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The Senate Appropriations Revenue Committee, on Monday voted 10-5 against the measure, with two members according to theLexington Herald-Leader. The House had previouslty passedthe bill. The legislation would have permitted video-lotteruy terminals at Kentuckyhorse tracks, including Turfway Park in "The limited gaming proposal was designexd to help save a signature industrt in peril – an industry that means 100,000 jobs and $4 billion in investment for our state," said Gov. Steved Beshear in a Monday evening statement.
"It is unfortunate that evert voice on this critically important issue was not heard and every vote not At a Frankfort press Turfway Park President Bob Elliston said Turfway could closs by 2010 if Ohio passes gamingh legislation and Kentuckydoes not. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklande recently reversed his stance against gamblinhat racetracks.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Louisville International Airport gets federal money for taxiway projects - Business First of Columbus:
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Earlier this month, the authorityg learned that it was gettingnearlyt $13.5 million from the . About $9 million of that is an allotmenrt the authority getsevery year, but the rest is from a pot of monehy set aside for high-priority and airports compete for a share, Millerr said. Of the $13.5 million, about $9 million will be used to fundtwo projects: the ongoing construction of Taxiwayu Alpha, along the airport’s west and the relocation of the airport’s the area where FedEx loads and unloads its planes, Milled said. The other $4 million will be used to extenxTaxiway Echo, which serves the airport’s east parallelo runway, Miller said.
The airport authority began work on the Taxiwag Alpha projectin 2006, when it was projected to cost $31 So far, the authority has spent $18.89 million on the taxiway, which is now about 55 percen t complete, said authority public relationsz director Trish Burke. The new federal grant will enablwe the authority to do more TaxiwagAlpha construction, but Miller said he coulcd not say how much. That will depen d on how good a price the authorityh can get to have thework done, he said. Construction of the taxiwayt is scheduledin phases, with each phase funded by entitlement dollars from the each Burke said.
In addition to helping the authority move plane traffidc around thewest runway, Taxiway Alpha also will open the west perimeter of the airport property for more development, Miller That could include more hangars for privat e aircraft, he said. As part of the Taxiwayy Alpha project, the authority also planws to move the FedEx ramp away from itscurrenyt location, which is right in the middlew of Taxiway Alpha, to the south side of the existing FedEx building. Jim McCluskey, a spokesman for Tenn.-based FedEx, said the company would work with airportr officials to easethe move, whic h will entail changes in the location of the trucki parking area and the employeew parking areas.
“The key for us is to have no impacf with regard to the servicde we provide toour customers,” he said. The federal moneyy to build Taxiway Echo is part of a national effory toprevent “runway incursions,” Miller said. Thesre are occasions when a plane crosses a runwag thatit hasn’t been cleared to cross. The authoritty is finishing the design work for the extension of Taxiway Echo and should begin construction sometimesin 2010, Miller said. The authority is paying $1.3 million toward the total extensiob costof $5.3 million, Burke said. The final desigjn work for the next phase of Taxiway Alphs and the FedEx ramp relocation also isalmosf done, Miller said.
But to move thosed projects forward, the authority must get the state to relocate a portio n ofCrittenden Drive. Preliminary design work for the entirr Taxiway Alpha project has been Burke said. Assuming the authority can get local, statw and FAA approval for the relocation, Miller construction could begin inthe spring. The stat e already has budgeted $2 million for design and initial construction of the Burke said.
Earlier this month, the authorityg learned that it was gettingnearlyt $13.5 million from the . About $9 million of that is an allotmenrt the authority getsevery year, but the rest is from a pot of monehy set aside for high-priority and airports compete for a share, Millerr said. Of the $13.5 million, about $9 million will be used to fundtwo projects: the ongoing construction of Taxiwayu Alpha, along the airport’s west and the relocation of the airport’s the area where FedEx loads and unloads its planes, Milled said. The other $4 million will be used to extenxTaxiway Echo, which serves the airport’s east parallelo runway, Miller said.
The airport authority began work on the Taxiwag Alpha projectin 2006, when it was projected to cost $31 So far, the authority has spent $18.89 million on the taxiway, which is now about 55 percen t complete, said authority public relationsz director Trish Burke. The new federal grant will enablwe the authority to do more TaxiwagAlpha construction, but Miller said he coulcd not say how much. That will depen d on how good a price the authorityh can get to have thework done, he said. Construction of the taxiwayt is scheduledin phases, with each phase funded by entitlement dollars from the each Burke said.
In addition to helping the authority move plane traffidc around thewest runway, Taxiway Alpha also will open the west perimeter of the airport property for more development, Miller That could include more hangars for privat e aircraft, he said. As part of the Taxiwayy Alpha project, the authority also planws to move the FedEx ramp away from itscurrenyt location, which is right in the middlew of Taxiway Alpha, to the south side of the existing FedEx building. Jim McCluskey, a spokesman for Tenn.-based FedEx, said the company would work with airportr officials to easethe move, whic h will entail changes in the location of the trucki parking area and the employeew parking areas.
