Panel Urges N.Y. to Pay $14 Billion More for City Schools
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Court-appointed referees recommended the state pay an additional $14 billion over four years to improve New York City schools.
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New Orleans' latest plan to recover  from Hurricane Katrina calls for a 10-year rebuilding program  costing $14 billion that will leave some neighborhoods still  sparsely populated.
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By Jennifer Toomer-Cook Deseret Morning News  Give more money to schools, give education money to parents -- Thursday's Utah Foundation forum on improving school funding brought some diverse views.  Perhaps some of those could form into recommendations to the Legislature.
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Texas' troubled Child Protective Services needs &#36;329 million for reforms such as hiring nearly 2,000 more caseworkers and support staff and improving foster care, state officials said.
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A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding the city after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects, and city officials should use the best parts to create a more cohesive, realistic plan.
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Schools may need more money and  regulators may need more authority to help America's children  from spiraling into obesity, experts and politicians told  Congress on Tuesday.
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New York state voters oppose a plan by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to impose fees on drivers in Manhattan, but they would support it if the money raised staves off hikes in tolls and transit fares, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing a tax increase to raise $900 million a year to help pay for a five-year rebuilding program.
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Public employees who work for New York   State or its local governments earn more each year than their   private sector peers in 51 of the state's 62 counties,   according to a study released on Sunday.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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Pension and health care costs for Lockport, N.Y., have grown to 14.5 percent of the cityÂs budget last year.
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Area legislators and school leaders are ready for the Texas Legislature to formulate a new school finance plan, hoping for an improvement over the &quot;Robin Hood&quot; plan deemed unconstutitional by a state district judge Wednesday.
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The school district that runs the nation's largest merit pay program gave oversized bonuses to nearly 100 teachers and is asking them to give it back. The president of Houston's largest teachers' union is telling members not to return the overpayments, which range from $62.50 to $2,790.
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The United States military&#39;s new rocket program is $14.44 billion over budget and counting, raising questions about how long taxpayers can subsidize two of America&#39;s biggest
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 13--RICHMOND -- Gov. Tim Kaine will ask state lawmakers to increase the pay of public school teachers by 3 percent next year and to fund pilot projects to expand access to pre-kindergarten programs when they amend Virginia's two-year budget.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he will compromise with the City Council, which argues the city can afford a bigger property tax cut than his 5 percent reduction because revenues are racing past forecasts.
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Here are some of the issues town meeting members will decide:   New middle school  Whether to spend $50,000 toward designing a new middle school. Officials have scaled back the request from $250,000.