Adding retirement options 1st July 2006 Phoenix began offering a supplemental retirement savings plan to employees last year to complement its long-standing 457 deferred compensation program.
NACo’s chief takes counties nationwide 1st July 2006 Educating presidential candidates is her top goal. In August, Colleen Landkamer, County Commissioner for Blue Earth County, Minn., will be named president
Pain at the pump 1st July 2006 In response to rising gasoline prices, several states have considered capping their gasoline sales taxes to ease the burden for their residents. While
Fighting over money 1st July 2006 When the federal government recently announced homeland security grant allocations for states and urban areas, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., used
Georgia Governor asks neighbors for meeting about water 29th June 2006 Gov. Sonny Perdue sent a letter to the governors of Alabama and Florida last week asking for a personal meeting to resolve the states’ 16-year water war.
Los Angeles Animal Services backs out of Hooters benefit 28th June 2006 The head of the Los Angeles Animal Services Department has decided that a bikini contest sponsored by a Hooters restaurant to benefit the department isn’t such a good idea after all.
Hawaii governor threatening to veto bills 28th June 2006 Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is threatening to veto 28 bills, including one that would impose a one-year moratorium on the transfer of small boat harbors from the state to the counties.
New Orleans residents sue HUD, claiming racism 28th June 2006 Eighteen former residents of public housing in New Orleans who were forced to leave by Hurricane Katrina are suing the city’s housing authority, claiming it is trying to keep black people from coming back to the city.
Daley appoints two to commission 28th June 2006 The appointment of two veterans of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s administration to the city’s troubled Public Building Commission is a welcome move to one of the commission’s critics.
Juneau, Alaska, goes after businesses that owe sales tax 27th June 2006 Juneau, Alaska, is coming down hard on businesses that fail to pay sales tax to the city. Though the uncollected portion of sales tax is less than 1 percent of the $35 million
Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina 13th October 2020