No Health Reform Without A Public Option Lee Vows
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Progressives must keep demanding a single-payer health care system to ensure that the reform package Congress eventually votes upon at least has a robust public option, Rep. Barbara Lee told local health care and community leaders Monday.
About 250 people attended the national heath care plan discussion that Lee, D-Oakland, hosted in the Evergreen Missionary Baptist [...]
Moderate Senate Democrats Embrace Education Reform
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Ten moderate Senate Democrats today sent a letter to President Barack Obama voicing support for his key education goals and pledging to “lend our voices to the debate as proponents of education reform.” The letter was initiated by Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Tom Carper (D-DE), Education Jobs and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), leaders of the Senate [...]
Top Class Email Technology Streamlines Processes For The Education Sector
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Parker Software today announced multiple global client wins across the education sector including the University of Wales and Princeton University in the US as well as successes in the following states, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to name a few.
Email2DB is a product designed for businesses that receive orders, payments or any other type [...]
Another Recession Casualty Recent College Graduates
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The tough economy and tight labor market have tarnished the luster of a bachelor’s degree for young college graduates seeking employment. New monthly survey data from the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston finds that during the first four months of 2009, less than half of the nation’s 4 million college [...]
Patrick Hints He Will Sign Tax Hike
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Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday that he intends to sign the Legislature’s overhauls of the state ethics laws and transportation system, claiming two more victories in his bid to remake Massachusetts government and all but acknowledging that he will in turn support a sales tax increase.
The two bills, along with a revision of state pension [...]
Owen Graduate School Dean Appointed To Gmac Board Of Directors
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Dean James W. Bradford has been named to the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council, the association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. The appointment is effective July 1.
Bradford will serve a one-year term on the board of the nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to creating access to and advancing graduate management [...]
Boise Police Step Up Biker Education After Another Incident
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According to officers, the cyclist was riding on the sidewalk on the south side of Overland. The motorist was north on Owyhee stopped at a red light, waiting for traffic to clear to make a right turn onto Overland. As the car began to turn right, the cyclist rode off the sidewalk and into the [...]
Senior Officer Quits Troubled Pasco Hernando Jobs And Education Partnership
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The senior vice president of the workforce board that faces accusations of financial mismanagement resigned Wednesday, two days before directors were scheduled to vote on his dismissal.
Terry Williams sent his letter of resignation dated June 24 to the Pasco Hernando workforce board.Last week, the board of directors’ executive committee voted to recommend that the full [...]
Local Chamber Members Network With Ethnic Business Leaders
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More than a dozen business people from the north metro met with leaders from chambers of commerce that represent Hispanic and Muslim business owners to network, learn more about how the organizations’ work and how they can market to different ethnic communities.
The Metro North Chamber of Commerce business education lunch took place June 17 at [...]
Nixon Cuts $105 Million, 200 State Jobs From Missouri Budget
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon cut $105 million and 200 state jobs from Missouri’s 2010 budget.Nixon also restricted the expenditure of an additional $325 million, which can be released later if revenue exceeds expectations.
Among the vetoes Thursday, Nixon cut $91 million for university building projects, $48 million for state building repairs and nearly $25 million from [...]
