MORNING HEADLINES | The Charleston County School District (CCSD) board of trustees is advancing a proposed $848 million district budget for 2024-25 that prioritizes a $7,500 increase for teacher salaries. If approved, the district would have the highest pay for teachers in the state. The total proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year is $847.5 […]
The teacher allegedly paid the student $100 to perform a sex act on him in a Walmart parking lot.
Nevada game officials are set for a pay increase.
Digital payments company Aeropay has raised $20 million in new financing. The company, which specializes in pay-by-bank, announced the Series B funding in a Thursday (May 16) press release, saying it would use the financing to develop new products, enhance strategic partnerships and “explore greenfield opportunities.” Aeropay, which got its start in the cannabis and gaming industries, connects bank accounts […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office announced he'll be signing the state
After workers saw their base pay go up, Disneyland performers voted in favor or unionization amid concerns over working conditions.
Ireland's players have secured a pay raise after Cricket Ireland (CI) and the Irish Cricketers' Association (ICA) reached an agreement on the terms of central contracts following a stand-off.The Irish Times had reported last week that Ireland's players had rejected an offer from the board, and that they ran the risk of playing June's T20 World Cup on contracts which initially expired at the end of February. The terms of those contracts effectively rolled over indefinitely, meaning players were...
A Southern California school district reached an agreement to settle a 2023 lawsuit from a former teacher who refused to adhere to the district’s gender identity-related policies. The settlement amounts to $360,000, with the Jurupa Unified School District agreeing to pay $285,000 to Jessica Tapia and $75,000 for her attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit alleged discrimination on the basis of religion following Tapia’s termination from the school district for being unwilling to comply with several...
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In a new rule, the Wage and Hour Division of The Department of Labor has riased the overtime pay threshhold to more than $58,000 annually.
A California teacher was accused of misconduct and fired last year after refusing to comply with LGBT activists' radical gender dogma at the expense of her Christian faith. Jessica Tapia previously taught gym, but last week she taught the Jurupa Unified School District that trampling Americans' free exercise of religion and freedom of speech can still prove costly even in a Democrat-dominated state. Background In recent years, the JUSD in Riverside County has fully embraced gender...
A Riverside County school district has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a lawsuit from a former teacher who was fired last year after refusing to adhere to policies regarding transgender or gender-nonconforming students, citing her Christian beliefs. Jessica Tapia, who taught physical education at Jurupa Valley High School, claimed in her wrongful termination lawsuit that her free speech and religious rights had been violated. She had refused — hypothetically, in statements to district personnel...