with a commemoration he will not soon forget During a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday May 1 at the Shelby County Instructional Services Center the board unanimously approved a motion to name the baseball field at Vincent Middle High School as “Kenny Wright Field.” The new name is presented in honor of former Vincent baseball coach Kenny Wright who coached the program starting in 1980 and ending his tenure in 1992 Over the course of his career with the Yellow Jackets Wright is the only coach to have won back-to-back state championships with those coming in the 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons shared a sentimental embrace with Wright when presenting him with the honor as he knows him on a personal level which made the moment special “What I’d like everyone to know is how much this means to me to be able to present this to coach Wright,” Brooks said “I met coach Wright as a 23-year-old young kid head coach and didn’t know what I was doing he and his wife Jane… I’m just appreciative of so much that I learned from coach and so thankful for the opportunities that we had together as friends to impact children’s lives and kids’ lives “I’m just grateful for his journey in Shelby County Schools but more so in our beloved Vincent community This is a special honor for me to be able to present this.” the board presented three teachers the Owens-Young Award which spotlights teachers who show exemplary integration and leadership with technology in the classroom The award honors Denise Owens and Michael Young who were both former Shelby County Schools employees that passed away but were innovative in those areas during their careers This year’s winners of the Owens-Young Award were Krista Bender of Oak Mountain Intermediate School Heather English of Chelsea Middle School and Tamika Whitt of Calera High School Each teacher will receive a $1,000 check to be used in their classroom towards the purchase of any technology advancement The board also approved a bid for CNP smallwares which was awarded to Mobile Fixture and Equipment for its price bid on the items as well made the approval for personnel actions related to human resources Just one AAC game is on Monday’s college basketball schedule That contest is the Wichita State Shockers squaring… The Memphis Grizzlies (38-22) face the Atlanta Hawks (27-33) as 8.5-point favorites on Monday take on the Brooklyn Nets (21-39).… The Wichita State Shockers versus the North Texas Mean Green is a game to catch on the Monday… The Monday college basketball slate has plenty of exciting matchups in store Our computer model has suggested picks… What would make you consider a digital subscription to Shelby County Reporter View Results A former Spartanburg County Sheriff's sergeant has filed a lawsuit alleging unlawful termination and political retaliation against the department and Sheriff Chuck Wright Tracy Moss contends Wright fired her after his political opponent's election sign was discovered near her family member’s property  She is seeking a "reasonable sum for damages." Wright and the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office were named in the lawsuit filed on April 23 The court record included details about a Wright “hit list” of people whom he suspected supported Nick Duncan The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office declined to comment on the lawsuit Wright announced in March that he would take an unspecified leave of absence from the department a large campaign sign supporting Duncan was placed on an empty lot next to Moss’s brother-in-law’s business the lawsuit contends Wright told Moss’s supervisor that she was “pulling for” Duncan and that he was “going to have to fire her." with the department for more than two decades and Chief Deputy Billy Parris told her she was terminated Wright and Parris responded that there were people at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg and the Department of Social Services who “did not like” her More: What Limestone University closing means for athletes, including lacrosse, transfer portal Wright also requested that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigate Moss for misconduct involving the closure of cases in the computer system A letter signed by Parris and dated June 27 said she had been found in violation of two rules  The letter concluded that Moss’s termination would be effective immediately “due to the magnitude of these violations as well as what SLED will potentially discover.”  The lawsuit also outlines that after her termination SLED determined the case against Moss was unfounded and had received information from Parris stating that “no criminal acts were found during the…investigation.”  Kelly Frohning is a Dieterich resident who is on a committee to bring the Imagination Library to Dieterich and Montrose In order for the program to come to a new area community partners are needed to help enroll children in the program and pay the costs for shipping and wholesale books The Imagination Library team coordinates book selections She said the committee has successfully raised about 60% of its $3,000 goal thanks to local supporters like Wright’s Furniture & Flooring who helped cover the initial start-up costs “We’re so grateful that Wright’s Furniture is joining us in expanding the Imagination Library to the children of Dieterich and Montrose,” Frohning said “Their continuous support for community initiatives and dedication to see that Dieterich succeeds is inspiring.” President of Wright’s Furniture & Flooring said he’s seen lots of generosity in the Montrose and Dieterich communities and he’s very excited for Wright’s Furniture to be involved with such an important service for children in the area and she and I along with our