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  • Indiana State Department of Health Extends Contract with General Physics Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:14AMELKRIDGE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), has exercised an option to extend the contract for year three by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to continue staffing and providing offices within each of the ten Indiana Homeland Security Districts. The GP staff ...
  • Indiana State Department of Health Extends Contract with General Physics Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:00AMELKRIDGE, Md.----Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation , a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation , has exercised an option to extend the contract for year three by the Indiana State Department of Health to continue staffing and providing offices within each of the ten Indiana Homeland Security Districts.
  • Stamp on tax reform Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 7:50AMREFORM of stamp duty for first home buyers and payroll tax changes may be promised by the State Opposition within weeks.
  • UK President Lee Todd stepping down, his Top-20 dream in question Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:54AMLee T. Todd Jr., who pinned his University of Kentucky presidency on the drive to make UK a Top 20 research university, announced Wednesday that he would step down on June 30, 2011.
  • Sacramento officials hail streetscape project on R Street Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:52AMAfter years of little progress along the urban corridor, local elected and development officials touted the groundbreaking Wednesday of a $6.1 million streetscape project along R Street in downtown Sacramento.
  • Daily Briefing Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 4:17AMToday's business news in brief
  • Officials discuss old gas stations Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:17AMA Findlay councilman wants to know if anything can be done about a handful of old gas stations that are now eyesores.
  • G.I. Jobs Magazine Ranks American InterContinental University as a Top Military Friendly School Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 10:14AMHOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American InterContinental University, a leading provider of career-focused education, is proud to announce G.I. Jobs Magazine has included AIU among its 2011 Guide to Top Military Friendly Schools.
  • MORTON KONDRACKE: Congress may miss chance to fix schools Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:51AMThe prospect of finally fixing America's public schools looks better now than ever, but there's still a chance that this golden economic and moral opportunity could slip away.
  • Headline News for Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:10AMDispatch poll says Ohio Republican candidates have double-digit leads for governor and U.S. Senate President Obama to outline tax proposal in Cleveland Wednesday State officials want to regulate non-school sports programs to reduce injuries WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports.
  • MASS. MARKET: Woods Hole lab reaches new milestone Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:58AMThe pending arrival of the Xenopus frogs is a major milestone for the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. The amphibians, however, represent only one piece of the puzzle as MBL ambitiously assembles the Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering.
  • Washington View: Choice of a charter school adds value Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 8:06AMIn the competition for $3.4 billion in education grants under President Obama’s Race to the Top, Washington is near the bottom. We ranked 32nd out of the 36 states that applied. While the Race to the Top program stresses innovative reform and stringent evaluation of student and teacher performance, our application was a mishmash of platitudes and promises. But chief among our shortcomings was a ...
  • Charter school proposal on track Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:38AMOfficials with Connections Preparatory Academy believe they are on target to meet the Oct. 1 deadline to submit an application to open a charter school in Jackson-Madison County.
  • Gillibrand starts listening tour at Goshen farm Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:44AMDebate over 2012 Farm Bill already under way in Congress
  • Neighbors target state’s proposed shooting range Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:42PMThe state park service has bought land and is moving forward with building a shooting range in South Mississippi — despite opposition from neighbors, one of whom is considering a legal challenge.
  • Los Banos getting $20K grant for software, training Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:44PMLos Banos and other cities in Merced County will get some additional funds thanks to federal grants.
  • Local transportation projects bring home 2010 “Awards of Excellence” Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:47PMSeveral WSDOT projects statewide receive 2010 excellence awards.
  • Weevils take fight to knapweed Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:12PMThere were no earth-shaking explosions, no blinding white flashes or mushroom clouds rising over the battlefield — in short, no shock and awe.
  • FEMA, SBA arrive to offer recovery assistance Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:17PMFederal and state long-term recovery assistance has arrived in Val Verde County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) have set up a disaster recovery center inside the Vega Verde Community Center, 1690 Cienegas Road.
  • Boaz schools lose grant Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:10PMBoaz City School officials are scrambling to find alternate funding after learning their annual Migrant Education Even Start grant was not renewed for 2011.
  • Final documents filed in Tulsa black officers lawsuit Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:07PMThe parties in a long-standing class-action racial discrimination lawsuit against the city of Tulsa asked a federal judge Friday to approve a “supplemental settlement agreement” that would finally put ...
  • Credit card reform has companies treading lightly on campus Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:58PMCredit card reform came too late for 20-year-old Tamaira Shaw.
  • USDOT gives grants to Arizona, New Mexico Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:42PMAssociated Press - August 26, 2010 8:35 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Department of Transportation has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant while the New Mexico Department of Transportation...
  • USDOT gives grants to Arizona, New Mexico Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:39PMPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Transportation has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant while the New Mexico Department of Transportation getting $218,500. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday announced $11.6 million in grants to help minority- and women-owned business enterprises compete for federal highway contracts in 30 states and Puerto Rico. The grants from the ...
  • News Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:49PMATLANTA (AP) - Hawaii is among nine states and the District of Columbia that will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion ''Race to the Top'' grant competition, The U.S. Education Department said today.
  • 9 states, DC get $3.4B in 'Race to the Top' grants Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:47PMATLANTA — More than 13 million students and 1 million educators will share $3.4 billion from the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" grant competition, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday.
