KS remapping flap is constitutional crisis, elections chief says
By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
TOPEKA — Kansas is in the midst of a constitutional crisis, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the state’s chief election officer, said Wednesday.
Candidates must decide by June 11 whether to run, or not to run. But they don’t yet know who their opponents might be, or which doors to knock on.
Voters who [...]
Feds: Iowa schools not using grant money for reforms
By Sheena Dooley | Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — Leaders of the Iowa Department of Education failed to fulfill promises made in exchange for more than $17.6 million in federal money to improve six of the state’s poorest performing schools, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Curt W. Olson l Texas Budget Source
AUSTIN — Kern Wildenthal will have his pay reduced to $490,000 beginning June 7.
That will be a pay cut of $351,557 from his previous $841,557 salary.
Wildenthal is the former long-time University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center president and most recently special assistant to UTSW President Daniel Podolsky. As of [...]
Total incentive pay at 3 TX agencies topped $9 million in 2011
Curt W. Olson l Texas Budget Source
AUSTIN — The Teacher Retirement System of Texas doled out $6.1 million of $9 million in incentive compensation, which included the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Permanent School Fund at the Texas Education Agency.
The three state agencies control about $160 billion in assets for the two pension [...]
Annexation, Cherokee gaming start new NC legislative session
By North Carolina Civitas
RALEIGH — The state Senate kicked off the short session of the North Carolina General Assembly with quick action on annexation and live gambling on the Cherokee Nation.
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