three children all attended school in Dieterich,” John Wright said and we are extremely happy to get a book in every child’s hand.” Wright’s Furniture & Flooring has been part of the Dieterich community for more than 136 years Vice President Alex Wright said when Frohning approached Wright’s Furniture about the effort “As a father of two kids under 2 years old reading is a daily activity my wife and I enjoy with our kids,” AlexWright said “We are thrilled the Imagination Library program is now within reach.” Frohning said the committee hopes to raise the $3,000 by July 4 so children can start enrolling Any individuals or businesses who are interested in learning more or donating can contact 217-259-8410 or effingham.imaginationlibrary@gmail.com Wright’s Furniture & Flooring is a fifth-generation family-owned business that is celebrating its 136th anniversary this year Wright’s Furniture & Flooring features a large selection of quality living room commercial and custom furniture as well as a wide selection of flooring The business also offers interior design services in its Dieterich Robinson and Taylorville locations and window treatments through its Wright at Home store in Effingham View Full Calendar Anuj Goyal has served the Wright State Board of Trustees since 2013 National Trustee and Premier Health physician Anuj Goyal, M.D., was re-appointed as a voting member of the Wright State University Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov Goyal has served the Board of Trustees since 2013 initially as a voting member from 2013 to 2019 followed by two consecutive terms as a nonvoting national trustee Governance and Compliance Committee and the chair of the Special Committee on Medicine and Health “Our national trustees are selected because of the expertise they bring to the institution regarding a particular field,” said Tom Gunlock “When they can then transition to a governor-appointed seat and ultimately use that expertise to make decisions on behalf of the university As we shape the future of health care in the region through our transformative partnerships with Premier Health and Dayton Children’s Goyal’s insights and expertise will be invaluable.” Goyal has been a practicing physician in the Dayton area for the past 24 years He is the medical director of the cardiovascular intensive care unit and sleep center at Atrium Medical Center and the intensive care unit at Miami Valley Hospital South He also serves on the Atrium Medical Center Board of Trustees he served as the chief of staff and a member of the Board of Trustees of Good Samaritan Hospital Goyal is a product of and a strong supporter of public education starting from kindergarten at Primary Village South in Centerville and continuing through his final residency training He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University and his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he also completed his residency in internal medicine He completed his training at the Ohio State Medical Center Thanks for visiting If you’ve ever heard ‘Sweet Caroline’ played imagine what 250 or so Neil Diamond fans will sound like when they hit the chorus on May 10 at Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma The Sebastiani Theatre plays host to another of the zillion tribute bands out there. 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Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb The Wright County Board of Supervisors will meet today beginning at 9am You can view the meeting live by clicking the link below: More Weather Details Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will travel to Griffin to tour Rinnai America Corporation’s manufacturing facility Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will travel to Griffin to tour Rinnai America Corporation’s manufacturing facility. Secretary Wright will deliver remarks highlighting the Department’s progress in unleashing American energy dominance and restoring energy leadership in the first 100 days of the Trump Administration.  Secretary Wright has postponed several burdensome Biden-era appliance mandates including the rule targeting non-condensing tankless water heaters Rinnai is the only company manufacturing non-condensing tankless water heaters in the United States A Biden-era rule would have effectively banned these products—putting more than 200 Georgia jobs at risk high-efficiency option from American households The visit marks the Department of Energy’s “First 100 Days of Unleashing American Energy Victories,” which includes: Media wishing to attend must RSVP to DOENews@hq.doe.gov and Jacqueline@policastrocommunications.com (Rinnai America) Oscar-nominated performer Jeffrey Wright is no stranger to prestigious HBO dramas—he was a central figure in Westworld—yet it was still a fun jolt to see him, at last, enter the picture in the 4th episode of The Last of Us season 2 Wright appears as a FEDRA soldier during a flashback to 2018 in Seattle’s quarantine zone We’re in an armored FEDRA van where one of the soldiers (Josh Peck) tells an obnoxious story about how one of his comrades assaulted a bunch of citizens he called “voters.” Another soldier clearly new to the gig of menacing and attacking people he’s nominally supposed to protect His storytelling comrade derides this question as being beside the point but that’s when a sager voice speaks up—Wright’s Isaac “Cause we took away their rights,” he says and somebody started calling them ‘voters’ to mock them who is now on a quest with Dina (Isabel Merced) to hunt down Abby and kill her will find out that Joel died because of her Isaac—after schooling the curious cadet on why they call citizens “voters,” the armored van of FEDRA soldiers is stopped by a group of those voters who may or may not be members