Halton Hills is moving forward with plans to establish a formal whistleblower program designed to give municipal employees a secure, anonymous avenue to report fraud, wrongdoing and waste. At its July 13 meeting, town council received a report outlining a proposed framework for the program, which will be brought forward for formal consideration during the […]

Halton Hills is taking its first formal step toward creating a whistleblower policy, following unanimous support from council. Coun. Jason Brass brought forward a resolution March 9 that directs town staff to investigate how whistleblower programs operate in other municipalities and report back on what would be required to implement a similar framework in Halton […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has begun making one of the controversial personnel changes for government employees that was spelled out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term. He’s starting the process of reclassifying 50,000 federal employees under what’s known as Schedule F, which can make civil servants into political appointees […]