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Obama, governors confer on economy
The nation's governors met with President-elect Barack Obama yesterday to help craft an economic stimulus plan that would include money for ready-to-go transportation projects and programs for the poor stretched thin by increased demand. Several dozen...Tags: Government, Heads of State, Sarah Palin, National Government, Regional Authority
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Big Three ask for money -- again
Today's question: In their business plans submitted to lawmakers on Tuesday, did the Big Three executives ask Congress for the right things? What kind of "strings" should be attached to any financial deal for Detroit? Previously, Ikenson and Burtless...Tags: Government, Nancy Pelosi, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Bankruptcy, United Air Lines
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Bristol Likely To Postpone Major Projects In City
The Hartford CourantLong-standing plans to renovate city hall, refurbish a firehouse, rebuild drainage systems and replace older garbage trucks are probably all off the table next year, city officials said Tuesday. With the recession already hurting local ledgers, dozens of...Tags: Government, Public Officials, Layoffs and Downsizing, Public Finance, Collective Contract
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Drivers would pay up to 4 times more if city's deal to lease the meters is approved
Tribune reportersIf you plan to park at a meter anywhere in Chicago, get ready to carry plenty of change: rates will likely quadruple next month for most spots in the city. At most meters, where a single quarter now buys 60 minutes, the charge will spike to $1 per hour....Tags: Wages and Pensions, Personal Income, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Regional Authority, Midway
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States' Budgetary Needs May Interfere With Obama's Economic Plan
The Hartford CourantConnecticut and most other states are tightening budgets just as President-elect Barack Obama is gauging how much new federal spending is needed to stimulate the economy. Can the states avoid working at cross-purposes with Washington? Gov. M. Jodi...Tags: Government, Fairfield University, Jodi Rell, Economic Policy, National Government
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Obama promises governors he'll be listening
The nation's governors came to tell tales of financial woe, but President-elect Barack Obama was already sold on them playing a role in the national economic recovery plan.
After convening almost a complete set of state chief executives Tuesday, Obama...Tags: Government, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Local Elections, Local Authority
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Paterson: Stimulus funds would be put to work quickly
james.madore@newsday.comNew York would start a host of building projects "within a month" of receiving federal stimulus money, Gov. David A. Paterson said yesterday. State officials have identified 40 "shovel-ready" transportation and 58 wastewater treatment projects that...Tags: Government, Government Debt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John McCain, Sarah Palin
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Localities struggle to keep coffers full
Retail sales are down. Fewer-than-expected tourists are staying in hotels. Gas-guzzling trucks and vans are depreciating at more than double the usual rate because high fuel prices earlier this year drove down the demand for big vehicles. Property...Tags: Government, Property, Sales, Property Tax, Minivans and Vans
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Meltdown 101: How aid to states could lift economy
The Associated PressThe nation's governors are seeking tens of billions of dollars in federal spending as their states struggle to survive the economic crisis. But how exactly would federal aid help the states -- and what would this sort of spending do for the nation's...Tags: Government, Public Finance, National Government, Regional Authority, State Budgets
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Obama works Congress to 'hit the ground running'
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — As President-elect Barack Obama looks toward Inauguration Day, coordination with Congress could produce a remarkable result: Democrats may try to pass an economic stimulus bill even before Obama takes office Jan. 20, and have it on...Tags: Government, Nancy Pelosi, Upper House, National Government, Heavy Engineering
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School board wants you to help plan its budget
247-7870— With funding anticipated to be less than expected both from the state and county in the next fiscal year, Williamsburg-James City County Schools officials will have to figure out within the next few months what they can do without and what can...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Williamsburg-James City County Schools, Teaching and Learning, James City County, State Budgets
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Civic leaders press Brewer to leave L.A. Unified
Key civic leaders have lost confidence in L.A. School Supt. David L. Brewer and are quietly pressing for him to leave his $300,000-a-year position as head of the nation's second-largest school system, The Times has learned.
The school board is expected...Tags: Government, Metal and Mineral, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Richard Riordan, National or Ethnic Minorities
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