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NEWS ABOUT: city government

city government stories: 4 news summaries

States Fret as Road Salt Grows Scarce, Pricey

Last year's winter depleted reserves

Oct 6, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Road salt is stressing state and municipal budgets as shortages drive prices up well past what local governments have paid in the past, USA Today reports. A harsh winter last year left many states with no salt reserves to carry over, meaning they have to fully restock at inflated prices.... More »

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New Hampshire • Ohio • road budget • infrastructure • ice • winter • salt • state spending • state governments • budgets • city government • local politics

Credit Crunch Shuts Down State, City Projects

Projects shelved as municipal bond
market dries up

Oct 1, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The credit crisis is squeezing the life out of local governments, reports the New York Times. Cities and states have found themselves shut out of bond markets for the last 2 weeks, and big projects, from new hospitals to highway repairs, are being shelved or delayed. Analysts believe the days... More »

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finance • credit crisis • bond market • cities • municipal bonds • state governments • city government

Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to
Tears, Fury

Suspends 7 in uproar over starved teen

Aug 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’... More »

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Health and Human Services • bureaucracy • starvation • Philadelphia • child neglect • Michael Nutter • city government • Danieal Kelly

OPINION

 LA Billboards Off the Charts 

Times columnist blasts industry's 'well-lawyered hissy-fit' against city count

Apr 3, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billboards are out of control in the City of Angels, Pat Morrison writes in the Los Angeles Times, and an industry with almost no accountability is again fighting city efforts at regulation. Giants Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor are throwing a "well-lawyered hissy-fit" against an effort to make the... More »

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CBS • advertising • Clear Channel • Los Angeles • billboards • Clear Channel Outdoor • CBS Outdoor • city government

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