Local Government News, Information & Trends


Los Angeles Times

In wake of Bell scandal, CalPERS may change pension calculation rules
Los Angeles Times
Rizzo's salary and pension benefits have prompted widespread outrage and legislation that limits the raises of local government officials. ...

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Bomb Kills 7 in Afghan City of Kunduz
New York Times
... killing seven Afghans, including four policemen the northeastern city of Kunduz, according to local government and hospital officials. ...

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Union Or Not, Government Workers Squeezed
NPR
Fewer than 10 percent of private-sector workers are unionized, but more than a third of state and local government workers are. ...

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Local Government Closings for Labor Day
Southern Maryland Online
3, 2010) -- Local government entities announced the following closing and schedule changes for the Labor Day weekend. The College of Southern Maryland will ...

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Stuff.co.nz

Government supports quake-hit Canterbury
Stuff.co.nz
"But it's important that the people of Canterbury know that we're there to support them and that central government will work alongside local government to ...

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MiamiHerald.com

Public jobs feel pinch in cutbacks
MiamiHerald.com
In Broward, local government jobs account for 12.2 percent of the county's 700000 jobs. That matches year-end levels in 2009, which were also the highest ...

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St. Augusta, St. Joseph expect higher tax levies
St. Cloud Times
The increase comes from an expected lack of Local Government Aid, he said. The city anticipates a 1.5 percent increase in property taxes for a home valued ...
Austin City Council to vote on levy capPost-Bulletin

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Bendersville opposes government mergers bill
Gettysburg Times
The bill would change the Pennsylvania Constitution and establish the county as the basic level of local government in the Commonwealth. ...

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Local Government staff must be committed to duty - Coordinating Director
Accra Daily Mail
3, GNA - Local Government staff have been advised to do more to help strengthen the decentralisation system in the country. Mr Charles K. Dondieu, ...

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Not So High-Speed Rail in North Carolina and Raleigh
Carolina Journal
This week's “Daily Journal” guest columnist is Dr. Michael Sanera, John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Local Government ...

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