Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:16 AM EDT2013-06-19 06:16:03 GMT
Columbus City Council members have approved the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget is over $260 million and will not require any city departments to cut positions.More >>
Columbus City Council members have approved the final budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The budget is over $260 million and will not require any city departments to cut positions.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:12 AM EDT2013-06-19 06:12:03 GMT
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools. This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by More >>
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools.
This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by legislators.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:57 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:57:09 GMT
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:41 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:41:02 GMT
School's out and parents are looking for things for their kids to do. We compiled a list of nine things to do in Columbus this summer for kids:More >>
School's out and parents are looking for things for their kids to do. We compiled a list of nine things to do in Columbus this summer for kids:More >>
ATLANTA (AP) - A state labor official is refusing to restart jobless benefits to seasonally unemployed teachers and bus drivers, setting up a showdown between state and federal officials.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday that the administration in Washington is "over-stepping their bounds" in regards to unemployment.
A spokesman says the U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing Georgia's "new legal position." Washington threatened to cut millions of dollars sent annually to Georgia to administer the unemployment program, unless the state relented and resumed the payments.
The commissioner estimates 3,500 to 4,000 bus drivers, pre-k teachers, landscapers, janitors, crossing guards and other contractually employed Georgians have filed or will file claims.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics labeled 64,702 Georgians as private "educational service" workers last September,
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