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Big spender Boris should spend a little less on Londoners like me | Simon Jenkins Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:27PMThe capital must take its share of cuts. But if the mayor insists on public project behemoths, he must be free to fund them The Tory arts spokesman, Ed Vaizey, was strolling home one night before the election when he was suddenly met by a gang of hoodies. They dragged him into an alley, slammed his head against a wall and told him never, ever to reintroduce museum charges. They then broke his ...
Safe Haven provides shelter, support for abused Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:50PMEditors note: This is the third in a continuing series profiling the nonprofit organizations that serve the people of Lonoke County.
Safe Haven gives shelter and support Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:34PMEditors note: This is the third in a continuing series profiling the nonprofit organizations that serve the people of Lonoke County.
Financial help for seniors Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 6:41AMSenior citizens and others living on a fixed or low income know how difficult it is to make ends meet, especially when costs for essentials like health care, food and energy increase faster than their sources of income.
Sierra Vista hopefuls jump into the mix on affordable housing Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:16AMBy Adam Curtis Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA — The 20-some area residents gathered at City Hall on Thursday night and those watching at home had a chance to pose a wide variety of questions to the candidates running for City of Sierra Vista mayor and council, during the last of three such forums held in the past three days. read more
Funding cut for Indiana County's human services Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:20PMGovernment contributions to Indiana County's Human Services Development Fund have been cut again for 2010-11, it was announced at Wednesday's county commissioners' meeting.
In other Terrebonne Parish Council action Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:44AMThe following is a rundown of action taken by the Terrebonne Parish Council Wednesday. All council members attended. All decisions were unanimous, unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:42PMThe Martha's Vineyard Times and TicketsMV.com , together with Coldwell Banker Landmarks Real Estate present Community Works , a special section whose goal is to highlight Island nonprofit organizations and their plans to ask you to help them with their crucial work.
Laughlin in brief - a collection of area events. Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 2:20AMLAUGHLIN - Nevada residents may register to vote at the Laughlin Branch of the Las Vegas-Clark County Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 4, Thursday, Aug. 19, and Wednesday, Sept. 1, all from 4-6 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-noon; or Thursday, Sept. 30, 4-6 p.m.
Impact of new HIV/AIDS initiative unclear Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:58PMMary Botello has helped more than a dozen people with AIDS die comfortably and with dignity. The Comfort House administrator began volunteering at the McAllen hospice in 1999 and has been working with the terminally ill since then. Botello, who said...
Phoenix area bus riders left waiting amid transit cutbacks Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:42PMToday, Valley bus riders will once again have to cope with fewer routes, less-frequent buses and shorter hours as the regional system revamps 50 lines.
Riders left waiting amid transit cutbacks Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:02PMToday, Valley bus riders will once again have to cope with fewer routes, less-frequent buses and shorter hours as the regional system revamps 50 lines.
Opening address to Local Government NZ Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 4:43PMIn 2009, central government consumption made up around 21 per cent of the economy. That's actual spending by the government on goods and services, not including transfer payments or spending by SOEs.
Oregon budget stands at precarious crossroad Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:38AMSomething's gotta give as revenue is set to rise half as much as expenses in the next two years and stay that way for a decade.
For-profit schools use the Web to lure students with bogus grant offers Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:35AMAfter being laid off from her job as a high school teacher in Dayton, Ohio, Nicole Massey decided to go back to college. For months, she scoured the Web for ways to fund her tuition, while supporting her 10-year-old son, Tyler.
Tax office push for charity monitoring Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 10:24AMCALL comes as senior Hillsong church members enjoy lavish taxpayer funded lifestyle.
Taxpayers support lavish Hillsong lifestyle Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:00AMHILLSONG founder Brian Houston is using tax breaks to build a multinational preaching empire.
Barr: Cut earmarks, other federal spending Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 2:49AMCongress must slash its spending or risk smothering the U.S. economy with debt, Republican U.S. Hous
Los Alamos laps up stimulus dollars Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1:25AMGet FREE Daily Headlines by email! Los Alamos County is among the major beneficiaries of federal stimulus spending, ranking 13th in the nation for the amount per person.
Bogus 'Obama Asks Moms' School Ads Lure Students Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:13PMAfter being laid off from her job as a high school teacher in Dayton, Ohio, Nicole Massey decided to go back to college. For months, she scoured the Web for ways to fund her tuition, while supporting her 10-year-old son, Tyler. So when ads turned up in
NextEra Energy Announces Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:30AMJUNO BEACH, Fla.----NextEra Energy, Inc. today reported second quarter 2010 net income on a GAAP basis of $417 million, or $1.01 per share, compared with $370 million, or $0.91 per share, in the second quarter of 2009.
News Calendar: July 23 to Aug. 7 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:53PMNews Calendar for Salem, including contests, volunteer opportunities, free programs and more.
City may borrow more this year Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:57AMCity officials are looking at increasing the amount of money they borrow this year to fund capital projects, hoping to capitalize on low interest rates.[...]
The Dispossessed: Deep in debt and struggling to raise her family, the Treasury cleaner on ‘poverty wage’ Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 6:39AMMother-of-three Sandra Sanchez is one of London 's working poor. The Treasury cleaner has never claimed the dole but her low wage leaves her behind on her rent and struggling to pay the interest on her debts...
Laughlin in brief - a collection of area events. Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:20AMLAUGHLIN - The Clark County School District Board of Trustees wants to know what qualities residents desire in the next superintendent.
Little Current's waterfront hotel a 'luxury resort' Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:05AMLITTLE CURRENT—As the land deal between the Northeast Town and the Great Spirit Circle Trail (GSCT) nears closing, the hotel proposed for Highway 6 in Little Current is now free to go forward, with construction anticipated to start this fall.
