Adding up the claims on school funding

BOTH sides of politics are throwing around lots of figures about what might happen to school funding over the next few years - so what's really happening?    

news.com.au (2 minutes ago)

World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in conflict.

reuters.com (6 minutes ago)

World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an escalation in conflict. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim unveiled the...

yahoo.com (8 minutes ago)

Young and dynamic: social entrepreneurship in Austria

Social entrepreneurship in Austria is still a young sector – 75% of all initiatives are not older than four years. But they are growing constantly – as is the awareness about what social entrepreneurship is and how social innovation can contribute to societal development. According to a recent study by the Vienna...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

La Quinta council votes to replace canal in SilverRock

La Quinta City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to replace the Coachella Canal in SilverRock with a parallel canal just west of the original, after recently selected developer Meriwether Companies indicated it would not assist with funding.

mydesert.com (2 hours ago)

Moorhead takes last stab at buyouts

MOORHEAD - When Mayor Mark Voxland went to bed Monday night, he was almost convinced that state funding for flood projects this year was dead in the water.

inforum.com (2 hours ago)

Chatham Area Transit board approves tax hike

The Chatham Area Transit Authority board on Tuesday approved increases to its fiscal year 2014 budget and millage rate in an expected move to help return the authority to a stable fiscal footing. The 7-1 vote increases the operating budget from $18.3 million to $19.9 million and raises the .86 millage rate by .381...

savannahnow.com (2 hours ago)

Senate budget drawn by GOP target for critics

RALEIGH -- Senate Republicans pushed their state spending proposal through a pair of committees Tuesday, but not before giving Democrats and advocacy groups plenty to pick at when it comes to reshaping public school funding and raising fees.

citizen-times.com (2 hours ago)

Residents talk pros, cons of School Board funding development

aikenstandard.com (3 hours ago)

Beltrami County Board: Sentence to Service gets funding

Bemidji PioneerBEMIDJI - Sentence to Service, a state-run program that provides those on probation for various crimes to serve the community, will receive more than $200,000 in funds, the Beltrami County...

bemidjipioneer.com (3 hours ago)

Some reps voted down Sandy aid

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:55:01 GMTBy DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD and PAUL KANE The Washington PostLea Bessinger and her son, Josh, look through the rubble of her tornado-ravaged home yesterday in Moore, Okla.APOklahoma has one of the most conservative congressional delegations of any state: seven Republican men, including...

concordmonitor.com (3 hours ago)

Haley says road bill not priority

Gov. Nikki Haley says a Senate road-funding plan isn't one of her legislative priorities with three weeks to go to the end of this year's legislative session. Ethics reform is her priority, she said, as she gathered 14 GOP senators as well as the current and two former attorneys general Tuesday to urge the Senate to...

greenvilleonline.com (3 hours ago)

HEX TCG Kickstarter explodes with over $1 million in funding

Cryptozoic’s (World of Warcraft TCG) HEX: Shards of Fate will be entering the digital TCG arena this year, with a Kickstarter that has gone on to over three times the original goal of $300,000 and is now...

examiner.com (4 hours ago)

Aged care needs more beds, funds: Cosgrove

LEADING Age Services Australia says the over-65 population is set to double to six million and more funding is needed.    

news.com.au (4 hours ago)

Communities rally for school funding

A SERIES of rallies are being planned around the country to push for the states to sign deals with the Gillard government on school funding.    

news.com.au (4 hours ago)

Vanessa Pinto: Dinner and Art With Satan

Someone once said to Salvador Dali "You've gone too far." Dali replied, "But that's the only place I have ever wanted to go." This is something the controversial and often misunderstood artist Steven Johnson Leyba, lives by. Leyba is no stranger to pushing limits artistically; at times he and his art make some...

huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)

Will UC Berkeley Cut 85,000 Trees?

A proposal by UC Berkeley and a collection of local government agencies to cut down over 85,000 trees in Berkeley and Oakland to reduce fire danger has drawn the ire of Northern California environmentalists. The main issue at hand is the preponderance of non-native eucalyptus trees. The trees have flourished in the...

huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)

Greenway Commission rejects 2 proposals due to get money anyway

The Niagara River Greenway Commission on Tuesday rejected two proposals that are likely to obtain Greenway money anyway.The commission overwhelmingly shot down a Town of Lewiston proposal to build an $8 million civic center next to the Lewiston-Porter Schools campus on Creek Road.It also refused to endorse...

buffalonews.com (4 hours ago)

Ward authors omnibus bill

In the final hours of Minnesota’s 2013 legislative session, Rep. John Ward, DFL-Baxter, chief-authored a compromise $176 million bonding bill. The bill included $20 million for flood mitigation, $109 million for Capitol restoration, $19 million for the Minneapolis Veterans Home, and $8 million in matching clean...

brainerddispatch.com (4 hours ago)

Key Republicans: No offsets for Okla.

They respond to calls for swift funding.

politico.com (5 hours ago)

AGENT smartwatch Kickstarter reaches backers goal

The Pebble is arguably the most popular smartwatch to come out of Kickstarter, but it certainly isn’t the last, and now it has a competitor. The AGENT smartwatch is a square watch similar in appearance to the aforementioned device, and it has already reached its funding goal of $100,000, exceeding it by about...

slashgear.com (5 hours ago)

Who would dare question U Maine System’s second year tuition freeze?

At first glance, the recent action by the U Maine System Trustees in freezing tuition for in-state undergraduate students for the second year in a row is a no-brainer. In return for what the Trustees and the System’s top administrators hope–and pray–will be flat funding of the System by the ...

bangordailynews.com (5 hours ago)

Consultant says UVa should play to its strengths, increase tuition

The consultant said school leaders need to become public leaders and push for more state funding. They also need to consider joining with other universities to share some programs.

dailyprogress.com (6 hours ago)

Cole: Okla. Needs Help, Not Funding Battle

Republican Rep. Tom Cole, whose district took a direct hit from a powerful tornado on Monday, said the residents of the tornado ravaged towns in Oklahoma need help, not a political battle over funding in Washington. “Once a disaster starts, to me that’s the end...    

abcnews.com (6 hours ago)

Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets

LANSING (AP) - Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn’t include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and puts Michigan’s unexpected surplus toward funding roads and K-12 education.  

theoaklandpress.com (6 hours ago)

Falcons get $200M in stadium funding, want Super Bowl

ajc.com (6 hours ago)

House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives made clear on Tuesday that automatic spending cuts will be a recurring nightmare for Washington as it passed a measure to sharply reduce funding for government agencies and programs next year.

reuters.com (6 hours ago)

UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace

The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council. In a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated...

foxnews.com (7 hours ago)

College performance funding bill falls short

A bill that would lead Louisiana down a path of rewarding colleges and universities for increased performance while punishing them for underperforming all but died on the House floor Tuesday. Senate Bill 117 would have created a 21-member task force...

theadvocate.com (7 hours ago)

UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace

The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.

miamiherald.com (7 hours ago)