(The Center Square) – Northern Illinois University, which state taxpayers fund with nearly $100 million annually, took a verbal lashing for a repeated audit finding about time keeping for faculty. The Legislative Audit Commission heard audit reviews for three public universities throughout the state. For Northern Illinois University, there were 15 findings officials said were not material […]
(The Center Square) — Thomas More Society attorneys are representing teachers and parents in a lawsuit over Parental Exclusion Policies on the gender identity of California students. Under these policies, teachers and administrators are required to use preferred pronouns requested by a student and hide a child’s gender identity from parents. They use biological pronouns and […]
(The Center Square) − The $78 million restoration of Baton Rouge’s University Lakes is well underway, with major dredging operations complete on three lakes and work continuing on the largest and most complex sections, according to an official with the LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation. Rob Stuart, speaking on behalf of the foundation, said […]
(The Center Square) — Records show that the last pay increase Caddo Parish teachers and school employees received was in 2017 and now advocates are campaigning again. As teachers and advocates continue to request pay raises from the Caddo Parish School Board, salary data reports that some teachers start with an annual salary of $47,865 based on […]
Judges and legal experts are raising alarms as generative artificial intelligence tools flood the legal profession, bringing a wave of botched filings, fake case citations, and mounting concerns about fraud in evidence. The problem has grown urgent enough that in recent months, courts across the country have begun issuing orders clarifying the permissible uses of […]
(The Center Square) – In recent years, synthetic opioids including copycat versions of fentanyl have taken an opioid crisis that began with prescription painkillers and dragged it to new depths. Among this new wave is a class of drugs called nitazenes. On Friday, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Debra Bogen announced their temporary rescheduling to a […]
(The Center Square) – Sentencing is scheduled Monday for former ComEd Chief Executive Officer Anne Pramaggiore, who was convicted of corruption in a scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. In May of 2023, a federal jury convicted Pramaggiore and three others of conspiracy, bribery and falsifying records. Last Monday, U.S. District Court […]
(The Center Square ) – Texas again set new employment records last month for the number of Texans working and size of the Texas labor force. It also again outpaced the national job growth rate as it has every month for roughly five years. Last month, Texas reached a new record high of having the […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claimed there was evidence to prosecute former President Barack Obama for his administration’s intelligence assessment of Russia’s 2016 election interference. Gabbard declassified documents last week that she claimed provided evidence that the Obama administration’s intelligence officials “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork” for the FBI’s later investigation […]
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, accused the Obama administration on Sunday of “manufacturing” intel on Russian election interference. Gabbard, referencing documents that she recently declassified, vowed “indictments” for former Obama officials “for those who are responsible for trying to steal our democracy.” “There’s no question in my mind that this intelligence […]
