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Welfare: Road to Ruin
The U.S. welfare program will see a 42 percent increase from FY2008 by FY2011, something The Heritage Foundation calls unsustainable and a path to bankruptcy.
Indiana Legislators push for Transparency Website
GOP legislators voice favoritism for a state transparency website being constructed without legislative approval, citing benefits it would bring such as cost savings.
Rates adjusted to address unfunded PERS/TRS gap
After two full days of presentations, discussions and review, the Alaska Retirement Management Board approved pension contribution rates today for fiscal year 2012 in an effort to reduce the multi-billion dollar unfunded liability.
Signatories of petitions now subject to rules of Open Government
Supreme Court rules that petition signatures are a matter of public record and should be made available as such.
Alaska Watchdog: Board to approve state’s retirement funds
The Alaska Retirement Management Board meets today and Friday in Anchorage to review the multi-billion dollar public retirement systems find ways to fully fund the systems in the future.
New education stimulus to complete the first’s task
A $23 billion education stimulus under consideration would save 250,000 teaching jobs, something the original ARRA should have done. Instead the funding was used to create more non-teaching positions.
Audio: Anchorage School District’s next big spending project
ASD is getting ready to spend $300 million on West Romig renewal. But how will it affect student achievement?