Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays.
King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost of two bus trips so [...]
…the last thing you do is go get another credit card:
House leader says government needs to borrow at least $1.8 trillion more.
[...]A good question from Bruce Murphy of Milwaukee Magazine: why do “virtual schools” get the same amount of money per pupil that other “choice” schools get from the State? “Virtual schools” have no building to pay rent or a mortgage on and none of the normal expenses you’d expect from [...]
You might be wondering who’s behind GLSEN.
Well, they receive financial backing from numerous private foundations, corporations and corporate foundations.
Their national sponsors “make an annual commitment to GLSEN of $75,000 or more and, in addition' [...]
That’s the amount of money Rep. Steve Kagen’s office spent between July 1 and September 30 – more than any other member of the House of Representatives, according to a report published on the Orlando Sentinel’s Political Pulse blog.
So where’s Kagen spending the money – your money? You [...]
Department of Public Works officials will be back before the Common Council’s Public Works Committee tomorrow morning to talk about the best way to spend more money on fixing City Hall, which already has cost $76 million to restore.
City officials say that restoration project was completed within budget, but that is true [...]