Instead, he's one of the reasons that the state isn't doing enough to attack the dropout rate at its source — spending to improve early childhood education so poor children can begin kindergarten with the same skills as their middle-class and affluent …

At Trace Crossings, that means bringing in more white and more affluent students from Lake Cyrus and future homes to be built in the area around The Grove shopping center off Interstate 459. Craig also proposes to completely change out the apartment …

HANOI – Every few months I have reason to visit a small photocopy shop in the Tay Ho neighborhood, a haven for affluent expats. … There can be crappy service anywhere, and when I call out “Em oi” here with a request I'm rarely disappointed. This is …

Such lessons are what this affluent sweeper looks for in his stash of rare Gandhi documents, that range from simple correspondence with clients as an attorney to a palm print undersigned, "This is not important what you do with this, but how you do it …

The matriarch walks through formal rooms with marble-topped tables and displays of crystal goblets, typical of affluent Calabria households, into a spotless kitchen that once hid a secret bunker. No precaution is too extreme for a family whose past is …

The increased number of cruise ships visiting Bulgarian Black Sea ports is a result of the crisis in Ukraine, but also, according Port of Varna director Bozhidar Chaparov, the country's ports had been rediscovered by cruise operators because of the …

He also shares Ryan's dismay that a single mother earning about $20,000 can pay, in effect, a marginal tax rate twice as high as the 39.6 percent top statutory rate on the affluent because she can lose government benefits and incur expenses when she …

[JURIST] The president of Spain's Catalonia region [official website, in English] signed a decree [AP report] today calling for a referendum on succession and independence from Spain [official website, in English], inciting confrontation from Spain's …

It's simply easier to pay for more services in a place where the median household income is $75,000 a year and the average home sells for $281,000. That's well above the norm for Kansas. The wealthy tax base and voter willingness to tap into it explain …