Inspector general clashes with Emanuel officials on contracting banTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:56PMMayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration has refused to bar from city business a former top City Hall aide who admitted taking part in an illegal job-rigging scheme, the city’s top watchdog said in a report Tuesday.
Sen. Alexander Speaks on Balancing the BudgetTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:43PMJoining with his Republican Senate colleagues who had also served as governor, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today spoke in support of the federal government balancing its budget the way nearly all state governments are required to, saying, "balancing the budget helps create jobs is if we keep our interest payments down, we keep our taxes down, we can spend our money wisely on things ...
Will a pension overhall save your retirement?Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:30AMThe Conservative government will get down to the business of implementing its vision for fixing the Canadian pension system this week -- and Bay Street is salivating at the prospect
Guest Opinion: GOP bill would slash jobless fundsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:05AMCongress passed legislation in December to extend emergency unemployment insurance for an additional year because Americans were still reeling from a historic recession that had left almost 15 million people looking for work at the end of 2010.
No Child Left Behind, but at what cost?Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:03AMhe moving target of standards that is the federal No Child Left Behind Act has accomplished a great deal since it was first passed in 2001, forcing public schools at all levels to pay attention to students who previously may have fallen through the cracks. In that respect, it has been a fruitful law, because public schools across the country have worked hard over the past decade to meet ...