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California drops a notch in public school spending
California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...Tags: Finance, New York City, Students, Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC
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COLUMN: Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Barack Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Mitt Romney, Taxation, U.S. Congress
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Minnesota legislature OKs new higher top income tax bracket
ReutersMINNEAPOLIS, May 20 (Reuters) - Minnesota's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would raise more than $2 billion for the upcoming two-year budget through income and other tax increases, allowing the state to close a $627 million structural budget...Tags: Government, Labor Disputes, Public Officials, Taxation, Career and Workplace
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Some Md. lawmakers ready to consider business tax cut
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWhen Del. Andrew A. Serafini, R-Washington, introduced a bill during the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly seeking to reduce the state’s corporate income tax from 8.25 percent to 4 percent, he suggested that his bill might be a way to...Tags: Anirban Basu, Business, Washington, DC, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Politics
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Editorial: Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat? Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial...Tags: Weight, Nikki Haley, Michael Bloomberg, PepsiCo Inc., Consumer Goods Industries
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Council to consider funding housing for homeless
The Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to consider approving a loan of up to $500,000 to help pay for permanent housing for the city's homeless population. If approved by the council and the city's Housing Authority, which replaced the...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Politics, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Funding to L.A. magnet school restored
School district officials have reversed a decision that cost a top-performing Los Angeles campus about $300,000 in funding after parents uncovered evidence that a bureaucratic error led to the loss of funds. Five other schools also are likely to get...
Tags: Poverty, Social Issues, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'
Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...
Tags: U.S. Cabinet, Justice System, Gina McCarthy, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Poverty, Diabetes, Medicaid, Social Issues, Chemical Industry
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Infosys to challenge latest tax demand of $105.3 million
ReutersBANGALORE (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, said on Monday it would challenge a 5.77 billion rupees ($105.3 million) income tax demand raised by Indian authorities earlier this month. The demand relates to certain tax...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Coalition aims to help low-income pet owners in Aberdeen area
Northeast South Dakota Spay and Neuter Coalition • What it is: A nonprofit organization that will offer low-cost spaying and neutering services to low-income pet owners. • Why it was created: To help curb animal overpopulation and reduce the...Tags: Rabies, Pets, Groton
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The Nixon false equivalence
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect...
Tags: Justice System, The New York Times, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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