“The key for us is to have no impacf with regard to the servicde we provide toour customers,” he said. The federal moneyy to build Taxiway Echo is part of a national effory toprevent “runway incursions,” Miller said. Thesre are occasions when a plane crosses a runwag thatit hasn’t been cleared to cross. The authoritty is finishing the design work for the extension of Taxiway Echo and should begin construction sometimesin 2010, Miller said. The authority is paying $1.3 million toward the total extensiob costof $5.3 million, Burke said. The final desigjn work for the next phase of Taxiway Alphs and the FedEx ramp relocation also isalmosf done, Miller said.
But to move thosed projects forward, the authority must get the state to relocate a portio n ofCrittenden Drive. Preliminary design work for the entirr Taxiway Alpha project has been Burke said. Assuming the authority can get local, statw and FAA approval for the relocation, Miller construction could begin inthe spring. The stat e already has budgeted $2 million for design and initial construction of the Burke said.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Ritter confronted at bill signing by union grocery workers - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Ritter addressed the worker publiclyafter , repeating to them as he had writtenj in his May 19 veto of Houswe Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill would have interruptedd ongoing union negotiations with grocery-stores chains , and Albertsons. But afterf several minutes of explanation, workers began yelling, "That is a and "Sir, why did you and the governor leftthe "I have made my statement. Thankl you very much," Ritter said as he exited the packecd west foyer ofthe Capitol. .
Tensionz between union workers and the Democratic governor that they helpesd to elect in 2006 have been simmering sincew his veto of the bill that wouls haveallowed locked-out workers to collect unemployment insurancr benefits. United Food and Commercial Workers UnionnLocal No. 7 President Ernest Duran said that Rittedhad "betrayed" them and "reneged on his and some activists have begun looking for a candidatew to oppose Ritter in a primary.
Ritter signecd 29 bills Tuesday, culminating with an evening "Help for Workiny Families Fair" at the Capitol in whichg he inked six laws to help unemployed residentas receive more benefits andkeep workers' homews from being foreclosed upon, among other Leaders from several construction unionw stood behind him as he signede one of the measures, House Bill 1310, whicy allows for the easiet filing of complaints if an employer misqualifiex a worker as an independent contractor.
But, even beforre then, while Ritter was signing a measure that will allosw local governments tosell low- to no-interesty bonds for public construction under the American Recovert and Reinvestment Act, the harangues Crowd members clad in black UFCW shirts yellef "Governor, can you explain why you vetoec House Bill 1170?" and "We supporgt you, governor; you turnex your back on us" as Rittef largely ignored them.
Then, as he laterd signed Senate Bill 247, which increases the numbee of Coloradans who qualify for unemployment insurancee and will bring insome $200 million in federalo money, someone yelled: "Where was your support for the groceru workers when you vetoed House Bill governor?" Ritter replied: "I'm going to sign thesew bills, and then we'll talk." After he the governor rose to the microphone and first told the crowcd how many of the new laws will help worker s affected by the recession.
He then explainedd that signing HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmentf implementing new playing rules for negotiation between the UFCW and the thre e grocery chains that have been underway sinceApril 9. He also said that he woule be open to reconsidering simila r legislation at afuture date. He noted that a bill he signedx Tuesdayregarding electricians' educatiomn standards was similar to one he vetoedr in 2008 while telling competing sides on the measure that they needed to work out a compromise -- which they did this "I also think that public polict should not be used to interrup negotiations," Ritter told the crowd, whichn included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponents of the billsz being signed.
"It is my great hope that you're able to work this out." Then question-shouting begahn from the back. And Ritter's speecg to the group ended.
Ritter addressed the worker publiclyafter , repeating to them as he had writtenj in his May 19 veto of Houswe Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill would have interruptedd ongoing union negotiations with grocery-stores chains , and Albertsons. But afterf several minutes of explanation, workers began yelling, "That is a and "Sir, why did you and the governor leftthe "I have made my statement. Thankl you very much," Ritter said as he exited the packecd west foyer ofthe Capitol. .
Tensionz between union workers and the Democratic governor that they helpesd to elect in 2006 have been simmering sincew his veto of the bill that wouls haveallowed locked-out workers to collect unemployment insurancr benefits. United Food and Commercial Workers UnionnLocal No. 7 President Ernest Duran said that Rittedhad "betrayed" them and "reneged on his and some activists have begun looking for a candidatew to oppose Ritter in a primary.
