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LCA statement of qualifications for Allentown water/sewer lease released
Valley 610Allentown has publicized another bid document from the Lehigh County Authority, the winning bidder for the city’s recently approved water and sewer lease. For months, city officials have been tangling with a Washington, D.C.-based environmental... -
Chinese carmaker to open first U.S. plant in Lancaster in October
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is determined to make his desert town a hub for Chinese companies specializing in alternative energy. That dream came a little closer at the public unveiling Wednesday of the plug-in electric bus factory owned by Build Your...
Tags: Politics, KB Home, China, Government, Plant Openings
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House erupts over tax-cut vote after daylong slowdown
TALLAHASSEE — A showdown over expanding health care to low-income Floridians slowed the Legislature to a crawl for a second day Wednesday, with the fate of an elections-reform package, sports-stadium tax breaks and other bills hanging in the...
Tags: Daytona International Speedway, Politics, Parties and Movements, Buddy Dyer, Lobbying
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Local mayor suspended as Bangladesh disaster toll climbs to 430
Reuters* Mayor suspended for approving permit for building * Death toll reaches 430 * Worldwide outcry against working conditions By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 2 (Reuters) - The mayor of the Bangladesh municipality where a factory building collapsed killing more...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Health and Safety at Work, Politics, Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents
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Updated: Danville City Commission voices support for Corning, EDP
smojica@amnews.comDanville City Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a letter of welcome to Corning Inc., but only four out of five commissioners voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Danville-Boyle County Economic Development Partnership. No public...Tags: Politics, Elections, Corporate Officers, Local Elections, Economic Policy
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Let us decide for ourselves
Even if you agree that government shouldn't tell business how to do business, a proposal in the Florida Legislature that would pre-empt local governments from exerting local control is bad public policy. At the moment, Florida businesses are...Tags: Politics, Laws, Career and Workplace, National Rifle Association of America, Business
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Rating agency: Allentown water/sewer lease is 'credit positive'
Allentown's recently approved water and sewer lease is "credit positive" for the city, according to a news release from Moody's Investors Service. A "credit positive" label indicates that the lease will have a positive financial impact on the city...Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Allentown, Finance, Moody's Corporation
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Our Laguna: Cinco de Mayo event muy bueno for clinic
Sunday may have been foggy, but the goal of the Laguna Beach Community Clinic's Cinco de Mayo celebration was clear — raise money. About $53,000 was netted at the annual event, held Sunday on the terraced patio of Ann and Jim Shea's hillside home....
Tags: Personal Income, Environmental Issues, Health and Medical Professionals, Energy Saving, Electronics
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Liberty Bank, Housing and Urban Planning, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes
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Palm Beach man makes plea to Legislature to help ailing dad
TALLAHASSEE -- A Palm Beach County man pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to help his ailing 72-year-old dad, who was hit by a Palm Beach County school bus five years ago and now lives in a nursing home, largely unable to spreak, paralyzed on his right...Tags: Nursing Homes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach County
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Mayor of West, Texas: The face of a ravaged town
WEST, Texas — The two-tone brown Ford F-150 careens into the downtown parking space and out jumps Tommy Muska, a mayor on the move. Wearing a baseball cap, green long-sleeved shirt and bluejeans, his face ruddy from a life under the central Texas...Tags: Fertilizer, Rick Perry, Insurance, Photography Supplies and Services, Broken Leg
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School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Council, Chicago City Hall
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