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21 hours ago ago from Recession Realities in Higher Education
Indiana State University has begun developing a cost reduction plan that will include early retirement incentives as well as elimination of positions, ISU president Dan Bradley said Friday. More than likely, some people will lose their jobs, he said. Bradley, trustee president Ron Carpenter and employee group representatives discussed the budget reduction dilemma during Friday’s trustees meeting. Bradley also addressed it in detail as part of ...
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2 hours ago ago from Crooks and Liars
So this could be an important break in this impasse - assuming the Vatican doesn't get involved, that is. Completely aside from the still-stunning concept that some theologies are enshrined in legislation controlling women, that is: WASHINGTON — In an apparent split with Roman Catholic bishops over the abortion-financing provisions of the proposed health care overhaul, the nation’s Catholic hospitals have signaled that they back the Senate’s ...
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2 hours ago ago from Legal News
The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina's attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington state - all Republicans - are jointly taking a look at the deal they've dubbed the ...
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6 hours ago ago from Stangler in a Strange Land
Just a few days before Christmas, CT Democrats rallied to postpone the estate tax cut (from Jan. 2010 to Jan. 2012) favored by Governor Rell and Republican legislators. At a time where Rell and the Republicans are asking to cut aid to hospitals, non-profit social services, and $84 million to towns and cities across the state to close the estimated $337 million budget shortfall, it simply makes sense to postpone the estate tax cut. In fact, it ...
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7 hours ago ago from The New York Times
States that have already broadly expanded health care coverage are pushing back against the Senate overhaul bill, arguing that it unfairly penalizes them in favor of states that have done little or nothing to extend benefits to the uninsured. Ruby Washington/The New York Times A caseworker at a retirement center in New York helped clients understand the complexities of Medicare and Medicaid. Health Care ...
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