Propositions 30 and 38 at a glance
Details of propositions 30 and 38 on the Nov. 6 ballot: Proposition 30 (Gov. Jerry Brown's initiative): Who pays: Individuals with taxable income above $250,000 will pay higher income tax rates, on a...
View ArticleSDUSD spares Mission Beach campus from land sale
More than 2 acres of prime coastal real estate will remain in the San Diego Unified School District under scaled-back land sale approved by the board of education Tuesday. After rejecting a proposal...
View ArticleBarry L. Reece: Continuous war
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here Continuous war When voters go to the polls on Nov. 6, the Afghan war will be in its 12th year. Our government says the conflict will...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Shepherds Flat Senior Secured Trust Debt
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings affirms the following ratings on a total of $1.2 billion pari-passu project debt loaned to Caithness Shepherds Flat, LLC (CSF or the Project): Shepherds Flat...
View ArticleFitch Rates $550MM California GO Bonds 'A-'; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A-' rating to $549.8 million in various purpose general obligation (GO) refunding bonds of the state of California. The bonds are expected to sell...
View ArticleInvestment Bank George K. Baum & Company Opens Dallas Office
Industry veterans Gary Machak and Barton Withrow tapped to lead statewide public finance practice DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investment bank George K. Baum & Company (GKB) announced today that it...
View ArticleGOP governors ace fiscal exam; report praises executives elected in tea...
Republican governors elected in 2010’s tea party wave have generally made good on pledges to cut taxes and limit spending, according to the latest fiscal report card released Tuesday by the Cato...
View ArticleDISD Superintendent 32 Improvement Plan
After just three months officially on the job, the new Dallas Independent School District superintendent presented the school board with a list of 32 improvements he says the district needs....
View ArticleNicholas Skovran: Education first
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here Energy options In the article âDalton, McCrory stake out positions on energy, environment,â the candidates balance their support...
View ArticleCalifornia Cities Face Downgrade on Debt, Moody’s Says
The debt of 30 California cities, including Oakland, Fresno and Sacramento, has been placed under review for downgrades because of economic pressures in the state, Moody’s Investors Service said. The...
View ArticleDo the math: Proposed school funding model is necessary to foster equality
Peter Callaghan’s column (TNT, 10-6) identifies a critical disconnect in gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee’s thinking about the future of education funding in Washington state. Inslee’s dismissive...
View ArticleRahm's problem: ZIP code 62706
Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an $8.35 billion city budget Wednesday that holds the line on property taxes and relies on increased revenue from speed cameras, savings through attrition and general...
View ArticleSchenectady's tab to school district: $4M
SCHENECTADY — This cash-strapped city must come up with $4 million next year to pay the city school district its share of delinquent property taxes. Three years ago, under Mayor Brian U. Stratton, the...
View ArticleTeaching jobs finally coming back
By Annalyn Censky @CNNMoney October 10, 2012: 5:21 AM ET After four years of job cuts, public school districts started to hire teachers and other workers this summer. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After four...
View ArticleTop Senate Democrat says tax overhaul should raise rates on the rich
WASHINGTON — The Senate’s third-ranking Democrat on Tuesday snubbed the presumed framework for a year-end deal to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts, saying any deficit-reduction deal should raise tax...
View ArticleEditorials from around Pennsylvania
JERRY SANDUSKY DELUSIONAL TO THE END Jerry Sandusky was told Tuesday he will live out his remaining days in the state prison system. But still he maintained a state of denial. Standing before Senior...
View ArticleAgenda falls short of reality these days
We live in an up-is-down world in which the clearly factual can be credibly cast with straight face as lie. There is the case of the Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment figures that anti-Obama...
View ArticleSave public schools; Liberals spend in vain; Another Perry oops
Save public schools Re: Oct. 5 article, “Shift in leaders shakes Senate.” Texas public schools took massive cuts the last time our Legislature met. For anyone who thought that public schools would get...
View ArticleComal ISD trustees project future growth
During a workshop Saturday, the Comal ISD Board of Trustees took a look at projected enrollment growth and how it could drive future bond elections and district revenue projections. The session...
View ArticleFitch Rates Lewisville ISD, Texas' GO ULTs 'AAA' TX PSF/'AA+' Underlying;...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to the following Lewisville Independent School District, Texas' (LISD or the district) unlimited tax (ULT) bonds: --$34.2...
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