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California Farmworkers’ Community Hurt by Budget Crisis

International Herald Tribune - 2 hours 6 minutes ago

A federal judge ordered that a mobile home park in Thermal, Calif., be shut down, but there is now no money to build its replacement.

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Budget attacks specialist teaching
Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
The Green Party is calling on the Government to rethink the cuts to education announced in the Budget before we lose technology teaching from intermediate and primary schools.
Budget 2012-13: RD on some more items to go
Business Recorder - Sun May 27, 1:33 am ET
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is reviewing existing customs duty regime to continue with the government policy of abolishing regulatory duty on the import of some additional items in the budget (2012-13).
Small Biz wishlist from zero Budget
The New Zealand Herald - 1 hour 28 minutes ago
A new forum for small businesses has put together a wish list for the Government to coincide with last week's Zero Budget: The New Zealand SME Business Network, was launched by Tenby Powell, Sharon Hunter and others in 2011, -...
Government Should Reinstate Biofuel Obligation
Scoop.co.nz - Sat May 26, 10:13 pm ET
Budget 2012 confirms that the Government has zero commitment to supporting and growing renewable energy technologies, says Labour’s Energy and Climate Change spokesperson Moana Mackey.
How Americans use energy, in three simple charts
Washington Post - Sun May 27, 11:14 am ET
Donald Marron passes along a very handy chart from the Congressional Budget Office looking at what sources of energy the United States relies on — and for what purpose: Do we need more charts? We probably need more charts. Here’s another handy one showing where U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions come from, sector by sector, courtesy of a new report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Read ...
Budget would focus on macro-economic stability, growth and relief to public: PM
Business Recorder - Sun May 27, 1:32 pm ET
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House here on Sunday to review the decisions of the National Economic Council.
BUDGET SESSION IN DELHI HOUSE FROM MONDAY
HT Media via Yahoo! India News - Sat May 26, 2:30 pm ET
New Delhi, May 27 -- The budget session of the Delhi government will start from Monday. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit will present the budget.A resolution will be tabled in the House asking for an increase in the funds for the Members of Legislative Assembly from R4 crore to R8 crore, citing rise in prices of building material and cost of labour.However, despite a resolution being moved by ...
Dutch support for austerity parties falls: poll
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 7:55 am ET
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Support in the Netherlands for the five parties that back budget cuts to meet EU targets has fallen sharply over the past month and below the level needed to form a government after elections in September, a poll showed on Sunday. The euro zone's fifth-largest economy has been one of Germany's most committed allies in pushing for euro zone fiscal discipline, but that was ...
Steinitz likely to recommend 1-year budget for 2013
Haaretz Daily - 10 minutes ago
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is likely to recommend a one-year state budget next year, rather than the two-year budget for 2013 and 2014 he previously advocated, according to a senior government source.
Simpson, Bowles See Recession, Inflation Without Budget Action
Bloomberg - Sun May 27, 3:38 am ET
U.S. lawmakers must take steps to address $7 trillion in “economic events” next year or the economy may go into recession, the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission said on CNN.