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City Rejects Petition to Repeal Assembly Labor Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsA petition asking voters to repeal Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan’s controversial rewrite of the city’s labor laws has been rejected by city officials, who say it won’t appear on the municipal ballot because it was improperly worded and...Tags: Public Officials, Referenda, Interior Policy, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Greece qualifies for new bailout funds but must impose mass layoffs
ATHENS – With a critical monitoring mission completed, international debt inspectors gave Greece the nod Monday for an additional $13 billion in rescue aid but insisted that it had to ax thousands of civil servants as part of efforts to slash the...
Tags: Alexis Tsipras, Finance, Politics, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs
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Greece to get $13 billion in rescue funds
ATHENS — International debt inspectors gave conditional approval Monday to an additional $13 billion in rescue aid for the beleaguered Greek government, but insisted that it cut thousands of civil service jobs as part of an effort to slash...Tags: Alexis Tsipras, Finance, Politics, Career and Workplace, Job Layoffs
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The IRS is inundated with ID theft and tax fraud. Its response is we're going to do something about it. Why wait? When the Florida legislators finish with their improvements in education, they will have to triple the salaries and benefits of good...
Tags: Republican Party, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Politics, Lake Eola
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Former Donovan Aide, Mentioned In Feds' Probe, Lands $106,478 Job With Nappier
The Hartford CourantLast year, Laura Jordan, the $150,000-a-year legal counsel to then-Speaker Christopher Donovan in the House Democrats' office at the Capitol, found herself in the middle of a federal grand jury investigation. That circumstance made it a challenge for...Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Christopher G Donovan, Electronics, Primaries, Middletown
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PSC fines for BGE and Pepco would stick customers with the bill [Letter]
This letter is in response to the article on page 8 of the Laurel Leader dated March 7, "Rosapepe disappointed by PSC assessment." Mr. Rosapepe and Mr. Frosh may be disappointed about the Public Service Commission's decision to not impose a $100...Tags: Politics, Punishment, Fines, Government, Annapolis
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Rosapepe finds Public Service Commission assessment of derecho response 'disappointing'
"Disappointing" is how District 21 state Sen. James Rosapepe, who represents Laurel, described the Public Service Commission's assessment of regional utility companies' response to the derecho storm that hit the area at the end of June. In an order...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Politics, Maryland General Assembly, Punishment, Fines
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Thousands Of State Workers Will Relocate In Next Two Years
The Hartford CourantThe state will buy two Hartford office buildings — one in downtown, one in Asylum Hill — with space for thousands of state employees as it consolidates work sites to save money. A formal announcement is expected Wednesday. The state will...Tags: Politics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Public Employees, Government, Economy, Business and Finance
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AP: Michigan won't privatize prisons further
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials said Friday they will not privatize nearly $350 million in prisoner health care and food costs, keeping intact nearly 1,700 state workers' jobs but frustrating Republican lawmakers who questioned the...
Tags: United Auto Workers, Health Insurance Cost, Republican Party, Privatization, Politics
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Renewable energy: We're using more of it
Wind energy. Renewable energy. Alternative energy. The amount of energy Michiganders use that has been produced by wind and other renewable sources has increased substantially in recent years. When someone flips a switch to turn on a light in their...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Politics, Science and Technology, Energy Saving, Business
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BGE rips off its customers, and the state lets them get away with it
Jamie Smith Hopkins' recent article on BGE's rate hikes prompts three responses ("Public Service Commission approves BGE rate increases," Feb. 23): First, BGE continues to rip off its customers, as has been its practice for the last 20 years. Second,...
Tags: Politics, Government
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Mercersburg mayor and police chief discuss law enforcement challenges
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThese are challenging times for the Mercersburg Police Department. Residents and businesspeople have filled meeting rooms to air grievances about commercial truck inspections, officers’ community involvement and accusations of police tailing...Tags: Justice System, Theft, Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Crime, Law and Justice
Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Mar 9, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 16, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Mar 2, 2013
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Mar 1, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
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