of the Washington Liberation Front and Isaac grabs that one curious soldier to go and meet with these voters and see what they want killing everyone (including the obnoxious storyteller) “Day One” was directed by Kate Herron (Loki) and it takes us far outside the punctured citadel of Jackson where Ellie and Dina continue on Abby’s trail The city is embroiled in a fight between two factions the Isaac-led Washington Liberation Front and the Seraphites Seeing her happiness at the idea of being a “father,” as Ellie says she and Dina finally take the next step in their relationship It was a rare joyous moment in what’s been a grim season thus far Ellie and Dina take shelter in an abandoned music store (after moving through a Seattle neighborhood that had been festooned with rainbow flags “Day One” speaks to a new day for Ellie and Dina who have finally begun to take their attraction seriosuly after that playful kiss on New Year’s Eve and Dina’s on-again off-again relationship with Jesse (Young Mazino) seems to officially be off for good (despite the baby being his) she grabs a guitar and starts to sing to Dina It’s one of The Last of Us’s most beautiful sequences with Ramsey’s haunting version of A-ha’s 1985 hit “Take On Me” creating an unquestionably moving moment for the two young lovers “All those lessons from Joel,” Ellie tells Dina after the song ends It’s a sequence that comes straight from the video game The Last of Us Part II it offers a touching portrait of two women falling in love with each other the man who brought them together and whom they loved like a father It’s also not for nothing that “Take On Me” is making its second appearance on the show—the first time we heard it was during Ellie’s mall date with Riley (Storm Reid) This gorgeous scene was offset by a gruesome one—present-day Isaac’s torture of a Seraphite hostage reminds us how awful a world this is Isaac wants to know when and where the Seraphites plan to attack next The fight between the WLF and the Seraphites is a hideous one and it seems there’s no amount of pain that Isaac can inflict upon his captive that will get him to reveal a thing “You’re gonna lose,” the hostage tells Isaac one of your Wolves comes to see the truth and takes Her into their heart,” he replies a Wolf leaves you to take the holy mortification to become a Seraphite And none of us ever leave to become a Wolf.” and he’s a man who has transformed into the very thing he rebelled against FEDRA over He turned on FEDRA because of the way they dehumanized the people they were meant to protect Yet the brutality isn’t just the WLF’s game—Ellie and Dina get an eyewitness account of the lengths the Seraphites are willing to go to They find WLF soldiers in an abandoned news station hanging from the rafters And Ellie and Dina themselves are on a violent mission thus adding to the ceaseless cycle of revenge when Wolves arrive at the scene of their comrade’s murder and then are met in the dark by an infected horde Such is life in The Last Of Us—you are either in the fryer or the frying pan (or being burned by a frying pan while shackled) Ellie reveals her secret to Dina in an attempt to save her—she offers her own arm for an infected to chomp down on buying Dina the time to clamber over a fence to safety Dina is so shaken by Ellie’s bite that she points her gun at her Dina eventually comes to believe Ellie when she confesses her pregnancy as Ellie and Dina discuss all that’s transpired and get deeper into their pasts with each other The walkie-talkie they flinched from a Wolf gives the name “Nora,” a member of Abby’s Salt Lake Crew Ellie is concerned about Dina staying on the mission “Day One” moves the action far north of Jackson and introduces the conflict between the WLF and Seraphites to the story of Ellie and Dina’s vengeance mission This is definitely Ellie and Dina’s series now with Dina supplanting the lost Joel as the most important person in Ellie’s life Given the type of young woman Ellie has become to protect Dina and the baby they might share Featured image: Bella Ramsey and Isabela Merced Keep up with The Credits for the latest in film The Webster City Lynx and Wright County Broncos boys soccer teams returned to action on Friday night as the two faced off with one another in North Central Conference action at Lynx Field in Webster City Webster City entered at 8-0 and ranked #7 in 2A It would be a quick-scoring first half for Webster City as sophomore Israel Torres scored not once but twice in the span of 2 minutes (15′ 16′) with assists from fellow sophomore David Villelas on both goals to put the Lynx ahead 2-0 at halftime senior Francisco Ramirez-Carmona put in a header in the 47th minute with an assist from brother Abisai Ramirez-Carmona to put Webster City up 3-0 The Lynx had more opportunities from there but were unable to convert as they settled for a 3-0 victory Webster City boys soccer returns to action on Monday when they travel to Hampton to take on Hampton-Dumont-CAL in North Central Conference action in Hampton when they host Humboldt in North Central Conference action at 7 PM Nature Photography 101 Workshop comes to Hamilton County Conservation Office this Saturday,May 10th Eagle Grove boys track places 4th at South Hardin Invite Jeffrey Wright as Isaac in Episode 4 of The Last of Us Season 2 Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 4 of The Last of Us Season 2 the Scars) has turned Seattle's streets into a violent battleground As we learn in Episode 4, one of the people at the center of this fight is Isaac Dixon (Jeffrey Wright who also voiced the character in The Last of Us Part II video game) the ruthless leader of the WLF who holds an uncompromising stance about how the Seraphites should be dealt with We see this attitude laid bare in a