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States Straining To Repair Budgets (Washington Post/July 7, 2009) Illinois ...

Detroit Spares 18 Schools; Retaining Students Is Next Goal Freda Dawson, principal of Malcolm ...

President Obama Urges Tax Breaks to Add Jobs (Congress Now/December 8, 2009) President Obama ...

Mayors Call on Senate to Choose a Clean Energy Future for America During a June 29 press ...

Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access? (Washington Post/April 23, 2009) In ...

Oakland Council Approves Municipal ID Program (Oakland Tribune/June 3, 2009) Oakland ...

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USDOT Announces $201 Million in Emergency Relief The federal government is making ...

Florida stands to lose $1 billion because of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy (St. Petersburg Times/June 5, 2009) ...

NCBM Policy Brief: The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 On May 21, 2009, the ...

Cash-strapped jails begin charging inmates for snacks – even room and board Shades of Charles Dickens, critics ...

ARRA Impact on Middle Class Families A central goal of the ...

Texas Conference of Black Mayors Mayor John WhiteChapter President Ames, ...

The Struggle to Survive in Haiti: Aid distribution slow, tent cities grow and crime is on the rise One week after the 7.0 ...

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Florida Tourism Dropping As Oil Nears (Miami Herald/June 3, 2010) --On ...

New Smog Rules Target Rural Counties (GOVERNING/March 2010) Thirty-one years ago ...

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Jobs and Workforce Committee

The Jobs and Workforce Committee deals with efforts to create and retain jobs; and secure employment and training resources for cities. It considers key issues in workforce development, particularly those affecting communities with high levels of unemployment and workers who face barriers to employment.