smartschoolsplus created the Phased Retirement Program in 2002 to benefit school districts and their employees who reach normal retirement eligibility through the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

This innovative program was developed by former educators for school district employees. Teachers and other school district personnel can enjoy full retirement benefits, while continuing to work at their schools as contract employees of smartschoolsplus.

It’s a…

by Craig Harris - Jun. 23, 2012 10:27 PM The Republic | azcentral.com

Taxpayers next week will start paying more to prop up four of Arizona's ailing public retirement plans, which continue to suffer such heavy market losses that their values are far below what they owe pensioners over the long term.

By Chris Good | ABC OTUS News – 6-21-12

As political causes go, legalizing pot isn't as glitzy as re-electing Barack Obama. Sarah Jessica Parker and George Clooneyare not on marijuana's A-list.

But with marijuana initiatives on…

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Fillmore says “victory in defeat”                                                                                       

19 JUNE 2012

Representative John Fillmore claimed a victory in his defeat to the…

Young children singing “God Bless the USA” outside a New York school were shouted at by angry adults and told those organizing the event were going to “burn in hell.”

U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, R-N.Y., gathered the students outside Public School 90 in Coney Island whose principal had yanked the singing of the patriotic song at a graduation ceremony, while…

Health_Concerns: WHAT ARE THE MEDICAL DANGERS OF MARIJUANA USE?

I must preface these statements with the remark that there is still a great deal of research to be done concerning the effects of marijuana on the health of humans due to the fact that widespread marijuana use has only become prevalent in this country within the last three decades, so the effects of long-term use are just beginning to become apparent. I should also add that in making these…

Published: 06/03/2012

Exclusive: Barbara Simpson pulls plug on so-called 'sustainable development' Published: 19 hours ago by Barbara SimpsonEmail | Archive Barbara Simpson, "The Babe in the Bunker," as she's known to her KSFO 560 radio talk-show audience in San Francisco, has a 20-year radio, TV and newspaper career in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.More ↓ are Little did I know back in the early ’90s, when I was working in New York City with famed ocean explorer Captain Jacques-Yves…

One of the ways to cut the big-spending binge engaged in by the federal government is to terminate the racket of college loans. It’s counterproductive, discriminatory, and a bad investment for both taxpayers and students.

College-loan debt has soared to nearly a trillion dollars, more than credit-card debt or auto-loan debt. Financial commentators are beginning to…

Anna Kuta, ReligionToday.com Editor Thursday, May 31, 2012

Each year, U.S. taxpayers give the United Nations $8.5 billion for peacekeeping and humanitarian purposes – that’s a whopping $5,073 deposited in their account in just the time it took you to read this sentence.

But what exactly is the U.N. doing with all that money?

Nothing close to what it set forth in its…

On June 1, eight regional teachers were recognized by SEDI and awarded $1,000 for their creation of curriculum that helps children learn sustainability.

Ruth Donnelly, Jodie Bucci, Jini Maxwell and Bethany Walker teach "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" through activity and field trips in Kindergarten at Cromer Elementary.

At Puente de Hozho fifth grade, Craig Bowie has his students teaching students in different grade levels how to recycle in everything from art-work to…

By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media ServicesEast Valley Tribune

By BLAIRE BRIODY, The Fiscal Times May 25, 2012

Posted on March 10, 2010 | Type: Investigative Report | Author: Mark Flatten

HERE IS YOUR GLORIOUS "ARAB SPRING"

By …

One of the biggest issues in the November election is whether we will continue or stop President Obama’s move toward restricting U.S. sovereignty and rushing down the road to global governance. One would think that the obvious failure of the European Union and disdain for the euro would put the skids on global integration, but no such luck.

Obama has such delusions of his own power that he thinks he…

June 3, 2012

Pat Kinsella for The Chronicle

Each year, U.S. taxpayers give the United Nations $8.5 billion for peacekeeping and humanitarian purposes – that’s a whopping $5,073 deposited in their account in just the time it took you to read this sentence.

But what exactly is the U.N. doing with all that money?

Nothing close to what it set forth in its…