These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. 

The Times of Malta writes that a school bus operator has lost his state school run contracts after he was caught hiring a paedophile as a driver. 

In a separate story, the paper reports that Sai Mizzi's lucrative contract is up today, but the government has refused to list her achievements during her stint as business envoy to Asia. 

The Malta Independent leads with yesterday's news that the Planning Authority has given the go-ahead for the first phase of the American University's Cospicua campus. 

In-Nazzjon writes that the ongoing issue concerning medical visa bribery allegations proves Castille is "a den of corruption". 

L-Orizzont reports that leak detectors working with Water Services Corporation have been given a raise.