scene based on a sequence from the game in which Isaac brutally tortures a captive Scar before shooting him in the head when he taunts him about the number of people defecting from the WLF to the Seraphites Marine who became the leader of the WLF following the so-called Thursday Market Massacre an incident that saw Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA) soldiers open fire on Seattle residents peacefully protesting Quarantine Zone food shortages and flipped civilian support from the military to the Wolves This was also after FEDRA had hunted down and killed the founders of the WLF as people continued to starve and the conflict with the Seraphites began to escalate Isaac's reign became more and more dictatorial Episode 4 flips the script of Isaac's WLF beginnings a bit suggesting that he was originally a FEDRA commander who switched sides after witnessing the military's inhumane treatment of Seattle's citizens "People have asked...whether we’ll get a little bit of a backstory about Isaac," Wright teased of the moment in a November interview with TVLine. "We might. It might not be pretty.” Unfortunately, neither she nor Isaac seems to take that mandate too seriously. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website Offers may be subject to change without notice Carlin local Laura Pacini Wright turns 100 on May 7 Although she came to live in Carlin seven years ago where she attended kindergarten through high school We always had to interpret for her,” Laura Wright said We were dirt poor,” she said of her childhood “I lived across the tracks and that was considered the lower class of people “My very first job was an usherette at the Hunter Theatre in Elko please?’ You used to take your flashlight and usher them down to where they wanted to sit,” she said I graduated to cashier at the theater,” she explained “I worked six nights a week – and on Sunday from matinee clear until the last guy was out of the upper where they rolled the film.” “My first big check was $6.25 and they withheld Social Security,” she said the booth was not in the building,” Laura Wright explained The top half was glass and the rest was wood There was just a tall stool for me to sit on I remember they had a rod there that I used to put my roll of tickets on And I remember the prices of those tickets.” The world premiere of “Here Comes the Groom” at the Hunter Theatre in 1951 “The two rows upstairs had the cushion seats in back it was 26 cents and kids were 11 cents,” she said I went and worked at the First National Bank in Elko as a teller a male just out of high school,” she explained His first paycheck for one week was more than I was making after I had worked there 11 years I grabbed a sheet of paper and put it in the typewriter and that was my resignation.” “The manager wanted to talk to me and he did raise my wages a little bit – but not near what his was Wright remarked about how much the city has transformed and grown I could walk all over Elko in 20 minutes.” She recognizes Anacabe’s Elko General Merchandise and Blohm Jewelers from when she was younger She graduated from Elko High School in 1943 attending a graduation ceremony on the stage of the Hunter Theatre and then a reception in the Elks Lodge “We were wondering if any of her classmates are still alive We have no way to trace that,” Laura Wright’s daughter-in-law Rachel Wright said “I wasn't very popular in high school because I lived on the other side of the tracks – and that was low-class people,” Laura Wright said so that doesn't matter,” Rachel Wright said and they were on several different ranches He was a ranch manager but he also worked for the railroad some her life was moving quite often,” Rachel Wright explained “She has the strong backbone of the family She has four children and lots of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild,” Rachel Wright said She still goes to the senior center every day “I used to love to do crossword puzzles and read but because of my macular I can't do that anymore I like to listen to good music,” Laura Wright said She watches Catholic Mass every day on television “I think I'm very blessed to be here in Carlin where they're having so much trouble and flooding and everything,” Laura Wright said Laura and George Wright lived on the Hadley Ranch just outside Carlin during the severe winter of 1948 and 1949 when airplanes flew hay to stranded ranches The two of them helped found the Carlin Riding Club bringing equestrian recreation to the area “We used to hold our meetings down in the basement of the old Catholic church that's still standing here We used to have dances in the old theater here in Carlin,” Laura Wright said Saturday nights were dances and they would come into town,” Rachel Wright said “It was common to get together and do those kinds of things because they didn't have TV they didn't have everything that we have now Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly Email notifications are only sent once a day In addition to following mostly plant-based diets drinking lots of water and getting plenty of quality sleep LONDON — A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old Interviews with people celebrating their 100th birthday always include one question: What’s the secret to your long life Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Energy testifies during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation Colorado lawmakers have just three days left to finalize their work which could include controversial regulations on rideshare companies brings to the administration new language on climate change the government is again collecting from people who got too far behind on student loans which could include more than 100,000 borrowers in Colorado who are in delinquency