Karen is a senior reporter covering the Southwest. She has covered the municipal bond market for more than 30 years at The Bond Buyer and Reuters. Prior to that she wrote about futures and options ...

It now seems this global spread is causing new varieties to pop up that are revolutionising people's perception of what pierogi can be. Pierog: Pirog, general folk name for every baked yeast pastry.

Pierog had proposed having Democrat Vern Tepe, who was vice chairman of the board, as finance chairman. But the board voted 13 to 11 to have Democrat Jarrett Sanchez lead the committee.