Industry prepares its equipment and operators for challenging summer conditions. Persistent, extreme drought and its accompanying weather patterns, however, are out of the ordinary and ten—d to create extra stresses on electricity supply and demand," said Mark Olson, NERC's manager of Reliability Assessments.

On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center called for nearly the entire contiguous United States to experience above average temperatures this summer.

The power grid is extremely delicate and electricity supply must always meet electricity demand, experts warn. If not, capacity shortfalls can occur. A shortfall is when there is not enough power being generated to meet demand.

Forced power outages, also known as rolling blackouts, are initiated during these situations — which is what millions of Americans run the risk of seeing this summer — to prevent long-term damage to the grid.

But power grids are also susceptible in winter. In February 2021 Texas witnessed its highest electricity demand ever as residents tried to keep warm.

To prevent the power grid from buckling under the stress, grid operators were forced to implement rolling outages when Texans needed power the most.

More than 200 people died during the power crisis, with the most common cause of death being hypothermia. A post-storm analysis released in November indicated power plants were unable to produce electricity primarily due to natural gas issues and generators freezing.

NERC says much of North America will have adequate resources and electricity on hand this summer, but several markets are at risk of energy emergencies.

The Upper Midwest and mid-South along the Mississippi River will experience the highest risk this summer, NERC warns, where the retirement of old power plants and increased demand are troublesome. Furthermore, the region is without a key transmission line that was damaged by a tornado in December 2021. Texas, the West Coast and the Southwest are at an elevated risk.

In addition to extreme weather, supply chain issues and an active wildfire season will further comprise reliability this summer, the assessment warns.

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MADISON, Wis. —
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced Sunday a challenge has been filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission in an attempt to keep GOP candidate for governor Tim Michels off the Aug. 9 primary ballot.



Ben Wikler, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said Michels' campaign errored on a majority of nomination papers by not listing both his voting address and mailing address, which is different in Michels case.


By that account, the challenge argues Michels collected 345 valid signatures, which would fall short of the 2,000 needed to appear on the ballot.
"Election integrity means at its core following the law, and Tim Michels did not follow the laws laid out in Wisconsin statute," Wikler said Sunday.
The Michels campaign instantly fired back, calling the attempt "frivolous" and promised to "vigorously defend itself" before a meeting of the Wisconsin Elections Commission Friday.
The campaign has until Tuesday evening to respond to the challenge. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will take up challenges during its Friday meeting.
"The Michels campaign submitted 4,000 signatures, the maximum allowed by law, which were obtained by staff and volunteers from across the state, for review," Patrick McNulty said, Michels' campaign manager. "Tim Michels' home, legal residence, voting address, acceptable mailing address and the address displayed in all online navigational maps, has been the same house in Waukesha County since 2008, despite any petty insider political mudslinging attempting to say otherwise."

The issue could end up before the courts, but a resolution would need to be ruled in quickly, with deadlines for printing ballots ahead of the Aug. 9 primary approaching.

Former Republican President Donald Trump has endorsed construction executive Tim Michels in Wisconsin's Republican primary for governor, giving Michels' campaign a political jolt and dealing another major blow to former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, the GOP frontrunner.

While Trump's endorsement record has been mixed this year, in some states, his support has been enough to help one candidate emerge from a crowded Republican primary. Michels and Kleefisch both visited Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Springs, Florida to make personal appeals to the former president.

"Wisconsin needs a Governor who will Stop Inflation, Uphold the Rule of Law, strengthen our Borders (we had the strongest borders in history just two years ago, now we have the weakest!) and End the well-documented Fraud in our Elections," read a written statement from Trump Thursday night. "Tim Michels is the best candidate to deliver meaningful solutions to these problems, and he will produce jobs like no one else can even imagine."

The endorsement gives Trump a chance to claim bragging rights in Wisconsin, two years after he narrowly lost the state and two years before he could be on the ballot again. Kleefisch is backed by former Gov. Scott Walker, once the undisputed leader of Wisconsin Republicans who helped build the state party into one of the nation's strongest. Walker has campaigned for Kleefisch, but his support never came close to clearing the field.