  • School advocate Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:43AMLetter to the Editor Aug. 18, 2010 To the editor: I am writing to support Jay Ramras for lieutenant governor. Jay has been an outstanding advocate for Alaska’s education system and has served ...
  • Grina recognized by Heritage Foundation Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:03AMCurt Grina has received the Mike Keiser Award for Volunteer Support for his work with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank.
  • Police on lookout for drunken drivers Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 3:43AMLaw enforcement authorities plan to crack down on drunken driving as part of the national 'Over the Limit, Under Arrest' campaign.
  • Federal funds will help Oregon give health insurance premiums a checkup Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 12:13AMWith the help of federal funds, Oregon will step up the scrutiny of escalating health insurance rates
  • Flood relief Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:56PMFor some individuals who've endured flooded homes and businesses this summer, a bright spot is on the horizon.
  • Frequently Asked Questions: College Rankings Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:24PMWhy rank colleges? A college education is one of the most important—and one of the most costly—investments that prospective students will ever make. For this reason, the editors of U.S. News believe that students and their families should have as much information as possible about the comparative merits of the educational programs at America's colleges and universities.
  • Business news briefs for 8/17/10 Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:23PMPennsylvania will receive $1 million in federal money to help it "crack down" on big health insurance premium increases, according to the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services.
  • Federal Job Funding Opens Doors for Single Mothers Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:22PM(WOMENSENEWS)--The $5 billion in emergency jobs funding that Congress approved in 2008 to help low-income people weather the recession has been spent by states in various ways. Now, advocates are hoping that Congress will extend the $5 billion federal stimulus program that has created more than 200,000 jobs for low-income women and men struggling to support their children during the worst ...
  • Stimulus money: Staff hired, retained Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 10:06PMFederal stimulus dollars put four new teachers in classrooms in the San Angelo Independent School District last year to help students struggling with behavior problems.The four teachers joined a crew of behavior management specialists who, as itinerant troubleshooters, make suggestions such as providing visual schedules for new students.
  • Nelson calls for tax breaks for space industry Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:32PMU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants to create five business enterprise zones around the country, most likely in places that already have NASA centers, where investors who put their money in commercial space ventures would get major tax breaks.
  • Business briefs for August 17, 2010 Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:25PMGet FREE Daily Headlines by email! The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas has announced that in 2010 it awarded $18.5 million in Affordable Housing Program grants to 79 affordable-housing projects.
  • $31.3M Recovery Grants for Louisiana, Gulf Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:40PM  Loading WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited Louisiana today to hear from local business owners and community members who have been directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. At an economic roundtable in Metairie, La., Locke announced $31.3 million in coastal restoration and economic development grants for Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.  &ldquo ...
  • Connect with Us Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:10PMU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited Louisiana today to hear from local business owners and community members who have been directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill.
  • Work This Way Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:29PMPutting Nevadans back to work and diversifying the economy are rallying cries as unemployment continues to rise. Operators of KLVX-TV hope their new online work force training program will be a step toward that goal.
  • Subcommittee of McDonnell's commission visits CRC Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:42PMVirginia Tech played host to a handful of state decision-makers Monday as a subcommittee of Gov. Bob McDonnell's commission on higher education, reform, innovation and investment considered business and research models in place at Tech and in the region.
  • USDA Announces Recovery Act Broadband Award to Bring Jobs, Economic Opportunity to Northern New Mexico Communities Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 4:35PMMORIARITY, N.M. – Aug. 16, 2010 – USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein today announced the funding of a Recovery Act broadband infrastructure project in northern New Mexico that will create jobs and provide thousands of rural residents access to improved service.
  • Feds beef up state oversight of health insurance Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:47PMHealth insurance premium hikes will get a harder look in most parts of the country, thanks to an infusion of federal cash for state regulators.
  • KeyOn Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 3:08PMOMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: KEYO), one of the largest providers of wireless broadband, satellite video and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services in the United States, reported its financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2010. Jonathan Snyder, President and CEO of KeyOn Communications, commented, “In the second quarter, we experienced ...
  • Energy & Natural Resources Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:32AMAfter Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) decided last Tuesday, August 3, to cancel a vote on oil spill legislation (S. 3663) after he became concerned that there would be several Democratic defections, renewable energy supporters are preparing to bring the legislation to a vote when the Senate returns in September.
  • Goldman Sachs CEO makes $6.1M on stock options Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 1:27AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein has reaped a $6.1 million gain by cashing in more than 90,000 stock options before they expired in November.
  • BISD wins $18 million in school transformation grants Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 12:47AMThree BISD high schools are busy polishing up their transformation plans after winning $18 million in Texas school improvement grants.
  • Foundation’s Grants Key To Federal Aid Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 11:11PMNonprofits are cheering ex-Travelers chief Sanford Weill (pictured) and billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and other business moguls for pledging their wealth to charity.
  • FEMA awards $8.7 million toward flood damage Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 2:52AMAbout $8.7 million has been awarded in disaster grants and loans to residents of Carter, Lewis, Madi
  • Pa. treasurer urges major changes to DRPA rules Saturday, August 14, 2010 @ 2:35AMProposing to "reform a culture," Pennsylvania State Treasurer Robert McCord on Friday recommended major changes to the rules of the Delaware River Port Authority to end conflicts of interest and to temporarily halt spending on law firms and other professional services.