State lawmakers are demanding accountability from South Carolina’s largest charter school district in light of concerns about its management, operations and spending of taxpayer dollars. Bipartisan groups of lawmakers from both chambers this week asked state authorities to conduct audits of the Charter Institute at Erskine, a taxpayer-funded affiliate of Erskine College that oversees more […]
An MP has lost the Conservative whip while the party investigates claims he misused campaign funds. Mark Menzies is alleged to have used thousands of pounds given by donors to fund medical expenses and to have made a late-night call to a 78-year-old aide asking for help because he had been locked up by “bad […]
A Fort Worth police officer was fired from the department following an investigation into his use of a weapon while responding to a burglary from 2022, authorities announced in a news release Friday. On the night of Dec. 13, 2022, officers responded to a burglary in progress at C&A Auto Repair in the 2700 block […]
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration provided prescription drugs, including controlled substances, to ineligible staff and spent tens of thousands of dollars more on brand-name drugs than what generic equivalents would have cost, a Pentagon report shows. The unit, part of the White House Military Office, […]
Misappropriated funds, a misplaced rant, child sex abuse material accusations and no response to client accusations put Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables lawyers on the monthly Florida Bar list of attorneys disciplined by the state Supreme Court. In alphabetical order… Hector Acosta Carillo, Jr., Miami A Miami Herald story from Wednesday described why a […]