FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Dallis Beverlin of Kelseyville named to University of Arkansas Chancellor’s List
The University of Arkansas is recognizing students for making the Spring 2025 Chancellor’s List.
Dallis Beverlin of Kelseyville joins a prestigious group of students who have attained a 4.0 grade-point average for the semester while completing at least 12 credit hours of coursework.
“Achieving a perfect GPA while taking a full schedule of classes is a testament to these students’ hard work, discipline and commitment to excellence,” said Chancellor Charles Robinson. “Congratulations to everyone who earned a place on the Chancellor’s List, and best wishes for continued success through graduation and beyond.”
All students on the Chancellor’s List also automatically earn recognition on the university’s Dean’s List, which includes scholars with a minimum 3.75 grade-point average.
About the University of Arkansas: As Arkansas’ flagship institution, the U of A provides an internationally competitive education in more than 200 academic programs. Founded in 1871, the U of A contributes more than $3 billion to Arkansas’ economy annually through the teaching of new knowledge and skills, entrepreneurship and job development, discovery through research and creative activity while also providing training for professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the U of A among the few U.S. colleges and universities with the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among the top public universities in the nation. Learn more about how the U of A works to build a better world.
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SACRAMENTO
California scores more clean energy records: 9 in 10 days this year
More than nine out of 10 days so far this year have been powered by 100% clean energy for at least some part of the day in California. In 2025, California’s grid has run on 100% clean electricity for an average of seven hours a day.
Data compiled by the California Energy Commission shows clean energy has powered the equivalent of 51.9 days in the state – nearly 30% of the year to date running on 100% clean electricity. That already surpasses the amount of “clean energy days” last year – and represents a 750% increase in clean energy days since 2022.
“The fourth largest economy in the world is running on more clean energy than ever before. Clean energy met our grid’s total demand for some part of the day almost every day this year – the equivalent of 51 full days powered by 100% clean electricity,” noted Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Trump and Republicans can try all they want to take us back to the days of dirty coal but the future is cheap, abundant clean energy,” he stated.
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CALIFORNIA
Federal Medi-Cal cuts expected to affect millions of Californians
Days after President Donald Trump signed his sweeping budget bill into law last week, a federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction to block one of the bill’s provisions to ban Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid payments.
With 115 clinics across the state and a million Californians using Planned Parenthood each year, the administration’s plan to defund the organization is just one of the many ways its cuts to Medicaid and Medi-Cal — the state’s version of the health insurance program — are anticipated to deeply affect Californians.
As CalMatters’ Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang explain, Trump’s new budget guts Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over the next 10 years. Most of that figure takes the form of new requirements that will kick people off coverage, leaving more people uninsured. With less federal funding for Medi-Cal, the state is expected to lose $28.4 billion and 3.4 million Californians could lose coverage.
Besides California Planned Parenthood clinics standing to lose more than $300 million, new work requirements for Medicaid are expected to take effect by the end of 2026. Adults will be required to report at least 80 hours a month of employment, school or volunteer work.
This mandate is anticipated to force up to 1.4 million Californians off Medi-Cal within the first year, in part because filing paperwork would be difficult for certain jobs that don’t have regular paychecks or proof-of-employment documentation.
The 5.5 million children on Medi-Cal are also likely to feel the cuts. The new budget restricts eligibility for the Children’s Health Insurance Program to legal permanent residents — rendering those with temporary legal status, such as visas or refugee status, ineligible. Similar immigration limitations and additional new work requirements imposed on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could also lead to 3.1 million California families losing food stamp assistance.
These cuts were made by Congress and the Trump administration in order to finance permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and give Immigrations and Customs Enforcement more money than most militaries.
—Lynn La, CALMatters
