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Hawaii House cutting staff salaries by 5%
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | about 4 hours ago
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The Hawaii House of Representatives will pay lower salaries to its staff beginning in January, but state Senate staff will keep their current pay. Both legislative chambers plan to reduce costs by 14 percent of payroll. All permanent, full-time House...
Tags: Hawaii House of Representatives, Senate, temporary staff, Honolulu, Expense, Payroll, United States Senate
Labor agreements to be redrawn
Boé :: France | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Gov. Linda Lingle has won agreement from state legislative leaders to go back into session next month to restore $50 million to pay public school teachers and stop next year's Furlough Fridays. Lawmakers hope that Lingle, the Hawaii State Teachers Association,...
Tags: Colleen Hanabusa, Linda Lingle, public school, teacher furlough, DOE, senate president, fund law, Senate, labor agreement, House, France, Boé, Education, Furlough, Labor
Penry to decide on Senate bid soon
Evergreen :: CO :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Friday, November 20, 2009 State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, will decide over the holidays whether to seek re-election to his state Senate seat after backing out of the campaign for the Republican nomination for...
Tags: Sen. Josh Penry, Senate, grand junction, Evergreen, Scott McInnis, Tom Tancredo, Bernie Buescher, Republican Party, Colorado gubernatorial election, Josh Penry, Laura Bradford, College Republicans, Politics
Shapiro to file for re-election while sights set on U.S. Senate seat
Plano :: TX :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Shapiro to file for re-election while sights set on U.S. Sen. Florence Shapiro of Plano said Friday that she will file for re-election for her state Senate seat next month, while she keeps her long-range sights set on the U.S...Shapiro, a Republican,...
Tags: Sen. Florence Shapiro, Sen. Shapiro, Senate, sights set, U.S, Plano, United States Senate election in Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Florence Shapiro, Rick Perry, Politics, Health in the United States, flu pandemic, Influenza vaccine, Swine influenza, Pandemics, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Vaccines, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Catholic bishops pan Senate health bill
Washington :: WA :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility The nation's Catholic bishops Friday called the U.S...The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a letter urging the Senate to amend the bill along the lines of the House version and keep in place the ban on taxpayer-funded elective abortions,...
Tags: Senate, Catholic, catholic bishops, Washington, Labor, Health insurance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues, Religion Belief
HealthCare Bill To Be Voted On In The Senate
Years ago, Elton John sang that "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." Apparently, Congress has taken these words to heart. Two weeks ago, on Saturday, November 7, the House of Representatives had a marathon session before finally voting on and...
Tags: Senate, Healthcare bill, Washington, November 28, Elton John, 111th United States Congress, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, allnews
Senate, Pentagon launch reviews into Fort Hood massacre
Fort Hood :: TX :: USA | about 15 hours ago
Credibility A US Senate panel vowed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Nov. 5 murders at Fort Hood, opening public hearings on Thursday and invoking a broader discussion on homegrown Islamic extremism. "There were warning signs and red flags galore,"...
Tags: White House, Army&, Hasan&, Pentagon News, services member, Nidal Hasan, Senate, Jack Keane, Muslims, Fort Hood, Terrorism, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman, Robert Gates, Politics
Week Ahead: Data, Not Earnings, Ahead of Thanksgiving
Detroit :: MI :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Home sales, gross domestic product, and personal income and spending will all be released early next week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Economists predict reports on October existing and new home sales, to be released Monday and Wednesday, respectively,...
Tags: week ahead, Senate, Detroit, Tuesday, Consumer Confidence Index, Federal Reserve System, The Economist, Business Finance
'Botax' In Senate Health Bill Upsets Plastic Surgeons
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility The $848 billion health care bill unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., includes a 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures and surgeries. The tax, which would take effect in January, would raise an estimated $5 billion over the...
Tags: plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeries, Senate, Botox, cosmetic procedures, health care, New York City, Liposuction, Eye surgery, Lip enhancement, Pediatric plastic surgery, Plastic surgery, Surgery, Breast implant, Social Issues
Video: Progressive Change Campaign Committee Robocalls For the Public Option
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Last month, as Majority Leader Harry Reid considered whether to include a public health-insurance plan in the bill he would put before the Senate, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee ran as him hard, pressuring the leader with television ads in...
Tags: Harry Reid, Senate, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, PCCC, Nevada, San Francisco, Politics, Robocall, AlterNet, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma
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