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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: Mitt Romney, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Gross Domestic Product, Chuck Hagel, Republican Party
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More than 900 W.Va. Air and Army National Guard techs to be furloughed
More than 900 West Virginia Air and Army National Guard technicians will be furloughed, including 384 at the 167th Airlift Wing based near Martinsburg, in the coming months because of automatic federal budget cuts. The technicians maintain the Guard&...
Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees, Army National Guard
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University of Maryland Medical Center to begin layoffs this month
The University of Maryland Medical Center will send layoff notices to employees at the end of the month as it looks to cut costs in the wake of federal budget cuts and what it and other state hospitals have called inadequate rate increases. Jeffrey...
Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Job Layoffs, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Immigration reform hurts U.S. workers
The Senate this week begins debate on the proposed immigration reform bill. If this bill becomes law, there is one likely outcome for low-skilled Maryland workers: disaster. The assurances of the bill's proponents that the bill will somehow help the...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Barack Obama, Immigration, Labor Legislation, Migration
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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: WikiLeaks, Court Preliminary, Air Transportation Delays, Finance, Federal Aviation Administration
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Somerset board avoids tax hike through attrition
Staff writer, @DA_AmberRThe Somerset school board managed to hold the line on taxes by eliminating jobs through attrition, including a music teacher and six educational assistants. A final $34 million budget was passed Monday. The budget holds real estate taxes at 39.5 mills. ...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Allentown School District to lay off 99 teachers
Teacher rallies, parent protests and desperate pleas to the school board couldn't change the bottom line. Allentown School District had to cut. And nearly 100 teachers are losing their jobs. The cash-strapped district has formally notified 99 teachers...
Tags: Allentown, Unemployment Benefits, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning
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More rely on food stamps despite economic gains
Despite an improving economy, one in five Florida residents relies on food stamps. And while the number of recipients in South and Central Florida has leveled off in recent months, totals remain at near-record highs. Now, many in Congress want to scale...
Tags: Steve King, Unemployment Benefits, Politics, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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School districts have more freedom to cut teachers
When Superintendent Susan McGinley was asked last spring to explain Easton Area School District's plan for eliminating 49 teachers, she picked up a stack of paper and started reading. Over the next six minutes, McGinley read to the school board word for...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Job Layoffs, Allentown, Layoffs and Downsizing, Teaching and Learning
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Laid-off older workers will continue to struggle
Chicago TribuneWhile the nation's economy is on the mend after the Great Recession of 2008, many people who lost jobs at age 50 or over are expected to struggle for the rest of their lives. The average person who loses a job after age 50 is expected to have an income...Tags: Job Layoffs, Personal Finance, Finance, Science and Technology, Employment Opportunities
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For some, getting jobless benefits is hard work
Look, I've worked in newspapers for 20 years, so I know that big, complicated organizations breed mistakes like standing water breeds mosquitoes. Messages get botched, deadlines are missed, computers collapse. Stuff, as they say, happens. But after...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Delray Beach, Government
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A year after bankruptcy, lives unsettled still
The closing of the steel mill at Sparrows Point overwhelmed Bob Jennings. Too young to retire at 59, he faced a gloomy job market for local manufacturing workers and a bureaucracy that couldn't get him timely training help. He felt like a failure. No,...
Tags: Bethlehem Steel, Newport News Shipbuilding, Employment Opportunities, Baltimore County, Employment
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