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Plans made to restore old Central library to original role as theater
Standing inside the library at the old Aberdeen Central, you can’t help but appreciate the history of the place. Beginning 101 years ago, the big room housed a fine theater for more than 30 years. Down the road, the room will become an...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Politics, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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A remedy for beggar states
The nation's menu of crises caused by governmental malpractice may soon include states coming to Congress as mendicants, seeking relief from the consequences of their choices. Congress should forestall this by passing a bill with a bland title but...
Tags: Republican Party, Devin Nunes, Local Government, Collective Contract, Government
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Unions blast state on plans for underfunded pensions
Tribune reporterA coalition of public employee unions issued a report today blasting state legislation to address their vastly underfunded pension systems and offering instead to make increased worker contributions if lawmakers raised $2 billion by ending tax benefits to...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Labor Legislation, Government, Taxation, Executive Branch
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California state workers committed bribery, mail fraud, auditor says
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Unions hail demise of Riordan pension-reform ballot measure effort
L.A. NOWRepresentatives of Los Angeles city labor unions on Monday hailed the announcement that former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan had pulled the plug on his ballot measure to roll back pension benefits for city employees, calling it an expensive and poorly... -
L.A. union worker told members to put fake names on voter petition
L.A. NOWOne of L.A.'s largest public employee unions admitted that a staffer sent an email to members asking that they sign "fake names/addresses" on a petition being circulated by former Mayor Richard Riordan to place a pension initiative on the ballot.... -
BOARD OF REGENTS: Tuition could rise next year
Students attending state universities in South Dakota could see their tuition rise by 4 to 5 percent next school year because of the pay increases that Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proposed for state government employees and because of the rising cost for...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Dennis Daugaard, Civil and Public Service, Colleges and Universities
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The irrelevance of right-to-work laws
Some people love right-to-work laws, and some people really hate them. The reaction in Michigan when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed one has been not only spirited but downright violent at times. The public was so fierce and divided that I was afraid...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Government, Unions, Politics
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Column: Michigan's watershed moment
WASHINGTON — Rick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan’s labor leaders. The state’s mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first term in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or praised...Tags: Republican Party, Labor Legislation, Government, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch
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Michigan Latest Sign Unions Losing Ground
The Hartford CourantRick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan's labor leaders. The state's mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first term in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or praised for being, a fire-breathing...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, United Auto Workers
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'Fiscal cliff' deal leaves federal employees with uncertainty
Congressional action to avert a "fiscal cliff" of higher taxes and across-the-board federal budget cuts means that government agencies will avoid many dreaded spending reductions — at least for now. But "now" is no more than two months. The future...Tags: Republican Party, Labor Legislation, Unemployment, Government, National Government
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State lawmakers focus on pension reform
Tribune reportersSPRINGFIELD — With time running short in the lame-duck session, state lawmakers on Sunday dropped hot-button issues dealing with guns and marijuana but kept alive hopes of reforming pensions and giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants....Tags: Republican Party, John J Cullerton, Government, Executive Branch, Interior Policy
Jan 14, 2013
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Jan 1, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 19, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 16, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jan 4, 2013
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Jan 7, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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