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Candidates test waters of early voting
Sep 3, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
Martin O'Malley said at an early voting rally this week in Annapolis with legislative leaders and the legislative black caucus. "It is still new to people as I encounter them on the street. Most predict that early voters in the primaries will be people who would have cast absentee ballots otherwise. Each will be monitored by Democratic and Republican elections judges, just as on primary election day. -
Dooley, Corrigan spent more than they raised in the last campaign finance reporting period
Sep 3, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
He collected $2,950 and spent $2,684 in the reporting period. Contributing to Wasinger's campaign were developers JHB Properties Inc., Freeman Homes LLC and McBride and Son Homes. John Eilerman, chief executive officer of McBride and Son donated to his campaign. Randy Jotte, the Republican candidate who served on the Webster Groves City Council, has raised $97,352 and spent $31,031 thus far. -
EDITORIAL
Sep 3, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
But the MSA and the HSA exams are of only limited usefulness in picking out the growth in achievement of individual students or the effectiveness of individual teachers. The MSA, for example, is given to students in grades three through eight, but it only tests two subjects: reading and math. Rather than assign a numerical value to score individual students' performance, the MSA, for example, rates them as below proficient, proficient and above proficient. -
Harford begins transition to elected school board
Sep 3, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
But after the 2014 election, the seven-member board will expand to nine seats; six will be elective and three appointed by the governor. District A voters will choose two from among four candidates. The candidates range in age from 27 to 62. At the same time, the terms of three appointed members will expire. All sitting members' terms will expire by 2015, when the board expands to nine seats. -
Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers' wallets
Sep 3, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
Total single coverage cost $5,049, up 5 percent. Since 2005, workers' contributions to premiums have jumped 47 percent -- about $1,300 -- while overall premiums rose 27 percent. -
Lack of primary opposition gives Lamping big financial edge in 24th District state senator race
Sep 3, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Louis County Chairwoman Barbara Fraser of University City, the Democratic candidate, won her party's nomination after an expensive primary campaign against former State Rep. Lamping paid Capitol Consulting LLC of Jefferson City for fundraising services. Fraser raised $382,441 and spent $327,061 thus far. Victor Callahan, D-Independence, and Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, also made donations. Fraser spent $103,935 in the reporting period. -
Mass. will lead effort to develop new tests
Sep 3, 2010 — The Boston Globe
Critics, including many teachers unions, say the system has created a climate of "teaching to the test.''The consortium that Massachusetts is leading is among two that received grants yesterday. Washington state heads the other group, which is made up of 31 states; that group received $160 million. Currently, the quality of states' standardized tests varies widely, creating confusion about how students truly measure up. -
Maureen Borkowski sees electricity transmission development as critical
Sep 3, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A big part of that is the transmission needed to move power from west to east. We do have quite a bit of cross-country transmission already today. Back in the '70s, actually, back when Ameren was Union Electric (OOTC:UEPEN) , we participated in building a transmission line that goes from Minneapolis to St. -
Neighborhoods fighting plans for biofuel plant west of Delray Beach
Sep 3, 2010 — Sun Sentinel
That enabled the county to acquire about 2,500 acres now protected from development. In addition, the county set stricter development codes for the Agricultural Reserve. -
Officials work toward revamped tests
Sep 3, 2010 — The News Tribune
Tacoma and Lakewood. In a discussion with teachers at Clover Park High School, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana also urged Washington to hold fast to its philosophy of keeping learning standards high. And she talked about congressional efforts to reauthorize the federal law that created the accountability system known as No Child Left Behind. It measures school and school district progress based on test scores, graduation rates and other factors. Melendez de Santa Ana said... -
Oklahoma touts energy-efficient state building
Sep 3, 2010 — The Daily Oklahoman
...green buildings put together by the U.S. Green Building Council. Renewable energy provides much of the power needed to run the building. The building is still hooked up to electricity, but only uses that power when renewable sources can't meet the need. Improvements needed The improvements are part of a $2.5 million renovation on the building, taking an outdated building and making it a show piece of energy efficiency, Ross said. The low-slung building next to... -
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama's Post-Iraq World
Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
