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9 hours ago ago from The Raleigh 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Raleigh, NC
Imagine you are the head of a large department in a vastly larger company. Your CEO comes to you and mentions that the company chairman's wife is looking for a new job. She'd be a great fit for your department, says the CEO. What do you do? Well, you hire her, of course. That, apparently, was the decision made by the administration of N.C. State University last year. As the Raleigh News and Observer has reported, the University ...
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17 hours ago ago from Learningsun
More students appear to be earning A's and B's on their progress reports in New York. State Education officials reported Thursday that they plan to make changes to the grading system used throughout the schools. Shael Polakow-Suransky, the department's chief accountability officer stated “We are going to raise the bar,” adding that eventhough he wishes there to be more of an assortment of grades, “At the same time, when we set clear ...
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I, for one, am underwhelmed by the President's job-growth plan. Still, I understand there are political realities that limit what he can get through the Congress. One thing the Democratic leadership could do is reframe the objective. We need to create new jobs, but we also urgently need to preserve jobs in jeopardy. Otherwise those new jobs we're promised will be offset by new cutbacks. Cutbacks are a virtual certainty unless Congress ...
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22 hours ago ago from U.S. News
New Ind. state revenue forecast $1.83B lower INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday he will cut state spending on public schools by at least $300 million given a new revenue forecast that predicts Indiana government will take $1.8 billion less than what lawmakers thought when passing a two-year budget. That spending plan passed in June was projected to leave Indiana with a $1 billion surplus at the end of the budget cycle in ...
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1 hour, 49 minutes ago ago from U.S. News
Iowa governor signs efficiency plan cutting $128M DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed an executive order Wednesday expected to save the state nearly $128 million through government efficiency efforts and called for lawmakers to approve early retirement incentives for state workers in order to save millions more. Culver also said it's likely the Legislature will close one of the state's four mental health institutions in ...
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Holiday shopping just got more more difficult for Iowa college students this year. Thanks to state funding cutbacks, many students will be spending a little less on gifts and a little more on tuition. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver approved a $522 million budget cut on Oct. 28, erasing 10 percent of funds from each of Iowa's 28 state departments. Well over half the cuts -- $332 million -- came out of educational funding, which covers everything from ...
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Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This South Carolina To Cut State Budget By 5 Percent South Carolina To Cut State Budget By 5 Percent... The South Carolina Budget and Control Board voted Tuesday to cut the state budget by 5 percent, or roughly $238 million. The cuts will effect ...
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Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Alabama prisons eye releases as worst case option Associated Press Published: December 16, 2009 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's prison commissioner says a budget shortage of $15 million this year could lead to employee layoffs, prison ...
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