Municipal officials appeal for state relief
Hartford ? Municipal officials from across the state

Fiacco likes potential revenue-sharing agreement
Some municipal leaders are cheering the possibility their communities will get a cut of the PST under an anticipated new revenue-sharing agreement with the provincial government.

Municipal Meetings
Adirondack / Glens Falls Transportation Council, Technical Advisory Committee, Washington County Municipal Center, Fort Edward, 10 a.m.

Delhi Government asks schools to close down to avoid chilling cold
New Delhi, Jan.4 : The Government of Delhi has issued directives to all its schools not to conduct classes for students up to standard eighth till Tuesday in view of prevailing cold wave condition.

Upcoming government meetings
The following are upcoming local government meetings.

Beverly Hills Firm At Center Of Richardson Probe
A financial company headquartered in Beverly Hills is at the heart of a federal investigation that caused New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to withdraw his name today as President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary. CDR Financial Products has been investigated at least twice by federal agents for allegedly bribing government officials to allow the company to sell municipal bonds.

Councillors get extra month to finish up
GEORGE TOWN: The state government will extend the term of councillors of both the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) and Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) by a month.

Long-term Treasurys tumble
Long-term government debt prices tumbled for the second session in a row Monday as investors shifted into riskier bonds and as President-elect Barack Obama pitched his stimulus package to both houses of Congress.

One dead, two missing in east China oil tanker explosion
One person died and two others were missing after an oil tanker exploded on Sunday in east China's Shandong Province. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. after the "Hai'ao No. 9" tanker exploded in Guangli Port, Dongying City, a municipal government official said. There were four sailors on board at the time, and three were replacing valves on the deck. Investigators speculated that the ...

Municipal Meetings
Monday Adirondack/Glens Falls Transportation Council, Technical Advisory Committee, Washington County Municipal Center, Fort Edward, 10 a.m.

Stimulus package to create 400,000 jobs: Think-tank
A one-year fiscal stimulus package worth almost $33 billion that bolsters employment-insurance benefits, municipal infrastructure, training and post-secondary education, and promises to create more than 400,000 jobs, is being proposed Tuesday by an economic think-tank.

2010 whistleblower gunned down
Mpumalanga police have not ruled out the possibility that the murder of a senior municipal official may be politically motivated.

Dog dies after biting judge, docs suspect rabies
CHANDIGARH: Had the Municipal Corporation constructed a dog pound in the city, district and sessions judge KK Garg would not have had to suffer a nightmare after he was bitten by a stray mongrel on Monday. The dog died immediately after the incident.

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Brick mayor withholds reorganization report
On New Year's Eve, 47 township employees ? mostly clerks and laborers ? were laid off.The layoffs reduced the municipal government work force by more than 10 percent, with their responsibilities assumed by private companies or redistributed throughout the remaining township workers.

Appellate court says Decatur ballot issue was properly ruled invalid
SPRINGFIELD - An appeals court upheld a lower court's opinion, saying a ballot question asking Decatur citizens if they wanted to keep the current form of city government was a repeat of a question from the previous year, and thus invalid.

CCM looks to regional efforts in tough times
HARTFORD - Municipal leaders say they are ready to work together in light of tough economic times.

Chandigarh: Dog bites judge, dies
Had the Municipal Corporation constructed a dog pound in the city, district and sessions judge KK Garg would not have had to suffer a nightmare after he was bitten by a stray mongrel on Monday.

Federal funds could boost region?s airport projects
The uncertainty of federal funds hasn?t deterred municipal airports in Northwest Missouri planning runway, lighting and other improvements. The airports are located in Chillicothe, Trenton, Tarkio and Bethany.

U.S. Attorney's office collects more than $15 million
The U.S. Attorney's office announced it collected about $15.8 million in 2008 -- money owed to crime victims and to the federal government from various sources such as court orders requiring criminals to pay restitution, cases involving fraud against the U.