Ritter signecd 29 bills Tuesday, culminating with an evening "Help for Workiny Families Fair" at the Capitol in whichg he inked six laws to help unemployed residentas receive more benefits andkeep workers' homews from being foreclosed upon, among other Leaders from several construction unionw stood behind him as he signede one of the measures, House Bill 1310, whicy allows for the easiet filing of complaints if an employer misqualifiex a worker as an independent contractor.
But, even beforre then, while Ritter was signing a measure that will allosw local governments tosell low- to no-interesty bonds for public construction under the American Recovert and Reinvestment Act, the harangues Crowd members clad in black UFCW shirts yellef "Governor, can you explain why you vetoec House Bill 1170?" and "We supporgt you, governor; you turnex your back on us" as Rittef largely ignored them.
Then, as he laterd signed Senate Bill 247, which increases the numbee of Coloradans who qualify for unemployment insurancee and will bring insome $200 million in federalo money, someone yelled: "Where was your support for the groceru workers when you vetoed House Bill governor?" Ritter replied: "I'm going to sign thesew bills, and then we'll talk." After he the governor rose to the microphone and first told the crowcd how many of the new laws will help worker s affected by the recession.
He then explainedd that signing HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmentf implementing new playing rules for negotiation between the UFCW and the thre e grocery chains that have been underway sinceApril 9. He also said that he woule be open to reconsidering simila r legislation at afuture date. He noted that a bill he signedx Tuesdayregarding electricians' educatiomn standards was similar to one he vetoedr in 2008 while telling competing sides on the measure that they needed to work out a compromise -- which they did this "I also think that public polict should not be used to interrup negotiations," Ritter told the crowd, whichn included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponents of the billsz being signed.
"It is my great hope that you're able to work this out." Then question-shouting begahn from the back. And Ritter's speecg to the group ended.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Grimsley named National Man of the Year for charity work - Wichita Business Journal:
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His total — said to be a records — was about $60,000 more the second-place “I think it says a lot about Grimsley says. “You ask peoplee for help and they give itto you.” In all, 530 man and woman of the year participants nationallty raised $7.7 million for the Leukemia and Lymphomw Society. “It was the experience of a lifetime,” Grimsley says. The national woman of the year is fromWashingtomn D.C. Man and Woman of the Year candidates, who are participate in a 10-week fund-raising blitz that this year ranfrom Feb. 12 throug h April 25.
Each state’s participants are then rankec nationally, where every dollar raised counts as a to determine thenational winners. Grimsley and Janey Cervantes, with Rusty Eck beat out four other candidates for loca l man and woman of theyear honors. Cervantes ranked sixth nationally byraising • Dr. Jeffrey Howell with . • Kat Lyon with Brandonb Steven Motors. • Jean Mash with Compare of Sedgwicmk County. • Todd Miller with . The six collectivelyg raised morethan $416,000. Grimsley will be featuredc in a full-page ad in an upcominy issue of .
His total — said to be a records — was about $60,000 more the second-place “I think it says a lot about Grimsley says. “You ask peoplee for help and they give itto you.” In all, 530 man and woman of the year participants nationallty raised $7.7 million for the Leukemia and Lymphomw Society. “It was the experience of a lifetime,” Grimsley says. The national woman of the year is fromWashingtomn D.C. Man and Woman of the Year candidates, who are participate in a 10-week fund-raising blitz that this year ranfrom Feb. 12 throug h April 25.
Each state’s participants are then rankec nationally, where every dollar raised counts as a to determine thenational winners. Grimsley and Janey Cervantes, with Rusty Eck beat out four other candidates for loca l man and woman of theyear honors. Cervantes ranked sixth nationally byraising • Dr. Jeffrey Howell with . • Kat Lyon with Brandonb Steven Motors. • Jean Mash with Compare of Sedgwicmk County. • Todd Miller with . The six collectivelyg raised morethan $416,000. Grimsley will be featuredc in a full-page ad in an upcominy issue of .
Friday, May 6, 2011
Raleigh-Cary second on list of 'best-performing' metros - Triangle Business Journal:
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and put together the 2008 listof America's "Bes t Performing Cities," which puts a specia l focus on technology The list also puts Wilmington at No. 6 and Durhak at No. 21. Last year, Wilmington ranked second on the while Raleigh was eighth and Durhanwas 74th. Durham had the 10th largest improvement among the 200 metropolita areas rankedthis year. Criteria used to put together the list includwjob growth, growth in and an area’s high-tech economic the organizers say. Raleigh-Caryt came in No. 1 for job growthy between March 2007 andMarchb 2008. Durham ranked 11th in job growth duringy thatsame period.
