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Intruder arrested at Arkansas Governor's Mansion
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities are questioning a man accused of climbing over the fence around the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and entering the grounds. Arkansas State Police say the man scaled the fence at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday and was quickly...Tags: Police Arrests, Mike Beebe, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Politics
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LETTER: Proud For Hartford And City Council
Here are some things Hartford can be proud of -- although they were not highlighted in yhe article "Mayor's Budget Plan Cut By $8.6 Million" [May 21, news]: City Council agreed to a budget. Majority and minority leaders each had some wins, some losses....Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, National Government, Politics
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EXCLUSIVE-China urbanisation plan hits roadblock over spending fears-sources
ReutersBy Kevin Yao BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion on urbanisation to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending binge could push up local debt levels...Tags: Beijing (China), Economy, Business and Finance, Conservation, Government Debt, Environmental Issues
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Letters: Poverty and school funding
Re "Poverty's new address is in suburbs," May 20 This eye-opening study, which shows that more poor people now live in suburbs than in urban areas, indirectly highlights one of the major failings of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed school funding formula,...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Social Issues
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$52 million Citizens depop deal includes many South Florida policies
Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a $52 million transaction that will send some 60,000 of the state-backed insurer's policies to St. Petersburg-based Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co. South Florida is...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Palm Beach County, Executive Branch, Broward County, Insurance
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Eric Garcetti faces tough tests when he takes office as mayor
In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Local Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Economy, Business and Finance, Wendy Greuel
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British Prime Minister seeks answers after soldier hacked to death
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just...Tags: Murder, Shootings, Prosecution, Francois Hollande, Boris Johnson
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Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersBy Siva Sithraputhran KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested several opposition politicians and activists on Thursday, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked...Tags: Civil Rights, Najib Razak, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Amnesty International
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Japan market gyrations underline economy's vulnerability while verdict still out on Abenomics
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation. Interest...Tags: Credit and Debt, Credit Ratings, Economy, Business and Finance, Tokyo (Japan), Debt Market
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Time to take a critical look at ISTEP
For many of us, there is a sad air of inevitability about the computer problems that caused the recent suspension of implementation of the ISTEP test across Indiana. None of us should be shocked that this has happened. I believe this is the third time...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Executive Branch, Learning Disability, Politics
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Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press
(Information in the following story is from: Black Hills Pioneer, http://www.bhpioneer.com) WHITEWOOD, S.D. (AP) — The western South Dakota town of Whitewood has named a 20-year law-enforcement veteran as its new police chief. Robert Steenholdt...Tags: South Dakota Legislature, American Legion, Executive Branch, Dennis Daugaard, Politics
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CASA Inc. gets $30,000 to recondition and reopen after bedbug infestation
dona@herald-mail.comClosed at the beginning of April because of a bedbug infestation, the CASA Inc. shelter for victims of domestic violence has received more than $30,000 in financial support to recondition and reopen the building. “It happened on April Fool’s...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Building Material, Executive Branch, Politics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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