we answer a question about why we don’t have more fruit trees in public places This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook Wright reprises his role from “The Last of Us Part II” Sunday’s episode of “The Last of Us” Season 2 introduces viewers to Isaac Dixon (Jeffrey Wright) a former FEDRA soldier who turned on the governmental force in favor of joining Seattle’s Washington Liberation Front (W.L.F.) he blows up an entire squad of soldiers who had pledged their loyalty to him and tortures battered member of the Seraphites (Ryan Masson) Isaac, consequently, makes quite the impression in the episode, thanks in no small part to Wright’s reliably magnetic screen presence. What viewers might know is that Isaac is a character that Wright himself actually played in 2020’s “The Last of Us Part II,” the video game that inspired the HBO series’ second season Isaac is an important figure within the franchise’s dystopian world and he will play a pivotal role in its story from here on out Isaac is the totalitarian leader of the Washington Liberation Front (W.L.F.) as viewers discover in “The Last of Us” Season 2 tortures Scars for information and demands complete loyalty to the W.L.F Video game players even learn through discoverable artifacts and items that Isaac coldly banished anyone from the city who was not willing to swear their allegiance to the W.L.F and a considerable force to be reckoned with especially now that Ellie and Dina have ventured into his domain while it is in the middle of an unending war HBO’s “The Last of Us” has already fleshed out Isaac more than its video game source material ever did and he seems primed to have a much larger presence in the show it does not seem likely that the HBO series will diverge too much from Isaac’s overall video game arc for those who want to know what happens to Isaac in “The Last of Us Part II,” keep reading Those who want to avoid any and all potential spoilers for future episodes By the time Ellie and Dina arrive in Seattle in “The Last of Us Part II,” Isaac has already decided that the only way for the W.L.F to actually win its war against the Scars is to plan a full-scale invasion and massacre of the faction’s island located off the coast of Seattle If he does not follow through with his plan Isaac believes the Scars will kill and convert too many W.L.F soldiers in the long run for his side to come out on top The seeds for this plan have already been planted in Isaac’s brutal interrogation scene in “The Last of Us” Season 2 while his eventual invasion initially looks like it will be successful in “The Last of Us Part II,” everything goes wrong when he discovers Abby When Abby refuses to rejoin him and let him kill Lev Abby and Lev escape the W.L.F.’s invasion while Isaac dies offscreen from his gunshot wound Isaac survives most of the Seattle events of “The Last of Us Part II,” though so it seems unlikely viewers of its HBO adaptation will be saying goodbye to Wright’s live-action Isaac anytime soon Just don’t be surprised when and if he eventually makes his exit in much the same manner as his video game counterpart “The Last of Us” airs Sundays on HBO and Max Powered by Graduating this spring with a Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS’25) Angie Wright has expanded her intellectual and professional horizons through rigorous academic inquiry intensive language study and meaningful off-campus experiences profoundly shaping her future path in refugee and human rights law “I studied the Arab world in my undergraduate program I had lived in multiple countries in the region throughout my childhood and adolescence,” Wright says but also an ever-increasing curiosity about its contemporary societies I knew that I wanted to focus my career on the region and ideally live in it as well so deepening my knowledge was non-negotiable.” Wright entered the MAAS program with foundational Modern Standard Arabic skills from her undergraduate minor but credits Georgetown with significantly advancing her language proficiency She highlights courses with Professors Fatima Kharbouch and Mohammad Alahmad alongside her immersive summer at Sijal Institute in Amman supported by a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship: “Learning that I got [the fellowship] and finally getting to Jordan felt like those moments that you know will shape you as a person and that you’ll hold onto forever.” Wright describes her summer in Jordan as transformative [some classmates and I] from Sijal took an inclusive guided trip around the country “Wadi Rum was my favorite place in the country; it was unforgettable.” Wright found a supportive community and stimulating intellectual discussions She valued the interdisciplinary connections she forged especially through her role as secretary for the Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative (MRPI) at the McCourt School of Public Policy providing informal yet enriching opportunities for students to connect Wright participated in intramural soccer with her MAAS classmates “We didn’t win any tournaments,” Wright says with a laugh Wright has also found community in inclusive spaces both on and off campus such as participating in events hosted by Georgetown’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center and even playing clarinet in a symphonic band organized by DC’s Different Drummers Mentorship played a crucial role in Wright’s academic journey an amplifier of my questions and passion and a true friend.” Wright emphasizes the personal impact of Pinheiro’s guidance appreciating her role not just academically but also personally Professor Rochelle Davis provided significant academic and personal guidance fortifying Wright’s pursuit of a career advocating for refugee rights and instilling in her a commitment