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Saint Louis Public Schools audit alleges mismanagement under former superintendent

1 year 3 months ago
St. Louis Public Schools on Tuesday released the findings of an audit on district pay, hiring practices and credit card usage under Superintendent Keisha Scarlett. The former superintendent's employment was terminated in October, months after she was placed on leave amid an investigation into the district's budget. The in-depth management assessment, conducted by accounting firm Aramino, focused on the district's hiring of new senior-level staff, credit card and expense reimbursements and strategic…
Jennifer Somers

Ruling by a conservative Supreme Court could help blue states resist Trump policies

1 year 3 months ago
A major U.S. Supreme Court decision this summer was hailed as a conservative court’s broadside against a Democratic administration, giving red states more backing to delay or overturn policies they don’t like, such as transgender protections and clean energy goals. But the ruling in the Loper Bright case, which granted courts more power to scrutinize […]
Tim Henderson

LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’

1 year 3 months ago
Academics have spent generations warning about what happens when you let journalism and media consolidate in the hands of rich people and corporations. As this season’s election coverage demonstrated, the end result is usually a lazy simulacrum of journalism that looks like real reporting, but tends to reflect ownership interests and (usually) lacks the courage […]
Karl Bode