http://blog.taragana.com/n News and incisive Views 24/7/365 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.taragana.com/n/alabama-school-board-recommends-educators-pay-more-for-retirement-health-insurance-benefits-228284/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/alabama-school-board-recommends-educators-pay-more-for-retirement-health-insurance-benefits-228284/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:01:31 +0000 Phillip Rawls http://blog.taragana.com/n/alabama-school-board-recommends-educators-pay-more-for-retirement-health-insurance-benefits-228284/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/alabama-school-board-recommends-educators-pay-more-for-retirement-health-insurance-benefits-228284/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-reports-show-cost-cutting-measures-helped-cut-detroit-schools-deficit-by-about-87m-225975/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-reports-show-cost-cutting-measures-helped-cut-detroit-schools-deficit-by-about-87m-225975/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:50:01 +0000 AP http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-reports-show-cost-cutting-measures-helped-cut-detroit-schools-deficit-by-about-87m-225975/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-reports-show-cost-cutting-measures-helped-cut-detroit-schools-deficit-by-about-87m-225975/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/students-gov-granholm-keep-pressure-on-michigan-lawmakers-to-raise-more-money-for-schools-225091/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/students-gov-granholm-keep-pressure-on-michigan-lawmakers-to-raise-more-money-for-schools-225091/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:56:13 +0000 Tim Martin http://blog.taragana.com/n/students-gov-granholm-keep-pressure-on-michigan-lawmakers-to-raise-more-money-for-schools-225091/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/students-gov-granholm-keep-pressure-on-michigan-lawmakers-to-raise-more-money-for-schools-225091/feed/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-refuses-to-halt-hawaii-teacher-furloughs-calls-on-both-sides-to-settle-dispute-224564/ http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-refuses-to-halt-hawaii-teacher-furloughs-calls-on-both-sides-to-settle-dispute-224564/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:09:09 +0000 Herbert A. 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