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A round of more than 15,000 layoffs announced Thursday by AT&T Inc., DuPont and Viacom Inc. suggests a yearlong wave of job cuts is accelerating, just as the government is expected to report a higher unemployment rate for November on Friday.
A round of more than 15,000 layoffs announced yesterday by AT&T Inc., DuPont and Viacom Inc. suggests a yearlong wave of job cuts is accelerating, just as the government is expected to report a higher unemployment rate for November today.
The St. Louis Park School District won a referendum, but local legislators warned the school board not to expect much extra state funding. A recent estimate put the projected state deficit at $5 billion for spring 2009 when the Legislature sets a two-year budget, Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St.
The Corcoran City Council continued to iron out budgetary issues in preparation of the Thursday, Dec. 11, truth-in-taxation hearing. The council also discussed concern over traffic speeds at Willow Drive, at its Thursday, Nov. 24, meeting.
Things I think about the Cavaliers, who are 15-3 overall, 10-0 at Quickens Loans Arena and the winners of six straight games and 14 of their last 15.
Sen.-elect Richard Alloway is among the latest Pennsylvania lawmakers to announce he's paying back a controversial cost-of-living raise that kicked in this week.
MATTOON — The proposed 2008 Lake Land College property tax levy is a 19 percent overall increase.
AT&T accounts for 12,000 of the jobs. Anxiety about jobless numbers drove markets downward.
MARTINSBURG - Berkeley County commissioners said Thursday that employee layoffs are now inevitable; specific cuts are now being considered internally and will be announced publicly next week. Commissioner Ron Collins, who heads the body's Finance Committee, spoke first, explaining that the county's budget has already been exhausted and is to a point "where it can't be stretched anymore.
Residents in Mt. Pleasant Township haven't seen an increase in real-estate taxes in more than 60 years.
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