• Rhode Island Current

    Mass. higher ed sector facing stiff headwinds

    Massachusetts famously brags of living by its wits. While other regions may claim better year-round weather as a draw, or natural resources or an industrial base that fuel their economies, the Commonwealth has looked to a surfeit of brain power as its comparative advantage. That has made recent decades a golden era in Massachusetts, as […] The post Mass. higher ed sector facing stiff headwinds appeared first on Rhode Island Current.

  • Associated Press

    Ex-Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has been threatened with jail time in his divorce case

    A Republican who spent years as one of Ohio's highest profile politicians has been threatened with jail time for violating the terms of his 2020 divorce agreement. Josh Mandel, a former two-term state treasurer who ran three times for U.S. Senate, was sentenced to seven days behind bars, as was his ex-wife, Ilana Mandel, after an Ashland County court magistrate found them in contempt of court for violating elements of the deal. Common Pleas Magisrate Paul Lange found the Mandels each entered the other's home without permission and refused to pay bills related to their three children, as well as that Ilana Mandel once failed to take a child to soccer practice.

  • Yahoo Sports

    Loyola Marymount's Jevon Porter arrested for speeding, suspicion of DWI

    Porter was released on Saturday morning and charges have yet to be filed.