“Transparency in government”... Merely buzzwords until they are put into action. And despite the push for more openness and greater accountability by the investment community, watchdog groups, and taxpayers, exemplary cases of transparency in city government are still...
The grades are in. Which states rise to the head of the class, and which could use some extra help? See the results of the annual Quality Counts report, which examines six categories to determine education quality in the nation and individual states
In November 2012, the national unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, down from 8.2 percent a year earlier, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor of Statistics. By comparison, 217 of the nation’s 372 metro areas posted unemployment rates below the national...
How will the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) - or, as some call it, the “Fiscal Cliff” bill - impact state and local governments? The reactions are just beginning to roll in, but the consensus appears to be that the answer remains to be...
