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Decision restores Department of Education grant funding for teacher preparation, a tool to ‘address the serious teacher shortage crisis’
Retroactive payments averaging $6,710 are being sent to eligible public sector retirees previously impacted by WEP and GPO, with higher monthly benefits beginning in April
The $400,000 grant will be used for speeding enforcement, adding DUI checkpoints and targeting distracted drivers
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A Newark firehouse was dedicated to David Lee Bolden, William Thomas Jr., and Shelton Harris Jr.
Several of Mayor Randall Woodfin’s opponents say the vote shows the city needs a change in leadership
The lawsuit demands the return of $42.3 million the city recently allocated to a new Community Services and Prevention Fund
The Volusia County program allows dispatchers to transfer non-emergency 911 calls to a nurse for remote assessment and home care guidance
The no-confidence vote, believed to be the first in the city’s history city, cited a spike in violent crime and a new low in morale
Academies teaching new paramedics saw a 50 percent drop in enrollment last year, or higher, according to the AMR regional director in the county
A new step-by-step search procedure is getting police and firefighter boots on the ground faster as well as drones, helicopters and fire engines
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is conducting an audit but doesn’t think it will be “the grand conspiracy that the mayor wants it to be”
Among its rules, the new policy bans pursuits for minor traffic violations and bars officers from separating from partners if they can’t see the suspect
It’s unclear what the consequences of the city-parish’s violations will be, or the feasible fixes