The Taylorville Superintendent is retiring. Dr. Chris Dougherty tendered her resignation at the Taylorville School Board Meeting on Tuesday night and reiterated it on the WTIM Morning Show. Dr. Dough.
The Christian County Board met on Tuesday evening to review ordinances, discuss old and new business, and go over committee reports. The board heard from the public who spoke about relevant topics th.
By Blake Brittain
(Reuters) – British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Tuesday defeated a second copyright lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan over similarities between his hit “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.”
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the case brought by Structured Asset Sales LLC, ruling that the parts of “Let’s Get It On” Sheeran was accused of infringing were too common for copyright protection.
Sheeran won a separate jury trial over the songs in the same court earlier this month.
Stanton presided over both cases, which concerned co-writer Ed Townsend’s share of Gaye’s 1973 classic. Townsend’s heirs failed to convince jurors that Sheeran infringed their part of Townsend’s copyright in the song.
Structured Asset Sales is owned by investment banker and “Bowie Bonds” creator David Pullman, and it owns part of Townsend’s interest in R
By David Morgan, Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday prepared for critical debt-ceiling talks, with a little more than two weeks to go before the U.S. government could run short of money to pay its bills.
Democratic and Republican staff were working to find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations before a 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Tuesday meeting between Biden, McCarthy and the three other top congressional leaders.
The White House has not ruled out the annual spending caps that Republicans say must accompany any increase in the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit.
Republicans, who control the House, have said they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats agree to sharp spending cuts. Failure to lift the limit — a move necessary to cover the costs of spending and tax cuts previously approved by Congress — could trigger a default that
During Monday night's Taylorville City Council meeting, Mayor Bruce Barry reported to the Council that he and Police Chief Dwayne Wheeler recently attended a meeting on the homelessness issue in .