Donald Trump apparently expected to make a good impression last week when he attended the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting and met with a room full of prominent American CEOs. By most accounts, however, the gathering was a bit of a disaster: CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin reported that many of the attendees said that the former […]
Oklahoma City councilmembers commemorated MAPS 3 advisers and civic leaders Tuesday as the third iteration of the storied revitalization program was officially declared complete. The council unanimously agreed to rename the lake at the city’s downtown Scissortail Park as “Lake McDaniel” in honor of former Oklahoma City University president Tom McDaniel, who’s served as chairman […]
The last remaining executives who were part of the legacy health system Aurora Health Care are on their way out or have recently left top leadership roles at Advocate Health, the health system formed after the large, multi-state merger between Advocate Aurora Health and North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Cristy Garcia-Thomas, a well-known member of Milwaukee’s […]
Jun. 17—When New Mexico hospitals change hands, consumer advocates want more transparency and ways for community members to weigh in. Some business advocates want to make sure proposed regulatory oversight of those deals isn’t so heavy-handed it stems the flow of capital into what they describe as an already arid landscape. And New Mexicans from […]
Jun. 17—CONCORD — The leaders of both political parties have a frantic few days to recruit candidates that can fill vacancies on the general election ballot for the New Hampshire Legislature and county offices. Since the candidate filing period ended Friday, Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley of Manchester and Republican Chairman Chris Ager of Amherst have […]
Assembly Democrats are fracturing over California legislative leaders’ decision to make changes to some retail theft bills that are designed to derail a controversial November ballot initiative aimed at toughening laws against such crimes. Some hardline progressive Democrats already disagreed with the legislation, but now moderates have joined them. “I don’t support the amendments,” said […]
Jun. 17—Several Ohio legislative leaders responded to a recent Dayton Daily News report that most of the state’s new private school voucher money was awarded to families who were already sending their children to private school. Under the state’s expanded program, all Ohio families can access school vouchers. Full vouchers are $8,408 for high school […]
The 27 leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels to take stock of the recent European election results and begin the fraught process of dividing up the bloc’s top jobs. The June 6-9 elections saw the European Parliament shift to the right and dealt major blows to pro-European governing parties in Paris and […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With retail theft increasing, California Democratic leadership is clashing with a coalition of law enforcement and business groups in a fierce political fight over how to crack down on the problem. State lawmakers are trying to preserve progressive policies and stay away from putting more people behind bars. The two most […]
In addition to The Dispatch’s 10 civic leaders, four younger Columbus-area executives are playing increasingly large roles in shaping central Ohio. Brent Crawford, principal and founder of Crawford Hoying Brent Crawford Age: 51 Title: Founder and principal, Crawford Hoying Affiliations: Columbus Partnership, Center for Real Estate at Ohio State University, Children’s Hospital Foundation Crawford’s role […]
STORY: :: France’s left-wing alliance leaders join thousands in Paris protesting against the far-right National Rally (RN) :: June 15, 2024 :: Ilan Gabet :: Scuffles broke out between French police and demonstrators :: Ian Brossat, French Communist Party leader “We are here, we are here because we will never entertain the idea that these […]
The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia will join many western heads of state and government and other leaders at a conference this weekend to plan the first steps towards peace in Ukraine, with Russia notably absent. Swiss officials hosting the conference say more than 50 heads of state and government, including Ukrainian […]