…MAY 2004. Some bits: A few years ago, the city of Houston decided to sweeten its workers’ retirement … will go to the polls on May 15 to decide whether Houston should opt out of a Texas constitutional … should have been signs. They cover Milwaukee: Houston and San Diego: WHAT IS REALLY WRONG: COST …
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…got fired? Well, the same thing has happened in Houston, to firefighters. How Can a City Issue Pay Raises … and Layoff Notices in the Same Week? Houston’s standoff over pay parity between firefighters …
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…15% of homes in Harris County, which includes Houston, have flood insurance, while only 20% of homes in … going to cover coastal properties, or places like Houston or New Orleans. The risk is too high. There are … premiums https://t.co/codKLkXZr6 — Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) September 5, 2017 …
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…rate. Three cities ― Baltimore, Chicago and Houston ― “account for around half of the increase in … is related only to Chicago, but Baltimore and Houston have had their own problems. Baltimore had the … death had been ruled homicide in May 2015. Houston has a problem (no, I’m not trying to make a …
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…Institution to stop taking money from the Houston-based organization. The unions argue that the …
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…Mr. Spell, the former automotive editor for The Houston Chronicle. “People in Texas will buy trucks even … one guy. He had a 4-by-4. I said: ‘You live in Houston. Why do you have this 4-by-4?’ He said, ‘Well, I … there are pick-ups. In the nothing-but-mansions Houston neighborhood of River Oaks (Molly Ivins grew up …
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…may have issues with modern finance in general. Houston Pension Governance P&I: Texas judge rules … change to Houston fire plan assumptions is unconstitutional A Texas … of return assumptions affecting the $4.2 billion Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund is … pension fund in its lawsuit against the city of Houston and officials including Mayor Sylvester Turner, … Elizabeth Bauer dug into it: Pension Reform In Houston: A Fight Over Assumption-Setting Is Not What It …
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…public transit system. What a mess. Really? IS HOUSTON DOING BETTER? From February 5, the argument that … Houston is doing better where Dallas is whiffing it: … Dallas and Houston both have pension problems, but Houston is … theirs Dallas’ pension misery has company in Houston. Like Dallas, Houston is staring down billions of … needs the state Legislature’s help to fix it. But Houston city leaders have something that has proven …
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…with infection rates rising again in cities like Houston and regions like the Southeast and door-knockers …
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…think tank housed at Rice University, found that Houston’s three pension systems had a total unfunded … – I’m just making a point: total liabilities in Houston are substantially higher than ours. We have to … fill a $3.77 billion hole. Houston must fill a $7.8 billion hole. So the therapeutic … Heck, they could fix two of us for one of Houston. No. Wrong. Houston doesn’t have a problem. In … Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner, an experienced …
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Back in June, I did a podcast episode on lightning strike deaths.
STUMP – DEATH AND TAXES
Lightning Strike Deaths
MARY PAT CAMPBELL
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JUN 17
Lightning Strike Deaths
Listen now (28 min) | Lightning strike deaths have decreased by over 80%...
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I talk about BEAM (Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics), an educational non-profit currently based in NYC and LA focused on providing a program to help underserved students enter advanced study in mathematics. I have a personal connection to the founder Dan Zaharapol through Canada/USA Mathcamp, back when he was a student and I was staff. BEAM has a 10-year strategic growth plan and is also seeking people for two key roles.
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I’ve seen this paper going around recently: Excess Death Rates for Republican and Democratic Registered Voters in Florida and Ohio During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Let me drop the abstract here:
Importance There is evidence that Republican-leaning counties have had higher COVID-19 death rates than Democratic-leaning counties and similar...
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NY Times: Fighting for Anthony: The Struggle to Save Portland, Oregon/The city has long grappled with street homelessness and a shortage of housing. Now fentanyl has turned a perennial problem into a deadly crisis and a challenge to the city’s progressive identity, 29 July 2023 by Michael Corkery
In 2022,...
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I look at gatekeeping aspects in higher education and particular professions, specifically looking at my own profession, as the Society of Actuaries announces upcoming changes to the pathway to the Fellowship credential (which I have). Also, I consider research and advocacy from the Brookings Institute on restrictions in college majors. I did throw in sumo (because I always throw in sumo when I can), but also for a strong contrast to these other professions: “tournament” professions are much more brutal in “gatekeeping”.
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