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Book-Loving City Forgoes Free Ones for a Week

Book-Loving City Forgoes Free Ones for a Week

The Seattle Public Library, a beloved civic trophy in a book-loving city, whose directors are plucked away for plum jobs by presidents and philanthropists and whose buildings are often beacons of design, is closed all week — yet again. The furlough, intended to save about $650,000 from the system’s $50 million budget, has become something of a late-summer tradition in recent years, hardly as welcome as the weather.

 

In California City, Layoffs for Nearly Half the Staff

In California City, Layoffs for Nearly Half the Staff

Officials in Costa Mesa say they are just trying to solve a budget problem, but some see a political motive.

 

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