ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Due to a $15 million budget deficit, leaders with Rockford Public Schools announce sweeping changes, including more than 100 job cuts. In an announcement Thursday, leaders said ...

Stryker shared an update on its handheld surgical robot and other new technologies at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting this week. The handheld robot, called Mako RPS, was cleared ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — The Rockford Education Association and Rockford Public Schools have reached a tentative agreement to establish new contracts for their teachers. The decision came at Thursday's ...

Stryker today announced the limited market rollout of the Mako RPS (robotic power system) for Total Knee. The handheld robotic system combines Stryker’s proven Mako robotic technology with its power ...

Stryker has installed more than 3,000 Mako robots globally, according to BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman. Surgeons use the orthopedic robot in more than two-thirds of Stryker’s U.S. knee procedures and ...

Retroactive back pay is a major point of contention in contract negotiations between Rockford Public Schools and its teachers. The previous four-year labor agreement expired on June 30, and ...

The Mako RPS handheld robotic system [Image courtesy of Stryker] Stryker (NYSE: SYK) + today announced the limited market rollout of the Mako RPS (robotic power system) for Total Knee. The handheld ...

RICHMOND, Va. — RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras shared his proposed budget cuts Thursday ahead of what he says will be a "difficult budget year," including 50 layoffs and ending summer school for K-8 ...

Welcome to the third ever RPS 100: Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual tradition of trying to fit all of our ...

Richmond Public Schools’ former chief talent officer is suing Superintendent Jason Kamras and all nine members of the School Board for over $6 million, alleging school officials allowed employees to ...

RPS's public sector consulting team has added to the expertise it offers with the appointment of Melanie Morrissey and Steve Baker in key leadership roles in Canberra. Ms Morrissey joins as Executive ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Rockford Public Schools District #205 is facing a civil lawsuit after a special education teacher was accused of attacking a non-verbal student who is diagnosed with autism. The ...