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The latest unemployment numbers for counties are a mixed bag, with some counties showing an increase in joblessness while others saw falling unemployment. The latest unemployment numbers for counties are a mixed bag, with some counties showing an increase...
Tags: unemployment rate, rate increase, county showing, Moultrie, Unemployment, Business Finance, Labor economics, Labor, Late 2000s recession in Europe
About 1,100 customers of California Utilities Service Inc. received notice of the proposed rate increase in late October, and many have been outraged since. Some are discussing the possibility of annexing the service area to the publicly owned Monterey...
Tags: California Utilities Service Inc., rate increase, Thomas Adcock, CPUC, South Salinas, proposed rate, Toro Hills, Alco, Herald Salinas Bureau Updated, Michelle Hill, Monterey, Monterey County California, Salinas California, Public utility, Business Finance, California Public Utilities Commission, Public utilities commission
Colorado — What was planned to be a 3 percent annual water/wastewater rate hike was cut in half by Carbondale town trustees at their Nov. 24 meeting, as a way of bringing some financial relief to town residents. “I think it would be nice to give some...
Tags: rate hike, Carbondale, John Hoffmann, rate increase, Garfield County Colorado, Environmental soil science, Roaring Fork Valley, Business Finance, Carbondale Colorado, Environmental engineering, Water pollution
Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains. What are we getting in return for the bailout? So far, predatory credit card rates, exorbitant bank fees and obscene Wall Street...
Tags: AIG, Clinton, rate increase, water utilities, water bills, Kentucky, Middlesboro, late fees, Utilities Inc., Middlesbro, Frankfort, American International Group, AIG bonus payments controversy, Public utility, Holdings of American International Group
In July, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation denied NCH's application for a highway occupancy permit due to potential traffic safety issues at the Billott Avenue-Route 30 intersection. PennDOT proposed restricting Billott Avenue to right-turn...
Tags: Billott Avenue, rate increase, North Huntingdon Authority, North Huntingdon Municipal Authority, Norwin Motors, Mr. King, Mr. Barton, NCH, Norwin School District, development group, Pittsburgh, Sonic Drive-In, Norwin Middle School, Business Finance, Norwin High School, North Huntingdon Township Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
The commission is considering increasing water rates 42 percent after revealing that its reserve funds, normally used to pay for construction projects and bond payments, shrank from $20 million in 2007 to about $1 million now, officials said. It has also...
Tags: Robert Martin, R. Max Richter, rate increase, Frank Saverino, Jenner & Block LLP, water rate, sales tax, reserves fund, Chicago, Business Finance
The board today adopted a $43.3 million operating budget for 2010 that calls for the rate increases. It also endorsed a 15 percent increase for 2011 and increases of 5 percent for each of the next three years. General Manager Jim Abercrombie said he also...
Tags: rate hike, debt service, rate increase, Sacramento, Business Finance
As part of the city’s proposed 22.5 per cent water rate increase over three years, the City of Saskatoon also plans to reward conservation rather than consumption. “The people who use water to excess are actually rewarded under the current rates,” said...
Tags: rate increase, Canada, Saskatoon
South Carolina customers of Duke Energy get a chance to discuss a proposed rate increase. The Greenville News reported that Duke proposed a rate increase of $103 million a year from its 500,000 customers in the Upstate. Dukes Scott with the Office of...
Tags: Duke Energy Corp., dukes energy, rate increase, Greenville, South Carolina, Business Finance, Greenville South Carolina metropolitan area, Duke Energy, Greenville County South Carolina, Spartanburg County South Carolina, Cherokee County South Carolina
Beginning Jan. 1, Alcosan sewer rates will increase from $3.77 per 1,000 gallons of water used to $4.04, and the quarterly customer service charge will increase from $7.92 to $8.48. A homeowner using 18,000 gallons of water per quarter will see an increase...
Tags: Alcosan OK, percent sewage, sewage rate, rate increase, Pittsburgh, Business Finance, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, Allegheny County Pennsylvania