Kleefisch also fell just short of winning the official endorsement of the state Republican Party at its annual convention last month. Roughly 55 percent of the GOP delegates who attended picked Kleefisch as their top candidate for governor, leaving her short of the 60 percent threshold she needed to win the endorsement, and the financial backing that goes with it. Forty-five percent of delegates said they wanted no endorsement, leaving the door open for candidates like Michels.

Kleefisch released a statement shortly after Trump's endorsement, promising to win the primary and the governor's race regardless.

"If I know one thing about President Trump, it's that he likes winners, and I'm the only person in this race who has won statewide — not once, but four times," Kleefisch said. "Our campaign will win this primary with our hardworking team of activists, volunteers and grassroots efforts. Then we will beat Tony Evers."

Michels issued a statement celebrating the news.

"I appreciate President Trump’s endorsement and vote of confidence," Michels said. "This is a tremendous boost to our efforts and a continuation of our astounding surge since I entered the race."

Trump's announcement Thursday was also a setback for the two other Republicans running for governor, Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Tim Ramthun.

Ramthun, an election conspiracist who made a name for himself by calling on the Legislature to decertify President Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Wisconsin, also reportedly visited Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Shortly before Ramthun entered the race for governor, Ramthun told Rolling Stone that Trump had personally called him to praise Ramthun's efforts, asking whether there was anything he could do to help the state representative from Campbellsport.

"The will of the voters will see Wisconsin to victory, thats if we count the votes," said Ramthun in a statement issued after Trump's endorsement. "I am resolute in that fight. You know me. I’m Tim. Not just any Tim though, I’m #TimTime Tim."

Nicholson was reportedly the only Republican who had not visited Trump asking for his endorsement. The former Marine and 2018 U.S. Senate candidate has generally praised Trump but portrayed himself as an outsider, even as his campaign has benefited from the financial support of billionaire GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein.

"President Trump has been effective at identifying many of our nation's problems," Nicholson said in a statement Thursday night. "But the race to replace Tony Evers as governor isn't going to be won by endorsements; it will be decided by thousands of hard-working Wisconsinites on election day."

Michels made no secret about pursuing Trump's backing. In late April, on the day he formally announced his candidacy, Michels told WISN-AM that when he met with Trump, the two had had been scheduled to talk for about 20 minutes. Michels said they ended up talking for more than an hour, with much of the discussion dominated by their mutual interest in construction.

Spence, who holds three welterweight titles, and Crawford, owner of one 147-pound belt, are closing in on a deal for an October fight in Las Vegas for the undisputed welterweight championship, sources tell ESPN.

The boxers are still in negotiations and there is no agreement yet for the fight, which would be presented by PBC on pay-per-view, sources said.

"I'm free to do whatever I want," Crawford, 34, told ESPN in late April. "There's nothing standing in the way from us fighting. There's no promotion company that's blocking it, there's no wrong side of the street, there's no nothing. Let's see who the best welterweight in the world is."

Crawford, ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, parted ways with his longtime promoter, Top Rank, after a 10th-round TKO of Shawn Porter in November. PBC, with which Spence is aligned, rarely does business with other promoters. Now that Crawford is a free agent, the path is clear to make the superfight.

The sport's inability to deliver the fight has been a source of frustration among fans for years. But Crawford believes the matchup is "definitely ... bigger now."

Spence, ESPN's No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, returned from surgery to repair a detached retina to score a 10th-round TKO of Yordenis Ugas in April. The 32-year-old from Desoto, Texas, was set to fight the legendary Manny Pacquiao in August but withdrew from the bout when it was discovered that he required immediate surgery.

Drama erupted at the weigh-in for George Kambosos Jr. and Devin Haney’s world title fight as the Aussie champion failed to make weight at the first attempt even after stripping naked.

However, disaster was avoided when he returned about an hour and 15 minutes later and came in under the 135 pound (61kg) limit, meaning all four lightweight belts will be on the line at Marvel Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

“It’s the art of deception. Maybe I did it on purpose,” Kambosos said with a grin when asked why he initially missed weight, adding all he had to do was “take a p**s”.

