Tag: Consolidation

Parents want Poudre School District to stop closure, consolidation plans

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KDVR) — More than 60 parents gathered to make their voices heard as Poudre School District administrators consider consolidating at least five schools. It was standing-room-only Monday night inside the Council Tree Library community meeting room. Parents say they want to stop the vote and raised concerns about economic impacts, property values, […]

US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network consolidation

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further consolidation to its processing and delivery network, warning it could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senator Gary Peters, who chairs the committee overseeing the USPS, urged a halt […]

Fowler Arthur backs bill on county court consolidation

Apr. 22—A bill to consolidate Ashtabula County’s Eastern and Western county courts had its first hearing in the Ohio House earlier this month, with State Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur (R-99th District), the sponsor of the bill, testifying in support of it. In addition to combining the Eastern and Western county courts, the bill would expand […]

Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet closure in Lewiston part of wider consolidation

Apr. 18—Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet at 24 Landry Road in Lewiston has closed permanently. The outlet has been closed for several weeks, according to posts on social media, with employees apparently given little or no notice, which also happened at the Freihofer’s on Skowhegan Road in Fairfield at about the same time. Parent company Bimbo Bakeries […]

Rep. Golden introduces legislation to halt Postal Service consolidation

Apr. 16—Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, D-2nd District, introduced legislation on Tuesday to halt the consolidation of mail processing facilities nationwide, taking the step just days after the U.S. Postal Service said it plans to shift some operations from Hampden 130 miles south to Scarborough. “Reducing local mail processing capacity and requiring mail to travel […]

EU Report Calls for Telecom Consolidation, Strong Energy Market

(Bloomberg) — The European Union should consider consolidation for telecom operators as a way to improve the bloc’s mobile and fixed networks and should further integrate its energy markets, according to a report it commissioned on competitiveness. Most Read from Bloomberg The concession on telecom, which is part of a report former Italian Prime Minister […]

Commissioners sign off on draft language for court consolidation

Feb. 7—JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners will be sending draft language of a bill to state legislators, seeking to consolidate the Eastern and Western County courts Commissioner Casey Kozlowski presented a final draft of a proposed bill to consolidate the the courts under a single, full-time judge in 2031. Kozlowski said the […]