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'Excessive and even exorbitant': Chicago Public Schools watchdog urges district to reform travel spending policies
CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools Office of the Inspector General is urging district officials to reform travel policies amid “questionable, excessive and even exorbitant” spending on overnight trips, according to a report released Wednesday.
CPS travel expenditures, including airfare and lodging, more than doubled between fiscal year 2019...Read more
Charity helping pay for Michigan Gov. Whitmer's trips draws lobbying complaint
LANSING, Mich. — A business-backed nonprofit organization that's been helping fund Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's overseas trade missions should be investigated for failing to register as a lobbyist, a complaint filed by a longtime lawyer contended Monday.
Bob LaBrant, former general counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, authored ...Read more
United, American CEOs meet Vance as shutdown strains travel
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said a prolonged government shutdown would likely snarl travel during the busy holiday period, as the administration seeks to ramp up pressure on Democrats over the funding standoff.
Vance’s comments followed a roundtable at the White House with aviation industry leaders on Thursday.
Attendees included United ...Read more
Bay Area community of Afghan immigrants feels betrayed and uncertain in the wake of Trump's travel ban
As the Trump administration continues to bar citizens of over a dozen foreign nations, local immigrant communities have been left feeling frustrated and fearful.
The travel ban, which expands on Trump’s efforts to ban nationals from several predominantly Muslim countries in his first term, now includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic...Read more
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