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1 week ago | 
finance.yahoo.com | Andrea Wood
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to overturn affirmative action in higher education, headlines about companies scaling back—or even eliminating—their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have become almost daily occurrences. Faced with lawsuits and political pressure, some high-profile brands have pulled back.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
SHARON, Pa. – Tenor Health Foundation Sharon LLC will pay $1.9 million to purchase the furniture, fixtures, equipment and inventory located at the facilities operated by Sharon Regional Health System Inc. But – and it’s a big but – Tenor is not buying all the real estate owned by Medical Properties Trust.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
SHARON, Pa. – Another lifeline has been extended to Sharon Regional Medical System with an agreement between the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Medical Properties Trust to undergo mediation regarding the value of the hospital real estate that MPT owns. The agreement to enter mediation was reached Monday, according to the date of the stipulation and agreed ordered filed today at noon in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
SHARON, Pa. – The Pennsylvania attorney general is seeking a 14-day extension that would stop Steward Health Care System from executing today’s scheduled closing notice for Sharon Regional Medical Center.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
NORTH LIMA, Ohio – It’s a good bet that Dan McGahagan slept in this morning. And don’t bother sending him an email. Today is McGahagan’s first day of retirement, his nearly 45 years with Armstrong – 20 years as local general manager – celebrated this week by co-workers and top executives from the Armstrong Group headquarters in Butler, Pa.Armstrong operates 15 cable “stores” in the five states where it provides broadband services. McGahagan was named GM of the Woodworth Road office here in 2004.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
By J.E. Ballantyne Jr.YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – “Something is coming to eat the world whole, so don’t feed the plants,” is the cry from the trio during the Millennial Theatre Company’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” once it got going after a very late start. The crazy, looney but very popular musical, opened at the Hopewell Theatre on Friday night to a near capacity crowd.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Midnight Wednesday is the deadline to file objections to Insight Health System of Flint, Mich., becoming the new owner of Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Howland. Steward Health Care System filed a motion late Friday informing U.S. Bankruptcy Court that Medical Properties Trust has selected separate foundations established by Insight to buy the hospitals. Insight is based in Flint, Mich.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
WARREN, Ohio – Western Reserve Health Education Inc., the nonprofit provider of graduate medical education at Trumbull Regional Medical Center, says it submitted a proposal Aug. 28 to Steward Health Care System to buy the hospital and it has secured $20.5 million in interim financing for Steward to continue operations until WRHE takes ownership. In court papers filed late Thursday, WRHE said it is “awaiting a response” from Steward. Terms of the purchase proposal were not disclosed.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The close of business Aug. 30 – the Friday before Labor Day. That’s how long Pennsylvania has to arrange $1.5 million in interim financing and prevent Steward Health Care System from issuing a closure notice for Sharon Regional Medical Center. The deadline was set late Thursday by Judge Christopher Lopez following a lengthy multi-topic hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
businessjournaldaily.com | Andrea Wood
SHARON, Pa. – The Pennsylvania attorney general says Steward Health Care Services is demanding “interim emergency funding” to keep Sharon Regional Medical Center from being closed. In a bankruptcy court notice filed late this morning, Steward is quoted as threatening, “We require $1.5 million from Pennsylvania by Friday August 23, 2024 – or we will send a closure notice.”Steward says it’s being pressured by lenders who are “demanding hospitals be closed immediately.
