Feb. 14—Xenia Schools Board of Education has hired Thomas Massie, the district’s interim treasurer, as its full-time treasurer for the next three years beginning Aug. 1. Massie has been with Xenia Community Schools for nine years and served as assistant treasurer from January 2022 until his appointment as Interim Treasurer by the Board in June […]
Invitae has hired restructuring advisers as it explores strategic options, including a potential bankruptcy filing, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The genetic testing company could file for bankruptcy within weeks, according to the Journal report. Invitae is working to strengthen its balance sheet, and its board of […]
A special-called meeting in Millersville ended almost before it began Friday and quickly turned into an impromptu town hall discussion on the city’s lack of transparency. At the start of the proceedings, Millersville Mayor Tommy Long asked newly-appointed City Attorney Bryant Kroll whether commissioners could discuss the recent staff terminations and replacement hires for city […]
Matias Segura, who has led the Austin district in a temporary capacity for more than a year, will be the next permanent superintendent of the 73,000-student district. Board members, who voted unanimously to approve Segura’s contract, hope the appointment will bring stability to a district that’s undergone significant leadership changes in the last four years. […]
Allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are taking a major step toward putting him on the presidential ballot in several key battleground states, hiring multiple signature-gathering vendors to begin the massive undertaking of circulating petitions to submit on the independent candidate’s behalf. American Values 2024, the super PAC supporting Kennedy, formally contracted three firms to […]
John Lewis Partnership has brought former director Peter Ruis back to lead the group’s department store business. Former Jigsaw boss Mr Ruis is set to become executive director of the John Lewis business from the start of next week. The new executive director returns to John Lewis after around 11 years, having worked at the […]
A former high school football star sentenced to life in prison without parole was back in a Wichita Falls courtroom Wednesday. More: Vrana convicted of capital murder in Jason Baum shooting Martez Vrana is appealing his capital murder conviction and sentence in the shooting of Jason Baum. The purpose of the hearing in 78th District […]
Oklahoma County has hired a contractor to work with architects to build the new county jail, despite not knowing where it will be built or exactly how it will be designed. On Tuesday, the Board of County Commissioners followed staff’s recommendation to hire Flintco to work with HOK to get the project built within budget. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-shot presidential campaign has a new communications director — prominent anti-vaccine activist Del Bigtree. In a letter to supporters, Bigtree called the appointment “my greatest opportunity to date.” In speeches and interviews, Kennedy has credited the anti-vaccine movement with powering his candidacy and vowed as president to halt research into infectious […]
Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. It came last summer in a white envelope she couldn’t wait to open. Hillary Barber, 29, had already interviewed for a position at a soon-to-open coffee house in Sleepy Hollow, 45 minutes north of Manhattan, but didn’t know if she earned a spot. A witty and tenacious young woman with a megawatt […]
As businesses push forward on hitting diversity goals, a major insurance company in the U.K. is telling its 22,000 strong workforce that senior white male new hires must be personally approved by none other than the CEO. Aviva’s boss Amanda Blanc said the policy forms part of the company’s efforts to stamp out sexism in […]