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MECA ticket perk has a bonus: free use of private suite
MECA board members used more than 270 free tickets to concerts and sporting events over the past 15 months, sometimes taking four or more guests to the organization’s private suite. Officials with the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority say the access is crucial for board members, who need to know the ins and outs of…
Read MoreSan Diego Opera officials sought government grants amid financial troubles
San Diego Opera officials seeking millions in government grants painted a picture of financial health over the past few years — a time during which financial troubles were well known inside the organization. In a 2012 application to the city of San Diego the opera noted — as it did in each year the company…
Read MoreLoving county tickets and criminal cases changed to lesser charges in turn for bigger fines
A CBS 7 investigation into how speeding tickets for CDL drivers are handled in Loving County has uncovered even bigger problems. CBS 7 was first to report Thursday that the county judge and county legal advisor have been writing off speeding tickets as parking violations. However, we found more than just speeding tickets are being…
Read MoreKentucky company making money off Georgia motorists
A private company that sells vehicle accident reports for $11 each to Georgians is making roughly $1 million a year off information that can by law be made available to drivers for less than a dollar. Each day, police officers statewide direct hundreds of drivers involved in wrecks to a website, Buycrash.com, that belongs to…
Read MoreExperts raise numerous concerns about Lakeland Behavioral Health System
The News-Leader raised questions then about Lakeland Behavioral Health System and posed more questions when more runaways were reported. The paper found a report that says Lakeland failed to follow Medicaid rules by repeatedly using antipsychotic drugs to restrain children.
Read MoreConcerns over Google’s scans of student emails
Every day, thousands of Orange County students log in to their school-assigned Google accounts to work on lessons and send emails to teachers and classmates. What many parents and teachers don’t know is that Google is scanning and indexing every email that those students send and receive. The company recently disclosed how it processes the…
Read MoreCanadian government clothing supplier purchasing goods overseas
The federal ministry responsible for most major uniform and other clothing purchases on behalf of civil servants will begin to disclose the countries where those clothes are made. The policy change comes after the Star questioned the oversight of companies that sell apparel to the Canadian government.
Read MoreSalary for leaders of San Diego Opera under scrutiny
While the San Diego Opera’s overall financial condition eroded steadily over the past five years, the compensation paid to its leader Ian Campbell and his now ex-wife increased in some of those years, topping $1 million in 2010, a review of publicly filed tax forms for the organization showed.
Read MoreWelder’s torch may have caused fire at Fort Detrick
A welder’s torch may have sparked a fire that caused $10 million in damage at the world’s largest high-security research lab, still under construction at Fort Detrick, according to a report prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Read MoreDelaware Chief Medical Examiner subject of criminal investigation
Delaware Chief Medical Examiner Richard T. Callery, who was suspended with pay on Feb. 25, is the subject of a criminal investigation into whether he misused state resources to run a private business, The News Journal has learned.
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