Funding Policies

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Michael Hiltzik: Feds say the O.C. Register’s ghoulish purchase of life insurance on its employees ...

Dothan Eagle 20 Feb 2019

The idea was to record the putative value of those policies upon the workers’ deaths as a contribution to the newspaper’s pension fund, which was in the red by hundreds of millions of dollars ... That chain is owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which has pursued a policy ......

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Michael Hiltzik: Feds say the O.C. Register's ghoulish purchase of life insurance on its employees ...

Lebanon Express 20 Feb 2019

The idea was to record the putative value of those policies upon the workers' deaths as a contribution to the newspaper's pension fund, which was in the red by hundreds of millions of dollars ... That chain is owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which has pursued a policy ......

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Manulife rolls out China-focused fund

Inquirer 20 Feb 2019

... trust fund (UITF), called Dragon Growth Equity Feeder Fund, is described as a fund that adopts flexible and dynamic allocations between China and Hong Kong equities according to changes in market conditions, government policies, industry trends, and individual holdings....

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Opinion: Educators don't deserve funding crisis

Detroit news 20 Feb 2019

That’s a quote from David Arsen, MSU education policy professor and lead author of a new report on education funding in Michigan ... “Michigan schools face nation’s worst decline in state education funding,” read the headline from MSU’s news release on the study ... “To make those policies effective, they have to be matched with adequate funding....

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Refocusing the Conversation on Education Reform

Washington Square News 20 Feb 2019

It is critical that public schools remain at the forefront of the conversation, attention and reform policy, independent of efforts to either propagate or stifle charter schools ... current Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos launched an aggressive policy to redirect the Education Department’s funds toward school choice and voucher programs....

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Here#39;s how to use insurance plans to save income taxes

Moneycontrol 20 Feb 2019

Two is always better than one, without any doubt! Insurance policies contribute to the dual benefit of meeting your long-term financial objectives and also act as a tax saver! Let’s know how... Cancelled a trip at the last minute? This insurance policy will reimburse you ... Debt funds have gone too far....

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American Kidney Fund Urges Congress to Make 2019 the Year Living Donor Protection Act Becomes Law

Longview News-Journal 20 Feb 2019

19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Kidney Fund (AKF) is urging members of the U.S ... "The Living Donor Protection Act of 2019 is good public policy that benefits patients, donors and taxpayers," Burton said ... In 2018, financial assistance from the American Kidney Fund helped more than 1,000 low-income dialysis patients have kidney transplants....

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Monetary Policy review draws mixed reaction from lobby groups, bankers

The Himalayan 20 Feb 2019

The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank, unveiled the revised version of the Monetary Policy on Tuesday evening ... “The government and the central bank should, thus, expand the size of refinancing fund also introduce longterm policies to increase cash flow in the market.” ... It will release its statement on Monetary Policy’s mid-term review then....

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Controversial ‘Robin Hood’ program helps lawmakers avoid future school-finance lawsuits

Community Impact Newspaper 20 Feb 2019

This story about the state’s recapture system was produced by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues ... For some in the debate over how to fund Texas’ schools, “Robin Hood” is decidedly a villain....

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UK vulnerable to Chinese interference, report says

BBC News 20 Feb 2019

While Russia seeks simply to disrupt, China, he said, primarily seeks to maintain the legitimacy of Communist Party rule in the country and limit dissent against it, as well as build support for its policies overseas ... the fear that funding would be jeopardised," Mr Parton said....

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Warren proposes universal child care, plan taxes billionaires

The Mercury News 20 Feb 2019

... Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank ... Warren’s plan is the first since the 1970s to aim to achieve universal child care, said Katie Hamm, vice president of early childhood policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a center-left think tank, although Sen....

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Utah K-12 education funding drops for first time in 7 years, report states

Deseret News 20 Feb 2019

One good thing was the 45 percent increased funding since 2008 for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, according to Nathan Kunz, an undergraduate research intern from the University of Utah and co-author of the report ... State education funding makes up 79 percent of Utah's Children Budget and the remaining 21 percent comes from federal funds....

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MPO plans to add CAFO traffic monitoring to county road plan

Carroll County Comet 20 Feb 2019

An MPO is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy-making organization comprised of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities. The MPO has two committees, Technical and Administrative ... ....