• Amarillo College Board of Regents vote to take no action in presidential search

    AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Amarillo College said during its Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday that no action was taken in the college's search for a new president. According to officials, the search is closed and the "Regents will revisit the presidential search at a future meeting." Officials said Denese Skinner, the vice president of []

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    Baiba Braže named as candidate for Latvian Foreign Minister

    The Saeima vote on Braže's nomination is expected on Thursday. Braže is currently Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, she was Latvia's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well as NATO's Deputy Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. She is currently not a New Unity party member but is planning to join the political force soon.

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    Nebraska Board of Regents scheduled to vote on appointment of system president

    The Nebraska Board of Regents announced Sunday that it will vote on the

  • Fredi Beleri Named Ruling ND Candidate in European Elections

    The ruling Conservatives has announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek

  • Trump's new grift: Charging GOP candidates to use his name

    Poor Donald Trump. It seems he isn’t selling enough $399 high-tops or $60 Bibles, and his Truth Social stock is in the toilet, so it’s time for a new, new, new, new grift: charging his fellow Republicans for uttering his name. The Trump campaign announced in a letter Politico obtained that Republican candidates and committees are now expected to pay “a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC” for using his “name, image, and likeness in fundraising...

  • Georgia Board of Regents votes to increase tuition at state schools

    (The Center Square) — The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has voted to increase tuition at the state’s 26 public colleges and universities and create a new tuition tier for international students. The 2.5% in-state undergraduate tuition hike applies to USG schools for the 2024-25 academic year. Out-of-state tuition will increase by 5% systemwide. A new tuition tier for out-of-country students was set at 2% more than the out-of-state student rate. ...

  • Fredi Beleri named ruling ND candidate in European elections

    The ruling Conservatives has announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania recently sentenced to two years in prison for vote-buying, as a candidate for the upcoming European elections. Beleri's brother, Leonardos Beleri, is representing him at the ongoing ballot announcement in downtown Athens, as Beleri is currently in Albanian police custody. Other candidates include New Democracy’s current MEPs, Greek journalists Giorgos Aftias and Eleonora Meleti, and former...

  • US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board

    The board will develop recommendations for the transportation sector, pipeline and power grid operators, internet service providers and others to 'prevent and prepare for AI-related disruptions to critical services that impact national or economic security, public health, or safety'

  • North Macedonia to hold presidential runoff with center-right candidate in the lead

    North Macedonia will head to a presidential runoff after no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday’s first round of balloting held as the country seeks to enter into the European Union. The second round of voting on May 8 will coincide with parliamentary elections. Near-full results from Wednesday's vote showed a strong shift in favor of the candidate backed by the center-right main opposition coalition, VMRO-DPMNE. 17 MACEDONIAN POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH HELPING...

  • Iowa Board of Regents President Sherry Bates term extended until 2026

    Sherry Bates will continue to lead the Iowa Board of Regents as President until 2026 following a unanimous vote to extend her term on Wednesday. Her new term will start May 1 and end April 30, 2026. The regents selected Bates as president in February for a three-month term after she served as interim president

  • ECISD names new principal, executive directors during monthly board meeting

    ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - On Tuesday, Ector County ISD Board members voted unanimously to approve a new Principal at Buice Elementary, a new Executive Director of Leadership, as well as a new Executive Director of Guidance, Counseling, and Wellness. Stephanie Moran was approved as the Principal for Buice Elementary. Moran began her careers with ECISD []

  • Former border federal agents say GOP congressional candidate is misusing their names

    (The Center Square) – Two former federal agents involved in border security efforts told The Center Square a Republican congressional candidate in north Texas was misusing their names claiming they endorsed two candidates they haven’t and won’t endorse. The campaign of Republican John O’Shea, who is running for an open seat in the 12th Congressional District in north Texas, emailed volunteers on Friday stating “a new PAC is being created for border protection. The PAC will be...