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Sheriff pushing budget boost
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsAs Palm Beach County faces another budget shortfall, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw proposes boosting his department costs by $4 million. Bradshaw on Tuesday released a $471 million budget proposal. That would just be about a 1 percent increase from this year,........Tags: Ric Bradshaw, Palm Beach County, Property Tax, Budgets and Budgeting
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Labor has helped L.A., but tweaks are still needed
I think it's fair to say that the men sitting across the table from me Monday afternoon were not terribly happy with my recent work. Bob Schoonover, president of Service Employees International Union, Local 721, and Art Sweatman, a shop steward and tree...
Tags: Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Public Employees, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Karanbir Gill: Deregulation would hurt state's trauma centers
In large states such as Florida, it is essential to carefully develop a statewide trauma care network that ensures our citizens have access to timely, life-saving care delivered by highly-trained specialists. Over the past 30 years, Florida has built a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Florida Legislature, National Government, Government
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Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Tylenol (drug), Prices, Medical Procedures and Tests
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New Cultural Plan a nice wish list, but city should focus on must-haves
Give the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events this much: It listened to what Chicagoans said they wanted in a Cultural Plan and wrote it down. And then wrote some more. And more. Released Monday, the Cultural Plan's 48 pages...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, DuSable Museum of African-American History, Arts and Culture, Daniel Burnham, Chicago Public Schools
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A lazy budget
WASHINGTON -- There is something profoundly timid about President Obama's proposed $3.778 trillion budget for 2014. Stripped of boasts about "investments" for the future and a responsible "balance" between deficit reduction and economic growth, the budget...
Tags: Economic Indicator, Consumer Confidence, Social Security, Inflation and Deflation, Medicaid
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Utter arrogance of Obamacare
With (the president) promising that every American will be covered by health insurance, it's fair to ask if you and I should be required to pay for fools who put themselves in the hospital by taking stupid chances. Like motorcycle riders who suffer...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton
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Orlando jobs machine cranks out low pay
The most interesting — and unsettling — numbers to emerge from February's unemployment report are tucked inside the annual job growth figures for Metro Orlando. They show that the region added 20,500 jobs over the year, a 2 percent...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Orlando, Labor Markets, Health and Safety at Work, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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In An Era of Fiscal Crisis, Malloy Has Few Places To Run
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's latest fiscal crisis roared to the forefront this week with patterns that say a lot about what we can expect to see not just this month or even in the coming year, but for the rest of Dannel P. Malloy's term as governor. The big picture...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Crime, Law and Justice, Nursing Homes, Stamford, Finance
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The reckoning on Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Obamacare dominated the 2010 midterms, driving its Democratic authors to a historic electoral shellacking. But since then, the issue has slipped quietly underground. Now it's back, summoned to the national stage by the confluence of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Penicillin (drug), Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Lobbying, Healthcare Provider, Andrew Cuomo, Insurance, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare
They jokingly refer to themselves as "road scholars," the part-time, often itinerate employees who teach the majority of the classroom hours at community colleges. Without their willingness to work for modest pay, tuition at these colleges would be...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, Judges, Lombard, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning
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Apr 30, 2013
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Dec 2, 2012
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Mar 26, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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