Angry state lawmakers are moving forward with major financial reform efforts after embarrassment from two whopping accounting scandals involving more than $5 billion in miscounted, misallocated and just plain mysterious state funds. While many South Carolina taxpayers may be questioning the competence of their chief elected financial officials, state lawmakers want a constitutional change that […]
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Harvard College will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the Ivy League school announced Thursday, years after it dropped the requirement during the coronavirus pandemic.
Voters may have something new to decide on this year's ballot -- not who their treasurer should be, but whether they should keep voting for one at all. An explosive new interim report on Tuesday from a S.C. Senate Finance subcommittee concluded State Treasurer Curtis Loftis and his office are responsible for a $1.8 billion accounting scandal that has embarrassed state leaders.
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp will oversee model certification at its subsidiary Daihatsu to regain trust among dealers, customers and workers after a safety testing scandal, Daihatsu's new president said Monday. Toyota will take a leadership role in various areas, including product development and procurement, said Masahiro Inoue, who took
The view that systemic racism contributed to Covid-19 misery continues to hold sway in medical articles today — but it's false.
People living abroad with an outstanding debt owed to the government could see their application for a passport rejected under the Passport Act. However, the Senate has decided that this group will now receive more legal protection from the administrative courts.
The Board of Supervisors is the guardian of Los Angeles County’s budget and has oversight over county policies and actions. So it is disappointing, to say the least, that the supervisors asked no questions and engaged in no discussion last week when they signed off on a $25-million settlement for Isaias Cervantes, a Cudahy man who was shot in his home by sheriff’s deputies on March 31, 2021. They were responding to a 911 call by Cervantes’ sister, who advised the dispatcher of her brother’s...
Peers’ efforts to protect Afghan special forces from deportation blocked in Commons
Tristian Galindo expressed alarm about the disappearance of a creator on TikTok. He claimed that the unnamed creator made countless accurate predictions. Tristian asked his more than 356,000 followers to help him recall who it was
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
The former president has made a series of last-ditch efforts to stall his first of four criminal trials, including suing New York Justice Juan Merchan on Monday