to human-centered legal practices “Anything I would ever want to express—questions silly humor—has a place to land with her,” Wright says Davis’s openness encouraged Wright to approach her studies with creativity and bold inquiry empowering her to envision herself making meaningful contributions to refugee law adjunct Professors David Neal and Edward Kelly from the Georgetown University Law Center significantly shaped her professional aspirations through their Refugee Law and Policy class “They reciprocated my almost childlike eagerness and inquiry for the subject with the exact same energy and supported me during the semester and in my applications in ways that I am eternally grateful for,” she recalls Their encouragement provided Wright with a critical perspective on her potential and reinforced her commitment to pursuing law school Wright deeply valued the friendships she cultivated at Georgetown such as gathering on the steps below Red Square outside CCAS to catch up and enjoy the beautiful autumn weather became an essential part of her Georgetown experience Wright complemented her Georgetown experience with meaningful off-campus engagements including her role as a barista at Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co This job provided her a unique opportunity to interact regularly with a diverse community enriching her understanding of diaspora communities within the DMV hub she urges incoming graduate students to “Find something that nourishes your spirit.” She also held a research assistantship with adjunct Professor Dania Thafer exploring pertinent policy issues and gaining invaluable experience in policy research and analysis centered on the Gulf region Wright credits these experiences with furthering her understanding of the role of scholarship in policy development and implementation “My interest in international law narrowed down to international refugee and human rights law,” Wright says noting how her experiences at Georgetown influenced her focus “Due to current politics and taking classes focused on domestic migration policies asylum law and constructions of race and class I have felt a growing moral imperative to turn my attention and energy to domestic asylum and immigration law Working to preserve legal protections for vulnerable populations in the U.S could not be more pressing in the current moment.” As she prepares to attend Rutgers Law School next fall Wright intends to dedicate her career to international and domestic refugee law with a focus on the Arab world and people from it with its more theoretical approach and emphasis on Arab voices not only refined her academic curiosity but also amplified her passion for advocacy and empathy most abstract goal is to push our legal and political systems in their capacity to unconditionally protect human beings and their rights,” Wright shares Footballer-turned-pundit Eni Aluko stepped away from co-hosting the Women’s Football Awards this week after a comment she made about retired England goalscorer Ian Wright resulted in an onslaught of criticism It started with Aluko’s appearance on the BBC’s “Woman’s Hour,” which aired on April 23 and was initially focused on a High Court decision earlier that month that found former footballer Joey Barton to have defamed Aluko Throughout her conversation with host Clare McDonnell Aluko spoke about the challenges female broadcasters in football face it has become abundantly clear that many of those stoking the flames of the controversy neglected to listen to the interview in its entirety After the dialogue shifted to the challenges that women working in football face Juventus and the Atlanta Beat and Sky Blue FC in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league as well as for England — called for broadcast networks to double down on their investment in female commentators’ careers which included protection from and support through sexist and misogynist abuse The 38-year-old also highlighted the disparity between opportunities provided to men working in women’s football and women working in men’s football Aluko was measured and thoughtful in her critiques of the English football media landscape her opinions neither unique nor provocative And she certainly wasn’t coming for Wright who has been an incredible advocate for women’s football but also is used a lot as a pundit,” McDonnell said of the 61-year-old and beloved media personality “Is this the kind of thing you’re talking about,” she asked Aluko “that high-profile men come in and that’s taking up space that could be a female appointment?” “I’ve worked with Ian a long time and I think he’s a brilliant broadcaster but I think he’s aware of just how much he’s doing in the women’s game She reiterated the limited spaces available for female broadcasters and pundits and how everyone involved in the growth of the women’s game should be conscious of the hard work equality requires accuse Wright of dominating the women’s game nor did she charge him with actively blocking jobs from female broadcasters But the reaction to the reports of her interview generated a maelstrom so intense that Aluko issued Wright an apology on Instagram two days later Wright has since declined to accept Aluko’s apology a decision he also announced on Instagram along with his wish to “move on” from “any further social commentary directed at anyone on this.” A post shared by Ian Wright (@wrightyofficial) “Ian’s standing in the sport is beyond question,” the statement read, as first reported by the Guardian. “As one of the UK’s most respected and much-loved footballers and sporting broadcasters with a career spanning nearly four decades ally and brilliant broadcaster of women’s football from a grassroots level as well as at the highest international competitions.” Witnessing