T.O. council OKs street-banner plan (Ventura County Star)
The Thousand Oaks City Council at its meeting Tuesday night voted to create a street-banner program that will be run by a private business association.
Plan to use private cameras to help city surveillance (Chicago Sun-Times)
Businesses, high-rises and even private homes with exterior surveillance cameras could share their video with Chicago’s 911 center to create a panoramic view of disaster scenes, under a plan advanced Wednesday that could dramatically expand the city’s Big Brother reach.
Tory apprenticeship plans win backing (Financial Times)
Business welcomed a £1.4bn Tory plan yesterday to create 100,000 more apprenticeships and shake up further education, but warned about the impact of the proposal to finance the initiative by diverting funding from -training.
Tory apprenticeship plans win backing (Financial Times)
Business welcomed a £1.4bn ($2.8bn) Tory plan on Wednesday to create 100,000 more apprenticeships and shake up further education, but warned about the impact of the proposal to finance the initiative by diverting funding from training.
Schools would get up to $112 more per pupil under plan OK'd by Michigan House, Senate (The Holland Sentinel)
Michigan’s K-12 public schools would get between $56 and $112 more per pupil next budget year under a spending plan headed to Gov. Jennifer Granholm for her signature, and that’s OK with school leaders. “That’s what we had placed into the budget,” said David Van Ginhoven, Zeeland Public Schools assistant superintendent for business. “We anticipated it would turn out this way.” Van ...
K-12 spending plan headed to Granholm (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)
Michigan's K-12 public schools would get between $56 and $112 more per pupil next budget year under a spending plan headed to Gov. Jennifer Granholm for her signature.