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More toll gates in South Africa likely, says minister

3 hours ago ago from Road Safety & Arrive Alive Blog

There is not enough money available to fix roads, so more toll gates will probably have to be built on national roads, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said in a report on Thursday. More than 4 100km of roads or 32 percent of the national road network are in such a bad state that they only have a structural life span of five years left. It would cost more than R35-billion to fix these roads before 2014, Ndebele said in Parliament, ...

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Road builders to lobby against one budget-cutting idea

21 hours ago ago from Radio Iowa

Governor Culver is embracing 90 different budget-cutting ideas from cutting newspaper and magazine subscriptions to selling off some state-owned property. The private consultants Culver hired to wade through the state budget suggest $1.7 billion could be saved within five years if all their ideas were implemented. About $22-million worth of the identified in the consultants' report comes from collecting overdue fines and fees owed to the ...

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Florida Wildlife Announcement

23 hours ago ago from Latchkey Man

In most other states this would be obvious . State wildlife officials are warning folks not to pick up the remains of dead bears found along Florida's highways and roads, following a Volusia County incident last week in which a roadkill bear was removed from a scene and then skinned and butchered.

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Risk Gain

16 hours ago ago from Tarheel Red

I'm not sure that Government understands risk : State officials said they believe Dell also should give back about $6 million in tax breaks the company received between 2005 and 2007, but a Dell spokesman said the company is entitled to keep the money since it was operating at the time. Our belief and our understanding is that we met the performance thresholds required for those incentives during those years, and are not ...

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Gas Leases in PA Filed Illegally... heh...

15 hours ago ago from SPLASHDOWN!

Patrick Card December 8, 2009 WELLSBORO -- A WENY-TV News investigation shows that there could be a large number of natural gas leases in Pennsylvania that were filed illegally. The legality of the leases is linked to the process taken by natural gas companies when the leases are signed. When a landowner signs the lease, the landowner by law must appear before a notary, who is technically an appointed state official. In a number of ...

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GOP gov candidate announces Illinois finance plan

21 hours ago ago from U.S. News

GOP gov candidate announces Illinois finance plan CHICAGO (AP) -- Republican candidate for governor Andy McKenna proposed dramatically cutting state spending to rescue Illinois' finances without an income tax increase. Chicago businessman McKenna on Tuesday said the state should cut spending to 2006 levels, amounting to about a 20 percent drop. That could mean big cuts to state government while only addressing about half of the budget ...

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Universal Fibers plans expansion, 84 new jobs

6 hours ago ago from Media General - TriCities.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Universal Fibers plans expansion, 84 new jobs Contributed photo Universal Fibers produces solution dyed fibers for the commercial flooring, transportation and industrial fiber and textile markets. By David McGee | Staff Writer / ...

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