Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend scores new job with bigger lobbying firm
She upgraded. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s girlfriend has landed a new job at Albany’s largest lobbying firm after being fired from her previous job with a small labor union. Rebecca LaMotte lost her job with the Greater New York LECET in June in what the group called a reorganization, months after her influential boyfriend […]
NYC teachers blast new math curriculum amid leaked reports of failing test scores
New York City algebra teachers are dreading the coming school year because nearly all of them will have to use a commercial math curriculum that has been panned as a “total failure.” Last year, teachers at 265 schools piloted an “illustrative math” curriculum that Chancellor David Banks hopes will help improve the city’s struggling math […]
Alison Gibson scores 0.0 after board collision in Olympics nightmare
U.S. diver Alison Gibson had a nightmare start in the women’s 3-meter springboard qualifying on Wednesday, hitting her foot on the board on her first dive and finishing with a 0.0 point. Immediately after taking off, Gibson did a somersault in the air with his legs straight before landing on his board. Once she hit […]
Ex-Villanova student sued for allegedly posting scores of racy and naked photos of prof
A former Villanova University student already convicted of sharing nude photos of women online has allegedly victimized another woman — a university professor who fears it will be impossible to remove all of the photos from the internet. Tyler John Jones, a 32-year-old father, secretly siphoned racy and nude photos from the cellphone of a […]
Olympics men’s basketball scores, schedule, and standings for 2024 Paris Games
The 2024 Paris Olympics will be home to the most talent-rich international basketball tournament in history, and the star power won’t just be limited to Team USA. Long gone are the days when the 1992 Dream Team competed for the gold medal with just five NBA players. Basketball is now a truly international sport, and […]
Gina Carano scores victory against Disney after ‘Mandalorian’ firing
Gina Carano’s lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiary Lucasfilm has once again come to fruition. A Los Angeles federal court denied Disney’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Carano. Banned from Disney+’s Star Wars-related streaming series The Mandalorian Three years ago, he likened the political situation in the United States to […]
Lobbying World: NCAA scores new government relations director
of NCAA We have a new Director of Government Relations. Kevin McColoughMcColough is the former director of federal relations at Northeastern University and also served as deputy chief of staff for federal affairs to former Massachusetts Governor and current NCAA president Charlie Baker (R-Massachusetts). FGS Global Tapped Josh Zuker As chief of antitrust and competition, […]
Student Test Scores Continue To Plummet Despite Hundreds Of Billions In Pandemic Aid For Education
Four years after schools moved to online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, student test scores continue to decline, according to a study released Tuesday by testing company Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). of paper The achievement gap between current and pre-pandemic students has widened despite a record $190 billion in federal aid paid to schools […]
Bronny James scores 13 points in Lakers’ NBA Summer League win
LAS VEGAS — Lakers rookie Bronny James showed promising signs for his second straight NBA Summer League game Thursday night, scoring 13 points in Los Angeles’ 93-89 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The son of NBA all-time scoring leader LeBron James scored eight points in the first half on 3-of-5 shooting. He finished the game […]
Negative car equity is higher among borrowers with lower income and credit scores: CFPB
A recent CFPB report suggests that incorporating negative equity into new car loans may be a risky practice. (iStock) According to a recent study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), drivers with negative balances on their auto loans are twice as likely to have their accounts foreclosed, and they also have lower incomes and […]