Once again, undefeated David “El Bandera Roja” Benavídez didn’t disappoint the hometown crowd as the Phoenix native became a super middleweight champion for the third time in dramatic fashion, scoring a third-round TKO against former world champion David Lemieux to win the vacant Interim WBC World Title on Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

How do I watch Kambosos vs Haney?
This, of course, depends on where you are in the world, so let’s break down some options:

United States: ESPN on cable or satellite, and ESPN+ if you don’t have a cable or satellite subscription. The main card will begin at 9 pm ET on Saturday night, with the prelims starting at 7:30 pm ET. The prelims are exclusive to ESPN+.
Australia: Fox Sports will have the prelims beginning at 9:30 am AEST on Sunday morning, with the main card going live at 11 am AEST on pay-per-view. The PPV is priced at $59.95.
United Kingdom: Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action will have the coverage beginning at 2 am local time on Sunday for the main card.


What time will the main event start?
The main event is expected to go on around Midnight ET in the U.S., which will be 2 pm AEST in Australia, and 5 am in the UK.

Running order for the fights
Preliminary bouts

1) Yoel Angeloni vs Ken Aitken, welterweights, 4 rounds
2) Isaias Sette vs Luke Gersbeck, junior middleweights, 4 rounds
3) Taylah Robertson vs Sarah Higginson, flyweights, 5 rounds
4) Terry Nickolas vs Lachlan Higgins, middleweights, 6 rounds

Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators will require teachers next school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students.
School board members discussed the plan called “Transformative Education Professional Development & Grading” at a meeting on May 26, presented by Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning Laurie Fiorenza.



In an effort to equalize test scores among racial groups, OPRF will order its teachers to exclude from their grading assessments variables it says disproportionally hurt the grades of black students. They can no longer be docked for missing class, misbehaving in school or failing to turn in their assignments, according to the plan.



“Traditional grading practices perpetuate inequities and intensify the opportunity gap,” reads a slide in the PowerPoint deck outlining its rationale and goals.
It calls for what OPRF leaders describe as “competency-based grading, eliminating zeros from the grade book…encouraging and rewarding growth over time.”
Teachers are being instructed how to measure student  “growth” while keeping the school leaders' political ideology in mind.



“Teachers and administrators at OPRFHS will continue the process necessary to make grading improvements that reflect our core beliefs,” the plan states, promising to “consistently integrate equitable assessment and grading practices into all academic and elective courses” by fall 2023.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education, 38 percent of OPRF sophomore students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) failed.
The OPRF failure rate was 77 percent for black students, 49 percent for Hispanics, 27 percent for Asians and 25 percent for whites.



"Signal and reinforce districts’ DEIJ values”
Advocates for so-called "equity based" grading practices, which seek to raise the grade point averages of black students and lower scores of higher-achieving Asian, white and Hispanic ones, say new grading criteria are necessary to further school districts' mission of DEIJ, or "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice."
"By training teachers to remove the non-academic factors from their grading practices and recognize when personal biases manifest, districts can proactively signal a clear commitment toward DEIJ," said Margaret Sullivan, associate director at the Education Advisory Board, which sells consulting services to colleges and universities. 



Sullivan calls grading based on traditional classroom testing and homework performance “outdated practices” and foster "unconscious biases."
"Teachers may unintentionally let non-academic factors—like student behavior or whether a student showed up to virtual class—interfere with their final evaluation of students.," she said. “Traditional student grades include non-academic criteria that do not reflect student learning gains—including participation and on-time homework submission."
School districts across the U.S. are "experimenting with getting rid of zero-to-100 point scales and other strategies to keep missed assignments from dramatically bringing down overall grades," according to a March Associated Press report. "Others are allowing students to retake tests and turn work in late. Also coming under scrutiny are extra-credit assignments than can favor students with more advantages."
The report interviewed science teacher Brad Beadell of Santa Clara, Calif., who said he has "stopped giving zeros and deducting points for late work" as well as allowing students "unlimited retakes for quizzes and tests."



Fiorenza called for a switch to race-based grading last August, after issuing a report chronicling a spike in "F" grades by OPRF students in the 2020-21 school year.
"OPRF’s administration will adopt language that makes and keeps the system visible and continues to name racism as a complex interconnected structure," she wrote. "We must recognize the unique challenges faced during the pandemic intensify the need for a systemic approach to confronting the racial and socioeconomic discrepancies often experienced by our underrepresented student population."



Last year, West Cook News reported on an adjusted grade point average scale implemented by OPRF teacher Fiona Hill. It lowered the score for an "F" to 19 percent.