financial

  • Scholarships, awards offered for entrepreneurially-minded

    Scholarships, awards offered for entrepreneurially-minded

    The Entrepreneurship Program at Elizabethtown College has been very, well, entrepreneurial lately, acquiring multiple contributions from donors to aid Etown students through scholarships and awards. The Nuts About Granola Innovation Scholarship, a new financial incentive for entrepreneurial students concerned about sustainability, is an offering through the College and alumnae Sarah Lanphier ’09, founder of Nuts

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  • York City School District struggles with $8 million budget gap

    York City School District struggles with $8 million budget gap

    • News
    • February 23, 2012

    Early this month, York City School District announced that, due to an $8 million budget gap, it may not be able to pay its teachers come April. District business consultant James Duff stated that paying the teachers has been given the highest priority amongst the various dues that need to be paid. School officials reported

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  • Workplace policies create monetary strife

    Workplace policies create monetary strife

    The air is thick with talk of employment policies. Discrimination, harassment, workplace bullying — all, we’re reminded, stuff to be avoided. Training sessions for employees are being conducted, with the College’s lawyers holding forth with unseemly relish on statutes and Title VII and suchlike. Attendance at these sessions is mandatory. And what if you don’t

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  • School districts face extensive funding decreases

    School districts face extensive funding decreases

    • News
    • February 2, 2012

    Still financially and structurally reeling from last year’s state education budget cuts, public school districts across Pennsylvania are preparing for the revealing of Governor Corbett’s new state budget in two weeks. Corbett’s budget last year slashed $860 million in public school funding, causing districts all over the state to suffer enormously in the current school

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  • Harrisburg problems continue amid politicians’ 3 percent raise

    Harrisburg problems continue amid politicians’ 3 percent raise

    • News
    • December 9, 2011

    A judge turned down Harrisburg’s bankruptcy case, and now the city needs to rehabilitate its financial situation under the state’s guidance. The case was dismissed because it violated the state’s rules laid out for financially struggling cities. The code that was violated is Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code. Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code

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  • Advertising mail aids suffering United States Postal Service

    Advertising mail aids suffering United States Postal Service

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    • October 21, 2011

    The Sept. 30 deadline that the United States Postal Service (USPS) had been issued to pay its financial obligations has passed. What’s the verdict? It appears that students will still receive letters from friends, birthday cards from their grandparents and care packages from their parents. What has been the saving grace, the answer that the

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