MT Gov. Gianforte faces $2.6 billion budget surplus, proposes tax rebates
Post Content Gov. Greg Gianforte reiterated his administration’s priorities to improve Montana’s economy in his State of the State address delivered Wednesday to the Legislature, whose job over the next few months will include determining how to allocate an unprecedented $2.6 billion budget surplus. “The fact of the matter is Montanans overpaid,” Gianforte said of […]
Stipendi differenziati ai prof e fondi privati, è scontro sulla scuola di Valditara. Landini: “Follia tornare alle gabbie salariali”
Read More “Una misura sensata”. “No, crea la scuola delle disuguaglianze”. L’ipotesi del ministro dell’Istruzione e del Merito Giuseppe Valditara di una differenziazione tra gli stipendi dei professori a seconda di dove vivono e lavorano, tenendo conto del costo della vita, anche senza toccare il contratto nazionale, divide il mondo della scuola, docenti, presidi, sindacati, […]
Ramaphosa: ‘Equip our learners with technical skills to address youth unemployment, grow the economy’
Read More President Cyril Ramaphosa says last year’s improved matric results must encourage the basic education sector to redouble efforts to address the “extremely serious” problem of learner dropout and youth unemployment. Speaking at the 2023 Basic Education Sector Lekgotla, he said many learners leaving school before sitting for their matric exams made this year’s […]
Reserve Bank lifts repo rate by 25 basis points in the wake of load-shedding’s economic hit
Read More The South African Reserve Bank has hiked the repo rate by a less-than-forecast 25 basis points, with the ongoing load-shedding crisis expected to deal a devastating blow to the country’s economic growth in 2023. Two of the bank’s five monetary policy committee (MPC) members preferred a higher 50 basis point hike, which would […]
Going, going … is David Mabzua about to exit the presidency?
Read More Deputy President David Mabuza appears to be on his way out of the government. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Deputy President David Mabuza appears to be on his way out of the government, paving the way for his ANC counterpart, Paul Mashatile, to make his much anticipated move from Luthuli House to the Union Buildings. Several […]
Child’s campaign to save seabirds from invasive mice takes flight
Read More The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment and BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) have awarded a certificate of appreciation to an 11-year-old from Durban for his “sterling” fundraising efforts to protect seabirds on Marion Island from invasive house mice. Romario Valentine’s Seabirds Christmas Gift for Marion Island campaign raised R20 530, more than […]
Mpho Phalatse ‘sad’ for Joburg residents after her second ousting as mayor
Read More Johannesburg councillors on Thursday voted out Democratic Alliance mayor Mpho Phalatse for the second time, following a similar move late last year which was overturned by the high court. At a council meeting, 140 councillors voted to remove Phalatse, while 129 supported her. “I am overwhelmed, I feel sad for our residents. Feel […]
Urgent need to build UK Holocaust memorial now before survivors die, says Pickles
Read More Lord Pickles, co-chair of the body overseeing a new ?100m UK Holocaust memorial, said he is “desperate” to finally start building, given the dwindling number of survivors. On Wednesday, the prime minister said he would legislate to work around a court ruling preventing the memorial and learning centre being erected on the Grade […]
‘Smiling’ nurse Lucy Letby accused of killing baby girl after four attempts
MANCHESTER, England – ‘Smiling’ nurse Lucy Letby offered to take photos of a baby girl after murdering her at the fourth attempt, a court heard. Letby, 33, allegedly injected air into the premature infant’s feeding tube and bloodstream. Prosecutors say she tried three times to kill the tiny baby before succeeding the fourth time. Letby […]
Russia reacts to US, Germany tank deliveries to Ukraine: ‘Direct involvement in the conflict’
Russia responded Thursday for the first time regarding the decision by President Biden to send Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine, accusing it of “direct involvement in the conflict.” During his Wednesday announcement, Biden said the shipment of tanks that he classified as the “most capable tanks in the world” were not “an offensive threat to […]
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