the unraveling of this story feels like watching people play football for the first time: everybody wants so desperately to score that they’ve resorted to carelessly booting the ball ignoring the fact that the most effective way to win means refusing to be distracted by the illusion of an easy target According to data collected by the UK-based Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS) in 2022 of the 258 broadcast roles that covered sporting events such as the 2022 men’s Euros the 2021 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo 91 (or 35.3 percent) of those jobs went to women Black and Asian women made up just 29 of those roles And for all the inequalities Aluko and Wright face they are still insulated by the relative privilege of their footballing careers; BCOMS also noted that 69.1 percent of the roles filled by Black and Asian broadcasters belonged to former professional athletes A 2015 study published in the International Journal of Organizational Diversity highlighted that although women were well-represented in journalism courses in the UK they accounted for 7 percent of sports journalism courses “indicative of distinct gender barriers that continue to discourage women from studying in this field.” That same year women made up just 5 percent of members in the UK’s Sports Journalists’ Association Neither Aluko nor Wright should be expected to address questions of equity in a sport and industry that have historically excluded women and Black people Those questions should be reserved for television executives who decide who gets to appear onscreen and in what capacity They are the ones who have been repeatedly allowed to coast on half-hearted and performative attempts at change rather than thoughtful strategy that demands their courage and discomfort They are the ones who owe apologies to the marginalized candidates they’ve denied opportunities they were likely overqualified for in the first place due to the stagnation that glass ceilings create They are the ones whose names should be offered up to ravenous comment sections These executives are also profiting from this back and forth from the unpaid labor that Aluko and Wright have performed out of their love for the women’s game and their desire to grow it power-wielding executives from such conversations will only restrict that growth The unglamorous work of allyship is an awareness of the privileged space one occupies and Aluko was right to point out the importance of that awareness in her interview It’s difficult to imagine Wright disagreeing with Aluko’s earlier assertions given the way he uses his platform to champion and share space with women in football media like Flo Lloyd-Hughes “Wrighty’s House.” (It’s worth noting that Aluko’s wording was a bit muddled on this subject: she first said Wright was “aware of how much he’s doing in the women’s game,” and then said “I think he should be aware of that.” It’s unclear whether the latter statement corrected the first or clarified it and McDonnell did not follow up with her.) It’s also difficult to imagine Wright disagreeing with Aluko’s position that men have more opportunities to be involved in women’s football than women do in men’s football which was the context in which she brought up the matter of equity But scarcity is a side effect of the psyche damage of marginalization It is arguably why both Aluko and Wright have been eager to remove themselves from the unwanted spotlight brought on by all of this As two of the few Black English football pundits (and certainly some of the most decorated they are more familiar than most with the burden of representation how every misstep or controversy carries a weightier threat not only to their careers but those of anybody else like them who might aspire to follow similar paths their career takes a hit,” Aluko told McDonnell “And what that effectively is saying indirectly is ‘We’ll pander to this sort of noise,’ because what the Joey Bartons and some male football fans want is for women to get off the TV It’s telling that ITV’s statement offered support for Wright but failed to even mention Aluko The absence of any sort of acknowledgment has opened up the question over Aluko’s future with the company as major tournaments — such as the England men’s World Cup qualifiers and the women’s Euros for which ITV has live and joint-live rights — commence this summer Aluko pulling out of her duties at the Women’s Football Awards an appointment she was originally meant to share with co-hosts Gabby Logan and Jamie Carragher could also be read as a sign of one of those hits Aluko described the ceremony as “the first time an event of this scale was created solely to celebrate the incredible achievements in women’s football and I’m so proud to have been part of it since the beginning I’ve decided to take a step back from being part of the hosting lineup this year,” she said “I don’t want anything to deflect from the joy and celebration that this event is all about and everyone who has worked tirelessly to elevate the women’s game.” (Top photo: Charlotte Wilson / Offside via Getty Images) – The Rock Creek Fisherman’s Mercantile has anything an angler might want other miscellany that’s easy to leave at home It’s the perfect store in the perfect spot – right off the interstate and at the opening of a canyon full of fish and possibility I didn’t need anything when I stopped there on a recent sunny morning but it’s just one of those places I can’t drive past without stopping to spend a few bucks An extra bottle of water or a candy bar never hurt anybody there’s no better place to get the latest report on Rock Creek which dumps into the Clark Fork River northwest of the store The water was clear and it was going to be sunny The only thing I needed