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...Cambridge was designated to receive $2.7 million for special education—75 percent of its budget. The budget cuts will likely lower this reimbursement rate to 72 percent...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Braces for Budget Cuts | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...School Committee member Marc C. McGovern said that since the board usually sets its budget based on a 72 percent reimbursement rate, “We may not feel the hit as much as some other communities...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Braces for Budget Cuts | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...Youthbuild, which helps 30 to 40 out-of-school youths earn a high school diploma or GED while participating in affordable housing construction programs throughout the year, has lost $83,000 of its state funding, or roughly 30 percent of its budget. Mediation for Result, which helps resolve tenant-landlord disputes, has seen half of its state funding disappear, and Biomedical Careers Training has had its $140,000 state funding allocation eliminated entirely...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Braces for Budget Cuts | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...added that Mediations for Results would see staff time cut by 20 to 30 percent, and that Biomedical Careers Training has already asked its teaching staff to do voluntary rather than paid preparation for classes...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Braces for Budget Cuts | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...foreign policy positions now that he is receiving full intelligence briefings? "I'm going to skip that." Would he still raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year? "My tax plan represented a net tax cut. It provided for substantial middle-class tax cuts. Ninety-five percent of working Americans would receive them." How soon will he send low-level envoys to countries such as Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, to see if a presidential-level talk would be productive? "Obviously how we approach and deal with a country like Iran is not something that we should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Plays the Part in His First Presidential Press Conference | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

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