The Dispossessed: How money can help - ask this orphan left to care for disabled brothers Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 6:23AMHundreds of charities fighting inequality across London will have the opportunity to bid for grants through the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund. For the volunteers who run these groups, a grant of up to £5,000 can make the difference between getting off the ground or closing their doors.
Sen. Rockefeller hears foreclosure stories Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:38PMMARTINSBURG - Allan and Barbara Staats tried for several months in advance of any problem to head off trouble with their home mortgage, contacting officials at CountryWide Financial Corp.
Yahoo!Xtra Kicks Off Round Two of Awards Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:50PMYahoo!Xtra has kicked off round two of its digital strategy awards following a successful launch of the awards in April.
Bennet Kelley: Boomers and the Tea Party: The Last Hurrah for Soldiers of Misfortune Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 2:15PMThe Tea Party movement is not a movement of boomer patriots, but rather the whine of the Free Lunch Society who banquet from the harvest of their parents' sacrifice while leaving the bill to their children.
NZ company reveals secret to good website design Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 10:44PMWired Internet Group, founder of the annual Best Investor Website Awards, has gone a step further in its quest to help people get a financial return from their websites. This week they launch their new book "Preparing for Take Off". The book ...
Oklahoma City school for homeless children back on top Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 10:26PMAfter a devastating loss in federal funding five years ago, the school Positive Tomorrows received full accreditation this summer as a free private school for Oklahoma City's homeless children.
Wellingtonians learn how not to stuff up Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 9:20PMWhile politicians might have the occasional stuff up, business people rarely admit to them.
Judge won't stay BISD retaliation trial Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:32PMA federal judge has denied an emergency stay in a trial to determine whether four members of the BISD Board of Trustees fired former chief financial officer Tony Juarez because he went to the FBI with information about an alleged conspiracy to manipulate the district’s stop-loss insurance contract.
Vince Cable: 'We must get credit flowing – or face another crunch' Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 6:11PMThe man who became Britain's poster boy of the credit crunch for his prescience and wit, Vince Cable, is now warning us about the next disaster.
Millions in Disaster Aid Approved for Southern W.Va. Residents, Businesses Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 12:30PMFederal disaster grants totaling more than $3 million have been approved to help businesses and residents slammed by storms and flooding in southern West Virginia last month.
Play is ultimate insult to homeless Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 9:32AMTHE State Government has spent $18,000 sponsoring a one-man play to show homeless people what it is like to be homeless.
Local man competes in Wheelchair Games Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 10:07PMParalyzed Veterans of America and the Department of Veterans Affairs put on the 30th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver earlier this month with financial assistance from corporations, civic and veterans service organizations.
Is it better barren? Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:25PMLast week I was fearful of treading through a minefield on the subject of land and urban development. The mines were the issues relevant to the subject itself.
June unemployment rate increases Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 2:17PMFlorida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June 2010 is 11.4 percent. This represents 1,056,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,237,000. The unemployment rate is down 0.3 percentage point from the May rate of 11.7 percent. This is the...
Looking back through the years, 7/8/10 Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 12:35AMFive years ago Teen council develops civic responsibility An affable Tanya Cruz sits at her desk, surrounded by pictures on the walls of her office of various Teen Council activities. Located at the Pinal Hispanic Council office on Main, the Eloy Teen Council was established in 2000 by Frank Jimenez, a teacher at Santa Cruz, as an avenue for student community involvement. In 2001, Mr. Jimenez ...
On the Move - Business edition Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:55PMAdvocacy Michele L. Whelley has been named president and CEO of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance. The Baltimore native’s most recent position was CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven. She previously was senior vice president of Colliers Pinkard’s real estate strategic advisory group and president of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. The Transportation [...]
Additional Issues to Address Before August Recess Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:30AMWhen the Senate returns from the July 4th recess this week, they plan to continue work on the tax extenders bill.
A new feature for professionals who want to connect Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:50PMNETWORKING A new feature for professionals who want to connect By Lars Leafblad | Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Networking is a new MinnPost section that features Pollen, a networking newsletter for professionals written by Lars Leafblad, left, of KeyStone Search, an executive search firm in Minneapolis.
Olney Theatre ready with preliminary plan to reduce $6M debt Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 4:18AMOlney Theatre Center for the Arts season ticket holders Marlene Waide (left) and Dorothy Bales mingle with performers Patrick Cragin (center) and Dan Van Why of the musical "Forever Plaid" during the center's Community Appreciation event on Saturday.
Wash house with bathrooms, laundry opens on Blackmon Road Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 10:26PMOn Monday, A Place for Hope took another step toward improving life on Blackmon Road when it opened its new wash house - giving residents access to token-operated washers and dryers and full bathrooms for showering.
County blocks $35,000 grant for library roof Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 1:37AMA slate roof for the entrance of the Morrisville Free Library isn't the kind of project the federal government's Community Development Block Grant program was intended to pay for, the Bucks County commissioners decided.
Haiti's slow recovery adds to risks, aid officials in Northwest say Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 10:38PMOn Monday, the six-month anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, Northwest aid officials report a slow and difficult recovery in the island nation.
Bye George Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 6:02PMHILO -- George Yokoyama brings millions in government grants to the Big Island, and through his taxpayer-funded transportation service, he literally delivers the votes. Or at least the voters.
Hays-Lodgepole, Montana's poorest-performing school district, hopes 'change destiny' Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 7:43AMHAYS — Success in Hays-Lodgepole often is seen measured by its Thunderbirds basketball team and stars such as A.J. Long Soldier and Shawn Shambo.