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Fukuoka Prefecture Admits Inflated Lecture Fees, Orders Review of Payout Rules

The governor signaled a shift to clear, uniform pay standards to fix weak controls on public honoraria.

Newsom’s Revised Budget Faces Pushback Over ‘Balanced’ Claim and Long-Term Risks

Tasmania Drops State-Owned Insurer Plan, Sets Up TasInsure as Not-for-Profit Authority

Germany Plans Overhaul of Emergency Food Reserve With Ready-to-Eat Stocks

Germany Cuts Back Civil-Servant Pay Plan, Halts Extra Raises for Top Grades

Albanese Signals NDIS Overhaul, Property Investor Tax Changes Before May Budget

Italy Restores and Expands Transizione 5.0 Funds to €1.5 Billion

Mamdani Appeals CityFHEPS Expansion Order to New York’s Highest Court

Automatic Index Triggers 4.2% Pay Rise for German MPs From July

Economist Collects $470,300 After Betting DOGE Wouldn’t Cut Federal Spending

States Weigh Extending 5.8% Public‑Sector Pay Rise to Civil Servants as Costs Mount

OMB Uses USAID Funds to Pay for Vought’s U.S. Marshals Protection Through 2026

Opposition Senators Ask Brazil’s Audit Court to Halt Senate’s R$90 Million Advertising Tender

Hesse to Rewrite Pay Scales as Germany Accelerates Civil-Service Overhaul After Court Ruling

Paris Council Backs Plan to Position City to Buy BHV Building as SGM Deadline Nears

France Sets Spring 2026 ‘Price Alert’ Pilot to Curb Public Purchasing Waste

Germany Plans Retroactive Pay Raises for 200,000 Federal Civil Servants

Peru Scraps El Frontón Reopening, Redirects Funds to New Prisons

PSOE Blocks Full AP-9 Transfer, Pushing Conditional Management Role for Galicia

Germany Advances October Pay for US Base Civilians During Washington Shutdown