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Biden Took ‘Huge Step’ Towards Serving to Scholar-Mortgage Debtors, Dems Say

by Oktavina
  • The Training Division unveiled an inventory of proposals to reform student-loan applications.
  • 23 Democratic senators really useful the proposals, and pushed for much more debt aid.
  • This comes as debtors look ahead to information on broad mortgage forgiveness and a payment-pause extension.

President Joe Biden’s Training Division bought a gold star from practically two dozen Democratic senators on its efforts to reform student-loan applications.

In July, the division unveiled an inventory of regulatory proposals at fixing longstanding points within the student-loan trade, resembling easing necessities for focused loan-forgiveness applications for public servants and debtors with

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Union seeks 11.7% increase for schooling employees in proposal

by Oktavina

TORONTO — A union representing Ontario schooling employees has requested the province for annual wage will increase of 11.7 per cent – ​​or $3.25 per hour – as the 2 sides hash out a brand new collective settlement.

The Canadian Union of Public Workers – which represents 55,000 employees together with early childhood educators, college administration employees, bus drivers and custodians – shared a abstract of bargaining proposals it submitted Tuesday as negotiations proceed forward of present contracts expiring on the finish of this month.

The union argued employees’ wages have been restricted during the last decade and inflation is

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Meritus announces new chief medical officer, new associate dean for proposed med school

by Oktavina

Meritus Health recently named new leadership at Meritus Medical Center and its first associate dean for the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Anand Budi has been promoted to chief medical officer, according to a news release from Meritus. Dr. Aaron George, who had been the chief medical officer, was the first associate dean of clinical education, community development for the proposed medical school.

“We are so grateful for Dr. George’s tremendous leadership,” Maulik Joshi, Meritus president and CEO, said in the release. “He’s been a committed and dedicated leader through the COVID pandemic and has led very successful

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‘Constitution’ gets a grilling in thought-provoking Florida Studio Theater play

by Oktavina
Amy Bodnar stars in the Florida Studio Theater production of Heidi Schreck's play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”

Amy Bodnar stars in the Florida Studio Theater production of Heidi Schreck’s play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”

When she was 15 years old, Heidi Schreck banked a lot of scholarship money for her future college education by competitively speaking or debating at American Legion halls about the US Constitution and whatever personal connection she may have to the document.

Her play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which opened Friday night at Florida Studio Theatre, is a more adult response to the sunny presentations Schreck delivered as a teenager, when she compared the Constitution to a witch’s caldron,

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Ohio Senate OKs shift in oversight of education to governor

by Oktavina

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education cleared the Republican-led state Senate on Wednesday despite objections that lawmakers are rushing legislation to significantly change decision-making about academic standards, model curricula and school district ratings, among other things.

Oversight of the state’s education department would shift to a director appointed by the governor, instead of the State Board of Education and the superintendent it elects. The bill would also rename the Ohio Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce, and transfer many of the state school board’s powers to

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Swiss Engineering Group ABB Fined $4.3 Million

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss engineering and technology group ABB has been fined 4 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) by the country’s Attorney General in connection with a bribery case in South Africa.

The Attorney General’s office on Friday said the penalty was imposed on ABB for “not having taken all necessary and reasonable organizational provisions in order to prevent bribery payments to foreign officials in South Africa”.

ABB and South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) this week reached an agreement that the company will pay reparations for its involvement in state corruption, the crime agency said on Thursday.

The company

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Real estate agent moves and news

by Oktavina

Chinowth & Cohen Realtors welcomes Lime Fund to its Nichols Hills office. An Oklahoma native, Limke grew up in Oklahoma City, where she graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School before continuing her education at Oklahoma City University and the University of Oklahoma.

Limke worked in the medical field for 16 years. She also worked as an administrative assistant to a partner at a large architectural firm in Oklahoma City. Limke also has mineral and property management experience, as well as experience managing a hobby farm. Additionally, she worked as an officer and events coordinator for the Jones Middle and High

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