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Faulty School Projections Prove Costly To Taxpayers
Courant Staff WriterPortland's combination middle-high school was built big — so big that the district is considering renting out space in the building. Based in part on the town's projections that the school's population would balloon to 1,070 by 2008, state...Tags: Groton, Charter Schools, Schools, Colchester, West Hartford
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Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling
McClatchy NewspapersHere, he waits — sometimes up to eight hours — in hopes that a passing pickup truck or van en route to a job site will stop and offer him work, even for a fraction of what he earned only a year ago. Day laborers such as Javier once powered...Tags: Beach Vacations, Illegal Immigrants, Condos and Houses, Wages and Pensions, Apartments
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Job Worries In Congress Invade Gas Tax Holiday Dream
Associated PressThe political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a...Tags: John McCain, Labor Day, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Small Businesses, Hillary Clinton
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South Hampton Roads roundup
A low-profile Norfolk police waterborne patrol that protected nine city-owned lakes and reservoirs in Suffolk and Isle of Wight County ended this month in a money-saving move. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries conservation police...Tags: Isle of Wight County, Contracts, Law Enforcement, Justice System, Health and Safety at School
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Building slump saves $15 mil on two schools
The Virginia GazetteAn imploding construction climate helped trim the fourth middle and ninth elementary schools by $14.7 million. Construction cuts due to a softening economy have been helped by value engineering savings and less-fancy materials than once envisioned....Tags: House Building, Contracts, Technology, Schools, Academic Progress
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Bad news for builders - construction costs continue to climb
Sentinel Staff WriterConstruction costs are still soaring, and that's bad news for the Orlando area, one of the leading commercial construction markets in the country this year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday that producer prices surged in June for the sixth...Tags: House Building, Construction and Property
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Leasing becomes tough sell
Sun ReporterAs businesses have delayed or halted expansion plans, office landlords are going to great lengths to get commercial brokers to at least visit their buildings, even without tenants in tow. Brokers who represent potential tenants are being paid cash just...Tags: Corporate Office Properties Trust Incorporated, Contracts, Stock Broking, Harbor East, Integral Systems Incorporated
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NJ planning to pay for 53 new or expanded schools
With its coffers about to be replenished, the New Jersey Schools Development Authority has lined up a list of schools to build or expand. The state agency announced Tuesday that it plans to work on 53 projects in some of the state's poorest communities....Tags: House Building, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Personal Income, Local Authority
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NJ gov signs school borrowing measure
Associated Press WriterWhile New Jersey's plan to borrow money without voter approval for school construction will cost much more than the nearly $4 billion approved Wednesday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine, the governor said the state has a moral and economic imperative to complete...Tags: Executive Branch, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Government, Parliament
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Anne Arundel Education Notes
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education has elected Enrique M. Melendez as president and Edward P. "Ned" Carey as vice president for the 2008-2009 school year. The meeting Wednesday was the first of the new board, which was expanded from eight to...Tags: Schools, Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, Employees, Elections
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