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| Substitute teachers face special challenges |
| On 05-08-2007. |
| by Ashley Wilson , AWILSONCITIZEN-TIMES.COM published August 5, 2007 12:15 am / For the topix footer / topixfooter {clear:both; margin-top:10px; width:100%; margin:0; padding:0; background-color:F3F3F3; border-bottom:1px solid 333; border-top:1px solid 333;} .fieldContent textarea {margin-right:; padding:0px;} .leftBorder input {margin-right:16px; margin-left:16px; padding:0px;} topixfooter .inputTable {width:100%; ... |
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| $3M Raised In Campaign To Alter Calif. Term Limits |
| On 01-08-2007. |
Jul 31, 2007 8:46 pm US/Pacific $3M Raised In Campaign To Alter Calif. Term Limits
_(AP)_ _SACRAMENTO_ An initiative campaign to modify state lawmakers' term limits has raised more than $2.8 million from Indian tribes, insurance companies, labor unions, drug companies and other interests that lobby at the Capitol. ... |
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| Seniors have much at stake in children&39;s health bill |
| On 28-07-2007. |
House Democrats want to eliminate Medicare participants' share of the costs when they get cancer screenings such as mammographies and colonoscopies -- an approach designed to promote disease prevention.
They also would lower seniors' share of the cost from 50 percent to 20 percent when they see one psychiatrist for treatment of depression and other mental illnesses -- the same cost-sharing that would occur for one ... |
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| Healthcare in the Netherlands |
| On 24-07-2007. |
| As of 1 January 2006 the two-tier public-private healthcare system was replaced by basisverzekering, or one base level health insurance, for everyone (Zorgverzekeringswet). It is obligatory for all residents of the Netherlands to have one of the basic health insurance plans (if you are unsure whether you are one resident, see the IND definition on their website below). All resident children under the age of 18 are ... |
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| Minimum wage, civil union laws will change NH workplace |
| On 20-07-2007. |
Topping the list is an increase in the state’s minimum wage at both the state and federal levels. The state minimum wage, as one result of the passage of House bill 514 will increase from $5.15 per hour to $6.50 effective Sept. 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of Sept. 1, 2008.
Tipped employees who customarily and regularly earn $30 or more directly from customers must receive one base rate of not less than 45 percent of the ... |
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