Archive for February, 2009
Earned Income Tax credit: Valuable but often overlooked
If you had a job at any time during 2008 but didn’t earn much money, you could qualify for one of the nation’s most lucrative, and most frequently missed, tax breaks — the earned income tax credit.
Landfill, Sewer Swap May Save Money
BARTOW | A major swap is in the making between the county’s landfill and sewer plants that could cut costs for both operations by an estimated $1 million a year.
Stimulus money heads toward Indiana
The first round of stimulus money in Indianapolis will go toward housing and helping the homeless.
Scrimp to Save More Than Money
During these tough times, cutting back everywhere isn’t always the best course.
DOT to spend stimulus money quickly
Despite abruptly firing their top administrator, despite a pending legislative attempt to politically neuter them, and despite not having a draft project list to begin spending $1 billion in federal stimulus money, state Department of Transportation leaders say that drivers shouldn’t despair.
Printing money is a £100bn leap in the dark
Lying on Mervyn King’s Bank of England desk is the draft of a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer seeking authority to take the Bank into territory it has not visited before. This week the Governor will sign and send it and Alistair Darling’s reply will give King permission to start a programme of quantitative easing.
Blair County Drug Court Lends Money For Abortion
The Blair County district dttorney is not happy the Drug Court committee voted unanimously to lend a participant money to have an abortion.
Grandmother with no assets or income lent $4 million
A mortgage company chaired by former Prime Minister Jim Bolger, is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office after allegedly lending $4 million to a grandmother with no assets or income. The 73-year-old woman was in the country…
Cities making quick use of SPLOST funds
WALTON COUNTY — As the county nears completion on a number of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax projects, Walton County’s cities are also making quick use of their funds.
Grandmother with no assets or income lent $4 million
A mortgage company chaired by former Prime Minister Jim Bolger, is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office after allegedly lending $4 million to a grandmother with no assets or income.
