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Grenada County gets $212 millionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:05PMThe three peanut galleries in Washington keep chirping about taxes and expenditures. Once again, for the record, the U.S. is not in financial trouble because it taxes too little. It is in trouble because it spends too much.

Trend Report: How to further your career in media as a femaleTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:58AMIn the first of our new series of Trend Report features, Suzy Bashford looks at how females in the media industry can further their careers.

Vocational schools could lose federal fundingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:05AMPractical nursing students Raquel Pierre, left, and Jenna Burleigh work during their clinical hours at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers. Cuts for federal spending on vocational schools are being proposed, so students like them may be affected.

Christie takes steps to restore transitional aid to ailing citiesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:00AM“We’re willing to put the money back, but we have to have a real discussion going forward,” Sweeney said. “I also have to have a discussion on some of the areas he cut. We’re not going to hold transitional aid hostage ... but there’s other areas that have been cut that need to be addressed.”

UNLV imposes deadline on fall semester admission applicationsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:39PMAttention chronic procrastinators: UNLV has moved up its undergraduate application deadline by a month, abolishing its rolling admissions policy because of budget constraints.