A Spring Run accountant has been charged with pocketing more than $40,000 intended as payroll tax payments from an agricultural company in Fulton County.

CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University should have enough tocover employee payroll through the middle of December, despite thefact the state will owe it about $124 million by the end of thismonth, officials said Friday.

“Payrolls will start to recover,” Douglas Dirks said in an interview yesterday in New York. Companies “are likely to add hours before they are likely to add a worker, so even though the unemployment rate isn’t going to improve, the payroll that we base our premium on will improve.”

The Associated Press said Thursday it laid off 90 news employees worldwide this week to reach its goal of cutting annual payroll costs by 10 percent.

Katy Independent School District will keep on the payroll two of the three Morton Ranch High School coaches who were accused of violating district policies concerning student records, misuse of funds and athletic eligibility.

THE country’s first ever civil service payroll and skills audit will start on Monday at an estimated cost of US$4 million.

Business organizations in the Hudson Valley support legislation that would eliminate the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll tax in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland counties, according to a press release issued by the organizations.

AP says 90 layoffs this week bring the news agency to its goal of a 10 percent payroll cut

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Economists on Thursday criticized a Senate proposal to raise Medicare payroll taxes on high earners to help fund a health-care overhaul. But the idea was welcomed by some House Democrats as a viable solution to help foot the bill for the health re-write.

If you didn’t know about the tax on payroll to help fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, you do now. The payroll tax has come due Nov. 2 with business owners and municipalities and school districts having to fork over 34 cents for every $100 of payroll. The tax affects all businesses and municipalities including school districts, nonprofit organizations that have a payroll and ...