municipal

  • Financial Crisis Shouldered by City Workers

    Author(s):
    Paul Abowd

    Excerpt:
    Last summer’s meeting of the National Conference of Mayors foresaw grim days for American cities — and that was before finance markets folded up in the fall. Now urban governments confront budget deficits that stem from falling tax revenues and the ongoing credit crunch. . . .

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  • D.C. Teachers Resist District’s ‘Slash-and-Burn’ Style

    Author(s):
    Candi Peterson

    Excerpt:
    Unable to cajole or buy support from the Washington Teachers Union, D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee now says her version of education reform can be done with teachers — or to them. Contract talks screeched to a halt this fall when teachers indicated they would vote down a privately funded plan. . . .

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