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...SKIL bill, which sought to increase the annual quota from 65,000 to 115,000 while making the system more sensitive to market demand. Unfortunately, the bill was coupled with the wider Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, and has been stalled in Congress since last summer. To avoid further delay, Congress should immediately separate the SKIL bill from the broader bill for speedier passage. To do so would benefit foreign skilled workers and American interests alike...
...blame to the old guard with accomplished political jujitsu, Abe and his novice team seem to lack the ability-or stomach-to take his fight for reform to the public. He punted on the critical question of whether to raise Japan's consumption tax to help cut public debt, delaying the potentially unpopular decision until after the summer elections-a worrying return to the pre-Koizumi politics of delay. No less a conservative icon than former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone argued in the Japan Times on Feb. 10 that Abe appeared "long on rhetoric and short on substance...
...state police were dispatched last summer to help police get a handle on crime, and will remain in the city until at least June. And the city's crime lab remains closed after being inundated with floodwater - a major factor, both Riley and Jordan agree, in the delay in getting trial-ready evidence to the D.A.'s office, since lab testing has had to be sent out to other jurisdictions...
...Harvard-Allston Task Force submitted comments to the agency stating that the museum project should not be approved in its current form. The letter cited several concerns, particularly the size of the museum’s location, to explain why the task force sought to delay approval of the project. “Harvard has the resources of land, money, and art to build a world-class museum in Allston,” the members wrote in the letter. “Barry’s Corner and Boston should settle for nothing less.” But Harvard University...
...Trials for so many high-profile politicians are likely to be long and sensational, and the military-backed caretaker body says it wants to go after dozens of other pols as well-a potential disruption that could delay elections further. No wonder this week's other big news-the appointment of a respected ex-bureaucrat to head Bangladesh's electoral commission-was greeted with only muted applause. It may be a while until he gets to work...