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Tag: Federal lawsuits
News Roundup
Former Liberty University Employee Sues School, Claims Wrongful Termination and Racial Discrimination
Former Liberty University employee Kelvin Edwards is suing the school, claiming wrongful termination, racial discrimination and breach of contract, 10 News reported. Edwards filed a federal lawsuit Friday, in which he claims he was wrongfully terminated by Liberty in October, after being made several guarantees when he was offered the position of executive vice president […]
July 6, 2021
African-American
Maryland Legislature Agrees to Pay $577 Million to State’s HBCUs
Maryland lawmakers has passed a bill to pay $577 million over 10 years to settle a longstanding federal lawsuit alleging discrimination and underfunding at the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Associated Press reported. The four HBCUs are: Morgan State University, Bowie State University, Coppin State University and the University of Maryland Eastern […]
March 19, 2021
News Roundup
AFT Chief Sues DeVos Over Debt-Forgiveness Program
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been sued by the American Federation of Teachers for allegedly preventing public employees from accessing a loan-forgiveness program to which they are entitled under federal law. In Weingarten v. DeVos, AFT president Randi Weingarten and seven other plaintiffs state that federal workers have been denied access to the […]
July 12, 2019
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