Voters to get direct say on local spending
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Radical plans unveiled today will let voters decide how tens of millions of pounds should be spent in their neighbourhood.
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By Kerri Ginis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--Faced with the prospect of dark streets -- and criticism from local leaders -- residents in an upscale Fresno County neighborhood say they want another chance to vote on a fee increase to maintain their streetlights.
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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  The Legislature is meddling more and more in local government -- but who's asking for it?  Lawmakers have pushed dozens of bills this session that change the way cities and counties operate.
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By American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Sep. 17--Giving citizens the ability to search and track federal spending through an Internet Web site is a wonderful idea.   Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill that will do just that.
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The assembly is to debate and vote on Finance Minister Peter Robinson's first budget on Tuesday.
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The Fairfax County School Board was moving toward a vote last night on a much-debated $2.3 billion annual spending plan that several board members said was likely to preserve some programs the superintendent had proposed to cut to offset declining tax revenue.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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Local authority leaders are to call for council elections to be held on a different day from the Holyrood vote.
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The poor are the people most likely to spend a tax rebate, if they are handed one in an economic revival plan. Whether that happens depends on who prevails Â the White House or the Democrats who run Congress.
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Democrats, who outnumber Republicans 5-to-1 among registered voters here, want their city to welcome not only Republican convention delegates but also the protesters who plan to demonstrate against the GOP. A sizable local contingent plans to join the marchers.
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Secretary of State Peter Hain will face questions from local politicians at a public meeting of the Stormont Committee.
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The primary day debacle in Montgomery and Prince George's counties will add momentum to regional efforts to ensure that election systems create a paper record of each vote, according to some elected officials and activists critical of paperless balloting.
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â¢The Senate is expected to vote on the overall $3.3 billion spending plan for the state Department of Transportation, which supports state and local highway programs, public transportation programs and department administration (House Bill 5528).
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City officials are considering a proposal to slap a 17-cent surcharge on paper or plastic shopping bags, a debate sure to be watched as a bellwether for other communities.
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By Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.
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The four measures on the Feb. 5 ballot are being hotly debated. Officials say the state needs the revenue.
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Election officials Wednesday proposed overhauling the way tax dollars can be used to cover the cost of running for president, including an increase in the amount that can be spent by primary candidates who take public money.