Wage Contract Issues

The state contractor that collects child support payments in Baltimore continues to have trouble meeting the terms of its agreement, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of Legislative Audits calling for better oversight by the...

Eureka-area farmer Jim Fischer said he lost $166,000 when Anderson Seed in Redfield went bankrupt earlier this year, and now he has received more bad news.  When he applied for his share of the surety bond being distributed to compensate farmers for...

Robert Kennedy, the higher education chief who resigned Oct. 12 amid an uproar over $250,000 in unauthorized raises given to his subordinates, received at least $100,000 more than his widely reported $340,000 annual salary in 13 months on the job —...

When a state agency tried to hire a new contractor to run a call center that fields inquiries about child support payments, an appeals panel intervened and called the process "deeply flawed" and "unreasonable, illogical and improper." The move would have...

Nine cities, including Glendale and Pasadena, filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to force the state to make good on millions of dollars for local officials to pay down debt and other obligations left over by the dissolution of local redevelopment...

PIERRE -- Public records show a political action committee operated by Secretary of State Jason Gant accepted $17,500 last year from two companies that performed services for his office.  Gant’s political action committee, Committed to Victory,...

WASHINGTON (AP) —  It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students’ financial aid on debit cards. Four years after he opted out,...

If you're looking to clean out your home and make a little extra cash, doing business with your local consignment shop could be a smart move. These shops let you leave your items on their shelves until they sell in exchange for a portion of the profits....

The Baltimore school system spent more than $2.8 million on overtime in fiscal 2010, even though it was doubtful that employees worked all of the hours for which they were paid. Three employees earned a combined $250,000 in salaries while working for...

One of the state’s largest health insurers has told customers it will no longer pay for health care at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center beginning next month, pending negotiations that now stand at an impasse. Humana started sending out...

SOUTH BEND -- It's not exactly a raise, but South Bend teachers are each getting a one-time stipend of $1,150. At its Monday evening meeting, the school board approved a contract with the teacher's union -- effective retroactively from Aug. 16, 2012,...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis called the overwhelming vote by teachers in favor of a contract agreement a victory, but said the union would continue to fight against school closing and the growth of privately-run charter schools. "No...