WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned, the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported on Tuesday, after she and other presidents of Ivy League schools were widely criticized for their congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. Gay’s tenure was the shortest in Harvard’s history, the newspaper said, and followed increasing pressure for her resignation last […]
Jan. 2—Since 2008, Hanceville voters have sent Kenneth Nail to city hall as the victor in four successive mayoral elections that became increasingly uncontested with every four-year interval that passed between them. Now, the city is without its longtime mayor in the wake of Nail’s December resignation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges that he […]
Fort Myers Beach Town Councilmember Bill Veach resigned Tuesday, citing the state’s new financial disclosure requirements as the reason. “It’s very invasive,” Veach said. “I don’t think it’s necessary, and I don’t think it’s effective in combatting corruption.” He had served on the council since 2020 and was up for reelection in 2024, though he […]
Dec. 26—Editor’s note: The Times-Call is counting down the top 10 news stories of the year, as selected by the newspaper’s editors. Democratic state Rep. Tracey Bernett resigned from the Colorado House of Representatives in January, roughly two months after she was charged with various felonies. In November 2022, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office […]
Dec. 25—The Effingham Unit 40 Board is looking for another member following a recent resignation that has left the board with a vacancy. During a recent meeting, members voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Scott Volpi as a Unit 40 Board member. According to Volpi’s resignation letter, which Unit 40 Board President Jill Wendling […]
One Saturday morning in July, a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Hyundai sedan with a broken headlight. During the traffic stop, Deputy Junior Lewis also noticed that the Hyundai’s windshield was cracked and caved in and its front bumper was dented. But an investigation would later find that, despite the heavy damage and […]
Lockport Township High School District 205 Board member Martin Boersma resigned Wednesday after seven months on the board. Boersma took office in May. He was elected in April backed by We The Parents Illinois, which during the 2023 election endorsed challengers to several school and library board incumbents in races in Homer Glen, Lockport and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back […]
Jeff Roe, chief strategist for “Never Back Down” — the super PAC backing the presidential run of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — resigned from the group on Saturday night. Roe is the highest profile staffer to leave the PAC in recent weeks, after several top officials were fired following the arrival of the PAC’s new […]
The University of Arizona has unveiled an extensive financial recovery plan to address its $240 million budget shortfall. In a virtual meeting Wednesday night with the Arizona Board of Regents, university President Robert Robbins announced the resignation of the school’s chief financial officer and other steps to address cash flow issues. “We will implement an […]
Magill, along with Harvard President Claudine Gay and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth, participated in a contentious, more than five-hour grilling from lawmakers Tuesday over their response to antisemitism on their campuses. They faced backlash for evading a question from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) who asked about pro-Palestinian student protestors’ calls for “intifada” […]
University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok has resigned, following the departure of President Liz Magill. According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, Bok announced he’s stepping down from the board of trustees. The statement was made shortly after Magill resigned, the outlet reported. “Today, following the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s President and […]