Carcieri's plan to erase deficit
PROVIDENCE ? A cigarette tax hike, more than $74 million in municipal and education aid cuts and a rollback in pension benefits for state workers and teachers who wait until after April 1 to retire are key pieces in Governor Carcieri?s proposal for averting a potential $357.4-million current-year deficit.

Buyers step up at record Treasury sale
Money & Co. blog: The government successfully auctions $30 billion in 3-year notes, even as federal borrowing estimates soar. But a troubled German sale of 10-year bonds is a warning.

Legislature considers allowing local government mergers
During the 2009 session, the Wyoming Legislature may consider a constitutional amendment that would allow towns and counties to change the way their government works.

Minister challenges Pasadena mayor on comments
DEER LAKE ? Municipal Affairs Minister Dianne Whalen is objecting to comments made earlier this week by Pasadena Mayor Bob Mercer regarding the level of capital works funding for that town in 2008, or ?as the mayor claimed ? lack thereof.

OC Transpo head appeals to union via YouTube before transit vote
Ottawa's municipal transit company has turned to Youtube in the hopes of encouraging drivers to vote Thursday for the city's latest contract offer and end a transit strike that entered its fifth week Wednesday.

Municipal officials appeal for state relief
Hartford ? Municipal officials from across the state

Tax reforms necessary for JNNURM funds: Civic chief
Municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi on Wednesday said that rejection of tax reforms would affect the Pune Municipal Corporation's chances of claiming JNNURM funds for development works.

Woman thought to have bird flu dies
A woman suspected of having contracted bird flu has died, local health officials in Beijing said Tuesday.Zhao Qingchao, an official with Langfang municipal government, said Huang Yanqing apparently was the only one of 13 people who ate the duck to become fatally ill, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday.Huang bought nine ducks at the Yanjiaoqingong Market in Langfang City of ...

Barnegat to host next meeting at Pinewood Estates firehouse
In an attempt to bring government closer to residents, the Township Committee will host its next meeting at 5 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Pinewood Estates firehouse.

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The public sector has begun taking various measures to cope with the rapidly deteriorating employment situation, with the farm ministry announcing Wednesday new job opportunities at farms for unemployed people and a number of municipal governments including Tokyo offering help for jobless people.

SC order prods polls to a start
Bhubaneswar, Jan. 7: The notification for election to the Cuttack Municipal Corporation has been issued today, a day after the Supreme Court granted an interim stay on the execution of the Orissa High Court order restraining the state election commission from going ahead with the polling process.

Terminal relocation to be reviewed at discussion
The Selangor state government wants to do a thorough review on the move to relocate the North Klang bus terminal from the town centre at Jalan Pos Baru to Jalan Meru following protests on the move.

Professor targets election funding
A York University political science professor who specializes in municipal election finance law is worried that corporations and developers in fast-growing cities such as Mississauga might exert too much influence on elected officials.

Grant reduces impact of mill closure
The Town of Smooth Rock Falls will receive more than $1 million from the provincial government to help reduce the impact of the Tembec paper [...]

Attention investment bargain-hunters: 6 things you should know about municipal bonds
CHICAGO - The idea of a boring, safe investment has never sounded so good after a year in which everything from stocks to real estate got flat-out clobbered.

Shijiazhuang grants income tax reduction or exemption to enterprises established by college graduates
The Shijiazhuang municipal government stated clearly that the income tax of enterprises set up by college graduates will be reduced or exempted for a certain period of time in order to ease employment pressures and better promote the employment of college graduates. For all graduates engaged in private businesses, administrative charges of various kinds, including registration fees and ...

Province mulls revenue-sharing plan
Some municipal leaders are cheering the possibility their communities will get a cut of the PST under an anticipated new revenue-sharing agreement with the provincial government.

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WELCOME GUEST! Fiji?s interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and the New Zealand government need to recognise that the interim Government is legally valid.

Valley government begins layoffs
The City of Valley, Ala., has begun laying off workers.

HK confirms dead Beijing woman had H5N1 bird flu
Source: Reuters HONG KONG, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A 19-year-old woman has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Bureau and Hong Kong's government said on Tuesday. "The woman fell ill on ...