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Draft Budget Online & Important Dates
15 hours ago ago from Norwalk Net
A draft of the Norwalk Public School 2010-2011 Operating Budget request is now available on the NPS website . The $155 million budget recommended by the superintendent reflects a 3.4% increase over last year's budget. "This budget does not reduce any programs and there will be no new ones unless required by law given the financial climate," said Dr. Papallo in an email to NorwalkNet. The only new program required by law is an in-school ...
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8 hours ago ago from theCLog
Maybe Bill James will show up at a City Council meeting to complain. Just a week after County Commissioner James made an ass of himself — *there’s a shock — during debate over the new county policy offering same-sex partner benefits, he’s being given another chance to shine. Mayor Foxx has let it be known that the City Council will soon begin discussing a similar policy for city employees, probably as early as next month. It’s unclear at ...
Related contentDire straits?
12 hours ago ago from occasional links & commentary
In a scenario being played out across the country, students and faculty at the University of Southern Maine turned to an independent accountant to contest the university's claim of a budget crisis. According to Inside Higher Ed , Administrators say we’re broke? That’s not what our accountant tells us. Such is the sentiment at the University of Maine, where a recently completed audit challenges the notion that the university is in ...
Related contentMinda railway project gets initial funding
20 hours ago ago from PROGRESS WATCH: Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental
THE long-envisioned Mindanao Railway System (MRS) will finally come to reality after the P1.5 trillion national budget was approved by Congress on Friday, which included the P13-million proposed operating budget for the Project Management Office (PMO). Representative Rufus Rodriguez of the second district of Cagayan de Oro said the PMO budget was deliberately removed by the [...]
Related contentThe Nasty Party
21 hours ago ago from No Right Turn
Not content with trying to force terminal cancer patients and those without limbs into the workforce , National is now planning a broader attack on beneficiaries by putting a time-limit on the unemployment benefit and forcing everyone to reapply after a year . This may very well dissuade some of the vanishingly small number of benefit cheats we have in this country - but at the cost of further victimising and punishing a much larger number of ...
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NJ gov trims budget as gov-elect plans more cuts
12 hours ago ago from U.S. News
NJ gov trims budget as gov-elect plans more cuts TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has whacked more than $800 million from the current state budget less than a month before leaving office, he said Tuesday as his successor announced preparations for steep reductions for the fiscal year ahead. The $839 million in Corzine's additional cuts include $100 million from eliminating the state's contribution to the employee pension ...
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