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February 8, 2013

PENDER – House Bill prohibits PERS Iranian investments

Bill prohibits PERS Iranian investments The House this morning overwhelmingly passed HB563, which would prohibit the state’s retirement system from investing in companies that do business with Iran. “It divests us from the Republic of Iran,” said House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson. He said the PERS board was not in favor of the legislation. Geoff…
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February 8, 2013

Baria Blog – Charter Schools: Be careful what you ask for

Charter Schools: Be careful what you ask for Let’s be careful about what we ask for. “A Pennsylvania study found that 100 percent of the state’s cyber schools, including K-12 Inc., had “significantly worse” outcomes than their traditional public school counterparts, for which the virtual companies were paid $10,000 per student from public school coffers.…