The practice represents savings to the state. The Spanish government announced it will provide tax incentives and subsidies to native companies using Spanish on the Internet. Spanish is spoken by about 350 million people worldwide, compared to about 500 million English-speakers, though English is overwhelmingly the most common language on the World Wide Web. The pilot program will go nationwide if it is successful. About 150,000 students will qualify for the first phase of the program.
Pay is suspended if the student stops attending school.
Arizona Arizona prison officials are shipping gang leaders out of state to curb organized gang activity in prison. The state ships gang leaders to units where they will be in the minority and can no longer control their gangs back home. Critics argue that other leaders will step into the vacant spots, but prison officials say new leaders are easier to deal with. The state hired a private Pittsburgh firm to provide software and recruit and prepare the bidders. The savings were estimates from the first of three planned auctions.