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Preliminary budget not balanced
Costa Mesa's preliminary budget for the coming year includes a significant increase in capital-improvement spending that, when combined with other proposed expenditures, would require dipping into city reserves. The preliminary, $157.4-million budget... -
New sheriff seeks 14 percent budget increase
Broward County's new sheriff wants more money. Some $93.7 million more. That amounts to a 14 percent budget hike — or about half the price of the new county courthouse under construction. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel would use the money to add 72...Tags: Politics, Israel, Broward County, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
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Gov. Scott vetoes 3% tuition hike, $368M in projects
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $368 million in lawmaker pet projects Monday and blocked a 3 percent tuition hike for Florida colleges and universities. The tuition increase passed earlier this month was a small piece of the overall $74.1...
Tags: Pinellas County (Florida), University of Central Florida, Riviera Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years
A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...
Tags: Ethics, Employment Opportunities, Port of Baltimore, Baltimore County, Career and Workplace
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Diverse retailers compete for food dollars
As millennials come of age and baby boomers ease into retirement, there's a shift in how America shops for food. The results are helping shoppers save money on their groceries and changing the retail-food landscape. Consumers shop 2.2 times a week on...
Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Groceries, Dollar General Corporation, Services and Shopping, CVS Corp.
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Inquiry leads to full correction page in city schools budget
It started with a simple question on Tuesday, May 14: Why is the line item for "Summer Learning" in the Baltimore City school system's budget blank? The Sun had published several stories about the program and its successes over the years, so to see that...
Tags: Students
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, John Boehner, David Axelrod, Libya
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Sheriff Israel asks for $93.7 million more, 14% increase
UPDATED with information from BSO The first details of the new Broward County sheriff's budget have emerged: He's asking for a $93.7 million increase in spending, or 14 percent more than was approved last year. To put the number into context, it's...Tags: Law Enforcement, Israel, Crime, Law and Justice, Fort Lauderdale, Career and Workplace
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The seed from which an urban garden grew
Elisa Lane is not much bigger than the pigtails she wears when she gardens at the Whitelock Community Farm in Reservoir Hill. But she has a big impact. She sells the fresh vegetables from the empty corner lot that she just kind of took over at below-...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mount Vernon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Today's Buzz: Should Rick Scott veto pork?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardFlorida lawmakers approved a record-setting $74.5 billion budget that includes $9.65 billion in local projects -- almost $2 billion more than the $7.96 billion in that category in last year's budget. The budget is now awaiting action from Gov. Rick Scott....Tags: Rick Scott
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Budget cuts hit Central Florida convention business
WASHINGTON — As conferences go, this one was supposed to be pretty standard: a 7,000-person affair at the Orange County Convention Center that — although not among Orlando's biggest shows — still would have brought a $13 million economic...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Alan Grayson, Travel, U.S. Congress, National Government
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Labor Markets, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Public Finance, Indiana University South Bend, National Government
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