Collective Contract

The state attorney general's office subpoenaed the office of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and six other county agencies Tuesday amid the probe into debris-removal contracts related to superstorm Sandy, officials confirmed. Besides Mangano,...

A former Wyandanch school superintendent used a doctorate from an unaccreditated institution to obtain $3,000-a-year stipends from the district, where he remains director of central registration, according to documents obtained by Newsday. A report from...

Oxford took another step Tuesday toward construction of a new fire station in Bynum, to be located at the intersection of U.S. 78 and Bynum Cutoff Road. The council voted to enter into a contract with the engineering firm Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood to...

By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM, May 15 (Reuters) - In a cramped government office in Khartoum, engineer Ahmed Taha and dozens of other Sudanese, lured by local newspaper adverts for jobs in the Gulf, sit waiting to get a permit to leave the country and work...

In a mistake that could prove costly for taxpayers, the state will be forced to send a third mailing to 250,000 Quest health insurance members next month because of problems with two earlier correspondences. The Department of Human Services Med-Quest...

The Waynesboro School Board will officially approve tonight the hiring of Jeff Cassell as the school district's new superintendent. The action will take place during the regular school board meeting at Westwood Hills Elementary School. That meeting...

Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District this week moved to fire an assistant director who had spent more than a year on paid leave during an internal investigation. In the formal termination documents filed with the Chicago-based water...

A new system to reveal apartment rents and ensure a monthly or quarterly payment strategy is to be introduced before November, said Mohammed Al-Zumai, spokesman for the Housing Ministry. "The new system, entitled 'Ijar', will end traditional methods...

The possibility of a dress code policy for Washington County Public Schools employees recently was discussed by some school board members, but the issue might be addressed without creating a formal policy, the chairwoman of the school board’s Policy...

By tim bross ST. LOUIS, May 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the United Mine Workers of America on Friday told a bankruptcy judge it would be forced to strike if Patriot Coal Corp succeeds in voiding its contract with the union, as five days of contentious...

(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee...

* U.S. appeals court ruling expected in coming weeks * Argentina could take its case to the Supreme Court * Market is prepared for a technical default By Hilary Burke BUENOS AIRES, May 13 (Reuters) - When Argentina defaulted on its debt in 2002, the...