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SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new …
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BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon predicted Monday that organized labor would agree to a painful package of cost-cutting concessions that would save the jobs of 1504 city …
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Further, Newsom added, "I'm trying to make sure that public housing has adequate heating this year. I'm less worried about billionaires getting a new stadium … It's a literal trade-off. These are real dollars."
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Mayor Richard Daley today issued a vigorous defense of his controversial deal to lease the city's parking meters to a private company, even as the City Council took steps to protect themselves from continued fallout over their quick approval of his …
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"It doesn't matter if you are a football fan or not. It doesn't matter if you are a 49ers fan or not. This deal will make Santa Clara a better place to live, to work and to play." School officials, former 49ers players, construction workers, …
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"There was a time when if you were a sports owner and you were going to build a stadium, the subsidy was all upfront. It would just be a check from the legislature for $300 million or something. Now it is far more likely to be buried in the details of …
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By Carol Matlack Most of the world's major airlines cozied up long ago in alliances to improve efficiency and expand their route networks.
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It's going to put a lot of people to work and that's what we need right now, but it's also going to bring a lot of tax dollars to our businesses who need it," said Kevin Moore, one of the council's strongest advocates for the deal. Said Vice Mayor …
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The agreement for a strict nationwide standard for US-sold cars by 2016 took a mix of firm demands and major concessions from the government.
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Including public funds in the deal opens the door for possible financing from the National Football League, but Commissioner Roger Goodell said in December that a league fund for stadiums had been depleted and there were no plans to replenish it given …