Obama, subtly but persistently, is talking down American exceptionalism in the name of mutual interests and mutual respect, two favorite phrases. But Obama is vulnerable to the equivocator argument — an image lodged in European minds since the laborious decision on the Afghan surge. The heroic in Obama’s 2008 victory was self-evident. -
Op-Ed Contributor: How to End the Great Recession
Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
Even though the American economy kept growing, hourly wages flattened. The economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty examined tax returns from 1913 to 2008. Much of this was paid for with a 70 percent to 90 percent marginal income tax on the highest incomes. -
Political notebook
Sep 3, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
Shame on them for disrespecting our brave men and women in uniform," the veterans group says in a joint statement. -
Primary election will line up Wisconsin Assembly candidates
Sep 3, 2010 — Pioneer Press
He said it's time to "slash government spending and reduce taxes to free up capital for the private sector," according to his campaign website. -
Primary loser eyes write-in candidacy
Sep 3, 2010 — The News Tribune
...primary, you can't get elected as a write-in candidate in the general, Anderson said. According to primary election results certified by the auditor's office this week, Boss came in fifth, behind Stan Flemming, Betty Ringleee, Todd Iverson and Bill Sehmel. As the top two primary election vote-getters, Flemming, a University Place Republican, and Ringlee, a Gig Harbor area Democrat, are to face each other in the Nov. 2 general election. Boss, a Republican, said he doesn't... -
Senate poll
Sep 3, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
LeAlan Jones, the Green Party candidate, had 6 percent and Libertarian Party candidate Mike Labno had 3 percent in the survey. A similar share of conservative voters, 36 percent, have no opinion on whether they like the GOP candidate, and one in five are undecided in the Senate contest. National Republican leaders have pledged to do that for Kirk. -
Special fund offers a helping hand to some struggling nonprofits
Sep 3, 2010 — Star Tribune
Banks pulled back for a variety of reasons. The nursery had been trying to sell or lease its former building in south Minneapolis but ran into the frozen commercial real estate market. Paul-based Clean 'N' Press offers "wet" cleaning -- an environmentally oriented alternative to chemical-based dry cleaning. Neal St. -
Tribune/WGN-TV poll
Sep 3, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
LeAlan Jones, the Green Party candidate, had 6 percent and Libertarian Party candidate Mike Labno had 3 percent in the survey. National Republican leaders have pledged to do that for Kirk. A recent Obama fundraiser added to Giannoulias' coffers, but the Democrat still needs millions to pay for television ads in the expensive Chicago TV market. -
Two Dane County banks sign deals with Federal Reserve
Sep 3, 2010 — The Wisconsin State Journal
Dane County banks have signed agreements with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago aimed at getting them to shape up. The agreements, disclosed Thursday, involve First National Bancorporation of Stoughton, parent of Evergreen State Bank, and Oregon Community Bank and Trust. Evergreen State Bank already is under a consent order issued by state and federal regulators in January telling the bank to shore up its capital reserves and reduce bad loans. The new agreement, signed... -
A Celebratory Road Trip for Education Secretary
Sep 2, 2010 — New York Times
Duncan’s tour, coinciding with back-to-school season, was billed as a way to honor teachers. Duncan, who played basketball professionally in Australia.Representative John Kline, Republican of Minnesota, the ranking minority member of the House Labor and Education Committee, said in an interview that some of Mr. Duncan called his bus trip “a campaign for education,” there was little political edge. -
An unused measure of progress
Sep 2, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
On average, students in second through fifth grades started the school year in the 39th percentile in math and ended it 30 points higher. When ranked by student growth overall, Topeka was in the bottom 3 percent of district elementary schools. On average, students started third grade in the 77th percentile in math, but by the end of fifth grade were in the 67th. -
Bill Bradbury appointed to Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Sep 2, 2010 — The Oregonian
Every five years, it delivers an updated power plan that details how utilities in the region can guarantee consumers adequate and reliable electricity while protecting and rebuilding salmon populations affected by the dams. He also has experience with fish and wildlife programs both as a member of the state land board and a not for profit supporting salmon conservation initiatives. Oregon Gov. -
Bill Gates on R&D, a Carbon Tax and China's Climate Role
Sep 2, 2010 — New York Times
Pricing carbon emissions would help in many ways. As described in the AEIC report the 1-2% would be enough to fund a lot of energy research and deployment. China has taken some steps to participate in new forms of energy, including some tariffs that encourage deployment. -
Boxer, Fiorina clash in hard-hitting debate
Sep 2, 2010 — San Jose Mercury News
After Fiorina dodged the question, Shandobil said, "Yes or no?
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