Governor, Commissioner Welcome General Products Partners Inc. to Lincoln...
(Source: State of Tennessee) Governor, Commissioner Welcome General Products Partners Inc. to Lincoln County New Manufacturing Facility to Create 100 New Jobs NASHVILLE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam...
View ArticleAudit Finds Lax Oversight of Preschool Special Education
New York spends around $2 billion a year on preschool for children with disabilities, yet the State Education Department has not visited and audited a single contractor involved in the program since...
View ArticleTesting the governor's litmus test
With a precarious coalition in the Legislature of mostly conservative Republicans and a few renegade, generally liberal, Democrats lurching about, trying to find a direction in order to do the...
View ArticleLaw, Higher Ed national conference in Feb. (Stetson University)
(Source: Stetson University) December 18, 2012 Stetson University College of Law presents the 34th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education on Feb. 14-20, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The...
View ArticleCorker calls for end to 'bed tax gimmick' at hospitals
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker is targeting what he calls a "massive bed tax gimmick" that states use to fund their Medicaid programs, including Tennessee's TennCare, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports....
View ArticleUnions Plan New Offensive After Michigan Right-To-Work Loss
WASHINGTON — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 – part...
View ArticleSchool trustees aim to resurrect Luna overhaul
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A month after voters rejected disputed laws that cut into teacher's collective bargaining rights, Idaho school board trustees are pushing to have some of the same provisions...
View ArticleObama wins Electoral College vote; Republicans seek changes in state rules -...
WASHINGTON - In the end, it wasn't close. Despite predictions that the presidential election could end in an electoral vote tie, or that the winner of the popular vote could again be denied the White...
View ArticleAffirmative action in admissions discussed at Stetson University's Annual...
GULFPORT, Fla., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stetson University College of Law presents the 34th Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education on Feb. 14-20, 2013, in Orlando,...
View ArticleVa. governor offers modest spending hike in budget
Gov. Bob McDonnell offered cautious revisions Monday to Virginia's two-year budget, targeting modest spending increases for indigent health care, conditional raises for teachers and a hefty $128...
View ArticleFlorida education chief puts focus on communication
TAMPA -- The state Board of Education has named Tony Bennett education commissioner, keeping Florida on track with the reforms initiated by former Gov. Jeb Bush in 1999. Bennett's support for teacher...
View ArticleSandy Hook: Another reminder of TN's own gun debate
Brian Reisinger Senior Staff Reporter- Nashville Business Journal Email As the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting fuels debate about gun control, some of the attention is circling around to...
View Article‘Best proposal in years': Floyd: Gregoire budget good start for reinvesting...
(Source: Washington State University) By Robert Strenge, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. - Gov. Chris Gregoire's budget proposal released Tuesday (Dec. 18) maintains higher education funding after years of...
View ArticleGovernment expects students to work in Hungary in exchange for the cost of...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Hungary) December 17, 2012 10:35 AM The Government expects students who are accepted to university or college to obtain a degree and declare their intention to...
View ArticleSeeking Fresh Policies and Faces, Lawmakers Push for Term Limits
The talk of term limits is back, in a convergence of the “goo-goos” and the revolutionaries. Expanded coverage of Texas is produced by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit news organization. To join the...
View ArticleKirkpatrick has respect in both parties as legislative session nears
Every parent and school kid knows people like Marilyn Kirkpatrick. They are the guys and gals who volunteer for Girl Scouts, the PTA and other programs. They show up at every school event, sell...
View ArticleLawmakers, AFSCME urging halt to ‘secret’ privatization of PA...
HARRISBURG — Poker can be a quiet game but some in Harrisburg are objecting to the whispered way it's being played by Gov. Tom Corbett and a British company that's bidding for a multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleUT Awards Alumnus Chad Holliday Honorary Doctorate at Commencement
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- University of Tennessee alumnus Chad Holliday encouraged graduates to be confident in the high value of their degree and to stay determined...
View ArticleReport card: Nashville chamber pushes charter schools
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce wants Metro Schools to target more charter schools for Davidson County, The Tennessean reports. In its 2012 Education Report Card, set to be released today, the...
View ArticleGovernor appoints Elaine Wynn to state education board
Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed billionaire education advocate Elaine Wynn to the State Board of Education on Monday, enacting lawmaker-approved changes to the board that sets education policy....
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