Crown Prosecution Service5d
Businessman sentenced for Government backed COVID 19 bounce back loan fraud
An entrepreneur was sentenced today (20 September 2024) for fraudulently obtaining a COVID-19 Bounce Bank Loans to a value of £50,000. Gerald Smith, 69, was found guilty of two counts related to fraud ...
Crown Prosecution Service12d
Covid denier who called for violence is found guilty of terrorism offences
A man who encouraged violence and acts of terrorism on messaging app Telegram has been found guilty today. Patrick Ruane, 55, ...
ABC 7 Chicago8d
Chicago Public Schools releases five-year plan to close equity gap called 'Together We Rise'
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal COVID dollars helped Chicago Public Schools fund extra resources for neighborhood schools in Chicago's low income areas. CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said investing in those ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer12d
Cincinnati Public Schools improves grade but still falls short in state report card
CPS Interim Superintendent Shauna Murphy said ... and it's the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic that the state has released overall ratings for schools and districts. Cincinnati's report ...
WBBM Radio Chicago on MSN4d
Mayor Johnson asks CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to resign: Reports
Mayor Brandon Johnson is attempting to push the beleaguered head of Chicago Public Schools out the door, several reports say.
World Socialist Web Site24d
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson demands “sacrifices” to pay for $1.2 billion school budget gap
It was brutal.” Amid a massive summer wave of COVID-19 infections that is expected to accelerate with schools reopening, CPS issued guidance establishing that the virus is no longer a ...
ABC 7 Chicago29d
Chicago Public Schools students return to class amid heat wave, other challenges remain
CPS again cannot guarantee busing for selective enrollment and magnet school students this year. There is also an increasing budgetary shortfall of $500 million, just as post-COVID federal funding ...
CBS News29d
On this first day for Chicago Public Schools, could CEO Pedro Martinez's days be numbered?
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez saw the fiscal cliff that the end of federal COVID-19 relief funds signified and sat on his hands as he drove the district over the edge." Martinez is being targeted by the ...
Chicago Tribune29d
Parent groups gather for morning festivities, commiserating after drop-off on CPS’ first day of school
And, after several years and the COVID-19 pandemic ... “Now, we’re not sure which house is ours sometimes.” CPS experienced its first jump in enrollment last school year after a dozen ...
The Boston Globe28d
Back to school, back to COVID safety. What to know about best health practices in classrooms.
Nurses in CPS will continue to test students who report COVID symptoms. Masking continues to be optional and students aren’t required to be fully vaccinated. “Our communal efforts to mitigate ...
Covid conspiracy theorist convicted of terrorism after Telegram calls for vaccine violence
A Covid conspiracy theorist who called for the overthrow of the government and violence against nurses and teachers over the ...
Covid conspiracy theorist who encouraged bomb attacks on pharmaceutical companies convicted of terrorism
A Covid conspiracy theorist who called for the overthrow of the government and violence against nurses and teachers over the ...