CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Advocates of the special education program are begging the Champaign School District for more properly trained staff and urging families to know their rights. They say improper training is leading to injuries, families leaving, and lawsuits. One family is still dealing significant injury of a student. “I’m really seriously concerned where […]
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Decrying high costs, Mass. small businesses urge lawmakers to do more to help them
BOSTON — Boasting that he’s a “paperwork guy,” a whiz at filling out and filing forms, Neil Abramson, CEO of ECi Stores in Leominster said even he is confounded by the complexity of applying for state workforce training grants. “And It can take up to six months to get the money back,” Abramson told legislators […]
Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the […]
Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around it, writing in a new report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address […]
Feds urge people not to put decals on steering wheels after a driver is hurt by flying metal pieces
DETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash. The warning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes after another driver was severely hurt by a flying emblem during a […]
German scientists urge urban areas to adapt due to climate crisis
German researchers have highlighted the increasing threat of floods, heat and drought in a study presented on Monday. According to experts, these dangers are increasingly having an impact on cities in Germany as a result of climate change. The authors of the study, who conducted the research as part of a water management and environmental […]
Prosecutors urge 40 years in prison for attacker of Pelosi’s husband
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s home and clubbed her husband with a hammer should serve 40 years in prison for his conviction on federal offenses that amount to a crime of terrorism, prosecutors urged on Friday. In a sentencing memorandum filed in U.S. District […]
Republicans Urge Trump To Pick Running Mate Who Can Win Nikki Haley Voters
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP presidential primary more than two months ago, but her zombie candidacy is still drawing a significant number of votes in late-season contests — enough to make Republicans anxious over what this could mean for their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, and whomever he chooses as his running […]
US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network consolidation
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further consolidation to its processing and delivery network, warning it could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senator Gary Peters, who chairs the committee overseeing the USPS, urged a halt […]
Democrats urge Biden to act on immigration as Trump threatens deportations
WASHINGTON — Immigration advocates and Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to prioritize long-term undocumented immigrants as his administration weighs executive actions to curb record crossings along the southern border. In a letter signed by more than 80 lawmakers, including members of the Congressional Hispanic and Progressive caucuses, the Democrats ask Biden to “take […]
South African Unions Urge Anglo Holders To Reject BHP Bid
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s biggest labor union federation urged local shareholders, including the powerful Public Investment Corp., to oppose BHP Group Ltd.’s bid to buy Anglo American Plc. Most Read from Bloomberg The Congress of South African Trade Unions, which includes the National Union of Mineworkers among its members, said a deal wouldn’t be in […]
Readers weigh in on Sheriff Sanders’ actions and proposals, urge people to ‘say something’
No helicopter pursuits in city The Sheriff’s request for a helicopter does not seem unreasonable if it is used exclusively for search-and-rescue missions. The problem with law enforcement having access to a helicopter (military issue, no less) is the temptation to fly it around the city looking for suspects to a crime. This leads to […]