U.S. Government Should Insure Municipal Bonds, Bloomberg Says
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government should insure municipal bonds to promote job growth and help repair the nation?s tax-free credit market, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today.

Government/Schools Town of Deerfield Board - The second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Deerfield Municipal ...
The Adirondack Communities Advisory League - Every Tuesday at the Boonville UMC at 7 p.m. Village of Oriskany Board - The second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Village Offices, 708 Utica St. Call 736-3512.

Municipal Market?s Pending Bond Offerings Reach Six-Year High
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. state and local government borrowers seeking to push through delayed bond sales by year?s end drove a measure of pending offerings to the highest in more than six years, sending yields higher.

BRIDGE COMMISSION: Government veteran to run agency
A veteran administrator in municipal government has been appointed as general manager of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. L. J. (Lew) Holloway, the chief administrative officer for Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, for the past 17 years, will assume his new duties with the bridge commission Jan. 19.

New York mayor urges Obama to fix municipal bond market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he had advised President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to boost U.S. economic growth by fixing the credit markets so that cities and states can resume borrowing to build infrastructure projects.

New move to resurrect Panaji's municipal garden
The Corporation of the City of Panaji will issue fresh tenders for the restoration of the Jardim Garcia da Orta, lying in an abandoned state ever since the Manohar Parrikar government decided to renovate it in 2004.

Teslin board tried to move librarian out of mould-infested building
A municipal official in Teslin, Yukon, said his village tried to move the local librarian out of a building that had been infested with black mould, but the Yukon government told them to wait.

Good report on women, children
The general development of women and children in Shanghai has been good, according to a report by the municipal government. The participation of women in decision-making, management and political issues has increased, the report said. It was released at a press conference yesterday. The report is a mid-term evaluation on the development of Shanghai's women and children during the 11th Five-Year ...

Retirement age to rise for women
The retirement age for women officials at county level and above is set to be raised from 55 to 60 next year, as part of a series of legal revisions to ensure sexual equality at work, the Beijing municipal government said yesterday. The city's legislation office began collecting public opinion on Tuesday on the planned revisions to Beijing's implementation of the Law on the Protection of Rights ...

Randolph town meeting backs government change
Town meeting has approved proposals that would set up a strong town manager form of government in Randolph

Municipal Meetings
Argyle Town Planning Board, Regular Meeting, Municipal Building, 7 p.m.

Retirement age to rise for women
The retirement age for women officials at county level and above is set to be raised from 55 to 60 next year, as part of a series of legal revisions to ensure sexual equality at work, the Beijing municipal government said on Wednesday.

Kobe box trade up
The Port of Kobe in western Japan handled 1.206 million TEUs of containerized foreign trade in the January-July period, an increase of 2.8 percent from the previous-year period, according to preliminary figures released by the Kobe municipal government.

Charter panel faces tough job engaging public, expert says
If the study of the various forms of municipal government available to Garden State towns lacks something, it is sex appeal, an expert on the subject told the borough's Charter Study Commission on Tuesday.

GH finances in pretty good shape
The town of Grove Hill may be small with limited income but municipal government is in good shape, according to financial figures given to town council members Monday night along with fiscal 2009 budget figures that were approved.

Pivot3 to Demonstrate New Power-Saving Data Storage Solution at Government Video Technology Expo 2008
Pivot3, Inc, the market leader in High-Definition Storage?, today announced its participation at the Government Video Technology Expo 2008 (GV Expo), taking place in Washington, D.C. on December 3-4, 2008. For the first time at GV Expo, the company will showcase in booth #353 the award-winning Serverless Computing? technology. Launched only a few months ago as the industry?s first combined ...

State Capitol Q&A: State government jobs
This week?s State Capitol Q&A takes a closer look at the jobs picture in state government in light of the move by Gov. Rod Blagojevich?s administration to lay off 85 state workers on Sunday.

Reserve Management Liquidates Primary II And U.S. Government II Funds
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Reserve Management Co. has returned to investors all assets from its Primary II and U.S. Government II funds as well as four other funds.

RIP -- Rest In P3?
One way or another, they'll find a place to bury you. They have to, by law. Providing cemetery space is a requirement under the Municipal Government Act, which means the City of Calgary has no choice but to find a plot for your corpse, when the mortal coil finally snaps.

China's first state-level rice trading center to be set up in Wuhan
It is learned from the municipal government of Wuhan that the Wuhan National Rice Trading Center, covering an area of 2,000 mu and with an investment of over 3.7 billion yuan, recently started construction in the Yangluo Economic Development Zone in Xinzhou District, Wuhan. This is China's first state-level rice trading center. Upon completion it is expected to have an annual trade volume of 10 ...