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OACAC Head Start will cut 199 slots for kids, 42 jobs
areynolds@ky3.comNIXA, Mo. -- Dozens are losing their jobs and nearly 200 fewer at-risk children will get services. That’s the reality of budget cuts at the Head Start Program run by the Ozark Area Community Action Corporation (OACAC). As parents picked up...Tags: Government Debt, Head Start, Early Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Board of Directors
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Stop the deficit extremists; save the economy
Los Angeles Times (MCT)The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is to...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Government Debt, Mitt Romney, Public Finance
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IMF urges repeal of 'ill-designed' U.S. cuts
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund urged the United States on Friday to repeal sweeping government spending cuts and recommended that the Federal Reserve continue a bond-buying program through at least the end of the year. In its...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Government Debt, Money and Monetary Policy
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IMF urges U.S. to repeal 'ill-designed' sequester cuts
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged U.S. officials to scale back its automatic federal spending cuts, warning that they were "excessively rapid and ill-designed" and were hurting the nation's economic recovery "The sequester...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund, Government Debt, Christine Lagarde
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IMF warns U.S. not to scale back stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON — Amid speculation that the Federal Reserve soon might start scaling back its stimulus efforts, the International Monetary Fund cautioned that a pullback before next year could hurt economies worldwide. Highlighting its concern Friday,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Central Bank, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Government Debt
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IMF urges repeal of 'ill-designed' U.S. fiscal cuts
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged the United States to repeal sweeping federal budget cuts that will be a severe drag on economic growth this year. In its annual check of the health of the U.S. economy, the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Federal Reserve, Government Debt, Money and Monetary Policy
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Sequester furloughs hurt airline on-time rates for April
The furlough of air traffic controllers imposed by the federal sequester in April lasted only a week. But statistics released Thursday show that the resulting delays hurt the on-time performance of the airline industry for the entire month. The on-...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Delays, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Hawaiian Airlines Inc.
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Next debt-ceiling histrionics could do real harm
At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth. Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending. Neither is going to happen on a significant scale. Radical...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, U.S. Congress, Government Debt, George W. Bush, Money and Monetary Policy
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Debt-limit fight heats up with Pay Your Bills measure
WASHINGTON — As Congress readied for a new battle over raising the debt limit, Sen. Barbara Boxer announced legislation that would prevent lawmakers from being paid if they do not increase the nation's borrowing authority. "It is an American value...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Labor Markets, Fannie Mae, Crime, Law and Justice
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Stop the deficit extremists
The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government Debt, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Mitt Romney, Public Finance
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Don't blame Fort McHenry for the sequester
Fort McHenry National Monument commemorates the Battle of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key's creation of The Star-Spangled Banner. There were more than 640,000 visitors to the fort in 2011, and they spent $44 million in the Baltimore area. Fort McHenry,...
Tags: Francis Scott Key, Travel, Conservation, National Parks, Gardens and Parks
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Park service says police furloughs no longer needed
The National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police. The announcement came after Park Police officers — who patrol the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and several sites in Maryland — had served three of...Tags: U.S. Congress, National Parks, Trials, Bradley Manning, Courts-Martial
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