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Laying off two employees and not filling four vacant positions will get the City of Rolling Meadows half way toward dealing with the loss of $600,000 in annual taxes that Sam’s Club produced.

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MONTEBELLO - Five City Hall employees lost their jobs and a hundred more received furlough days as city officials struggled Monday with plans to close a budget deficit of several million dollars.

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Superintendent blames Governor Carcieri’s planned cuts in aid to local districts

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More state layoffs may be on the way. Hawaii’s largest government employee union says up to 400 people…

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• State delivers layoff notices to union employees (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
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