Durham's highest categoruy ranking was fifth for concentration of hightech Raleigh-Cary ranked 18th in that category. Among other Northu Carolina metros, Charlotte ranks No. 26, with Ashevillwe No. 46, Winston-Salem No. 99 and Greensboroi No. 141. Provo, Utah is No. 1 nationally, with Detroig at No. 200. To see the full . The Milken Institute is a nonpartisan think tank basexin California. Greenstreet Real Estat e Partners is basedin Miami.
and put together the 2008 listof America's "Bes t Performing Cities," which puts a specia l focus on technology The list also puts Wilmington at No. 6 and Durhak at No. 21. Last year, Wilmington ranked second on the while Raleigh was eighth and Durhanwas 74th. Durham had the 10th largest improvement among the 200 metropolita areas rankedthis year. Criteria used to put together the list includwjob growth, growth in and an area’s high-tech economic the organizers say. Raleigh-Caryt came in No. 1 for job growthy between March 2007 andMarchb 2008. Durham ranked 11th in job growth duringy thatsame period.
Durham's highest categoruy ranking was fifth for concentration of hightech Raleigh-Cary ranked 18th in that category. Among other Northu Carolina metros, Charlotte ranks No. 26, with Ashevillwe No. 46, Winston-Salem No. 99 and Greensboroi No. 141. Provo, Utah is No. 1 nationally, with Detroig at No. 200. To see the full . The Milken Institute is a nonpartisan think tank basexin California. Greenstreet Real Estat e Partners is basedin Miami.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
U.S. Chamber economist: Get ready for another recession - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economy grows 95 percent of the saidthe chamber’s Marty Regalia. He predicts the current economicc downturn will endaround September, but the unemployment rate will remain high through the first half of next Investment won’t snap back as quicklyy as it usually does after a recession, Regalias said. Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem becaused of thefederal government’s huge budgef deficits and the massive amount of dollarss pumped into the economy by the Federalo Reserve, he said.
If this stimulus is not unwoundr once the economy begins to higher interest rates could choke off improvementf in the housing markegt andbusiness investment, he said. “The economy has got to be running on its own by the middlee ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almostr every major inflationary periodin U.S. history was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dip recession will be lower if Ben Bernankd is reappointed chairman of theFederall Reserve, Regalia said. If President Barackl Obama appoints his economic advisefr Larry Summers to chairthe Fed, that would signalo the monetary spigot would remain open for a longert time, he said.
A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamq administrationis “not something the markets want to Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whether he willreappoing Bernanke, whose term ends in Meanwhile, more than half of small business owners expect the recession to last at least another two years, according to a surveh of Intuit Payroll customers. But 61 percent expect their own businesw to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on theifr own abilities, but bearish on the factorsa they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketingt for Intuit Employee Management Solutions.
“Evehn in the gloomiest economy there are opportunitiesto seize.” A separatwe survey of small business ownere by Discover Financial Services foun d that 57 percent thought the economy was gettin g worse, while 26 percent thought the economy was improving. More than half planned to decrease spending on business development in the nextsix months.
Those odds may seem low, but they’re actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economy grows 95 percent of the saidthe chamber’s Marty Regalia. He predicts the current economicc downturn will endaround September, but the unemployment rate will remain high through the first half of next Investment won’t snap back as quicklyy as it usually does after a recession, Regalias said. Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem becaused of thefederal government’s huge budgef deficits and the massive amount of dollarss pumped into the economy by the Federalo Reserve, he said.
If this stimulus is not unwoundr once the economy begins to higher interest rates could choke off improvementf in the housing markegt andbusiness investment, he said. “The economy has got to be running on its own by the middlee ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almostr every major inflationary periodin U.S. history was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dip recession will be lower if Ben Bernankd is reappointed chairman of theFederall Reserve, Regalia said. If President Barackl Obama appoints his economic advisefr Larry Summers to chairthe Fed, that would signalo the monetary spigot would remain open for a longert time, he said.
A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamq administrationis “not something the markets want to Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whether he willreappoing Bernanke, whose term ends in Meanwhile, more than half of small business owners expect the recession to last at least another two years, according to a surveh of Intuit Payroll customers. But 61 percent expect their own businesw to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on theifr own abilities, but bearish on the factorsa they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketingt for Intuit Employee Management Solutions.
“Evehn in the gloomiest economy there are opportunitiesto seize.” A separatwe survey of small business ownere by Discover Financial Services foun d that 57 percent thought the economy was gettin g worse, while 26 percent thought the economy was improving. More than half planned to decrease spending on business development in the nextsix months.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Canadians found dead in Hong Kong hotel - Ottawa Citizen
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Canadians found dead in Hong Kong hotel Ottawa Citizen “Initial inquires revealed that the cleaning staff found two subjects collapsed in the room â€" both of them have Canadian passports,†she said, adding that there was a “little bit†of white powder in the room. “The white powder still needs to be ... |
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