Former hospital CEO charged A federal investigation into alleged corruption and embezzlement at a Chicago hospital has resulted in charges against the former Chief Executive Officer. A 45-count indictment accuses former Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller, 73, of conspiring with the hospital’s former Chief Financial Officer to corruptly steer vendor contracts and other hospital business […]
(The Center Square) – Hello, football! And welcome, from the North Carolina bottom line for tax proceeds. To no surprise, the gridiron’s first full month of action led to increased activity – and money for state coffers – through sports wagering. Estimated tax proceeds in September were $12,611,330, a 107.6% increase from the previous month. […]
(The Center Square) – New details have come out into last week’s nationwide takedown of a Washington state-based drug trafficking and money laundering enterprise with ties to a prominent Seattle-area Boys & Girls Clubs activist. As previously reported by The Center Square, five of the 17 people arrested were from a Seattle-area family, and two […]
(The Center Square) – Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters are now officially facing trespassing charges for demonstrations at Arizona State University in April. The 68 protesters were charged with “criminal trespass” as a third-degree misdemeanor, which is the lowest level, for allegedly participating in the encampment on the Tempe campus’s Old Main lawn that ended up […]
(The Center Square) – Spokane announced the launch of a homeless navigation center on Friday, two months after the city approved a $3.85 million contract for the project without a finalized location. Mayor Lisa Brown initially announced her idea for the navigation center in April during her State of the City address. The center will […]
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed off on two bills that implement a crime prevention technology pilot program to provide the Seattle Police Department relief and ensure safety on city streets. The pilot program will deploy closed-circuit television cameras in three high-crime Seattle neighborhoods: Aurora Avenue North, the downtown Third Avenue […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is hosting a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER She and former President Donald Trump are zig-zagging across the country with about three weeks until Election Day.
Rep. Byron Donalds’s (R-FL) discussion about certifying the 2024 election results became heated when providing an answer on the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. The act, which President Joe Biden signed into law as part of a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill in 2022, updated the Electoral Count Act to revise the […]
President Joe Biden announced a multi-million dollar investment in southeastern states whose infrastructure has been damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Biden went on an aerial survey of the damage caused by the hurricane in Florida, before being briefed. He and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm held a press conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, where […]
Former President Donald Trump said he would informally make tech mogul Elon Musk his “Secretary of Cost Cutting.” Speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo asked Trump about the looming national debt in the context of Trump’s various tax proposals, which he said would be addressed with “growth.” She then asked […]