to decide was how far to drive Rock Creek Road runs more than 30 miles up the canyon toward the town of Philipsburg The guy at the counter suggested going all the way to a spot with a name I hadn’t heard before despite spending four years in Missoula for college and returning to this lovely stream once or twice a year in the decade since His point was that I should drive as far as I can fathom and that doing so would lead me to fish that had seen fewer flies this year I was out for something resembling redemption I’d told myself I was going to fish the skwala hatch on the Yakima River in March or April Skwalas are inch-long stoneflies that trout gulp down with big splashy eats I spun up anatomically precise patterns with foam Then March came and went without a trip west Online reports seemed to indicate that the Yakima’s peak skwala time was gone in a deep canyon where the sun rises late and sets early it has always seemed to me that the hatches run even later It was also one of the places I’d first fished with skwalas A 10-year-old picture from Facebook confirmed: I once caught a fat cutthroat on a skwala on April 19 My father and I were spending the final weekend of the month in Dillon to fish the Beaverhead and the Big Hole I left Spokane a couple days early to give myself a full day on Rock Creek to hunt for stoneflies Fishing reports indicated the skwala hatch was waning The most consistent hatch was reportedly the spring assortment of mayflies There were no clouds overhead or in the forecast which is bad for mayflies but good for skwalas Sunshine is good for getting them to hatch even if it might make the fish wary of coming to the surface The guy at the Merc said the sunshine could mean that it was going to be the first good skwala day in a while Creek has always seemed like the wrong surname for Rock Creek which is wider and wilder than a lot of rivers Wading across it is tough even at low flows Rafts float the upper stretches at certain times in the early season although doing so requires navigating a complex and ever-changing network of downed trees and other river hazards I pulled off the road at the swinging bridge at the Welcome Creek Trailhead the somewhat rickety entrance to the Welcome Creek Wilderness Area so it seemed like it was too early to bet on dry flies I dug out a bobber and dredged the holes beneath the bridge with stonefly patterns There were no obvious signs that skwalas were around There were a few mayflies in the air but not much else I was convinced it was going to be a day of unrealized potential and it didn’t seem like the other three or four hatches in play were going to turn up so I drove downstream and bounced between some of my favorite spots I made my way through a patch of cottonwood trees to a spot on the creek’s main channel a few miles upstream from the store providing the disappointing revelation that cell phones work on the lower reaches of the creek I looked over and saw fish rising a few feet off the bank those little brown stoneflies with two distinct wings I don’t remember the last time I tied neumoras There was exactly one in a fly box I rarely open Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- 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her career, Darnele has worked strategically to gain experience in the breadth of legal issues that are important to academic institutions and health care,” said UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood “At UCOP she distinguished herself as someone who could partner across campuses to tackle complex emerging issues ranging from intellectual property management to artificial intelligence I am looking forward to having her join my leadership team.” Wright is a member of the University of California’s Senior Management Group and the General Counsel’s leadership team she supported the Regents’ Special Committee on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and led the implementation of several of the committee’s recommendations She also chaired and convened UC Legal's AI Task Force disseminating valuable systemwide guidance to internal stakeholders I have sought to foster collaboration by listening and lending my skills to help solve problems with empathy “Darnele is a strategic thinker and trusted leader whose contributions have shaped key systemwide initiatives,” said General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs Charlie Robinson and an unwavering commitment to UC’s mission I’m proud to support her in this next chapter and look forward to continuing to work with her in her new role.” Wright guided her team in adopting new technologies and making processes more efficient while also working to retain team members and recruit new ones “I have sought to foster collaboration by listening The hardest part of my decision is leaving this team.” Wright served for more than seven years as deputy campus counsel at UCSF under Greta Schnetzler It was a time of tremendous growth for the university and Wright worked on a broad range of issues and complex business transactions involving innovation domestic and international research activities She had a role in negotiating such high-profile agreements as the affiliation with Gladstone Institutes the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Wright also places great value on family life and community engagement She has dedicated many hours to organizations that foster leadership for youth such as the Oakland Bay Area Chapter of Jack and Jill of America and the Alameda County Community Food Bank Wright was assistant general counsel at the University of Miami in Coral Gables reporting both to Chancellor Hawgood and General Counsel Robinson Subscribe to UCSF News Visit the Media Center © 2025 The Regents of The University of California