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More than 100 parents, students hold midday rally protesting Allentown school budget cuts
Long before they arrived at the Allentown School District administration building Monday, you could hear them coming along Hamilton Street — roughly 175 protesters, among them scores of children and teens who were, at that early afternoon hour,...
Tags: Tom Corbett, Allentown
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Lawrence Summers: 'Now is not the time for austerity'
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate have been consumed recently with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. Their work had been widely interpreted as...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Research, Barack Obama, Harvard University, Finance
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ACLU: Allentown School District walking a fine line in advising students
The day before an emotionally charged Allentown School Board meeting in March, Allen High School's student representatives were pulled into a meeting with an administrator many of them had never met. The message that Chief Academic Officer Tina...
Tags: Teachers, Separation of Church and State, Ed Pawlowski, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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California tax revenue yields multibillion-dollar surplus
SACRAMENTO — California has been flooded with revenue this tax season and is on track to finish the fiscal year with a surplus of billions of dollars, according to officials. State coffers contain about $4.5 billion more than expected in...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System
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Europe has no exit
WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Europe is out of sight and out of mind. We figure that the worst of its debt crisis has passed. Italy has a new government. To mute social unrest, some countries are slightly relaxing austerity policies. The European...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Spain, Inflation and Deflation, Germany, Think Tanks
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Fed is open to altering bond policy
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers signaled for the first time that they could "increase or reduce" their controversial efforts to stimulate the economy in the future, but for now they're holding pat. After a two-day policy meeting, the...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Career and Workplace
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Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...Tags: Baltimore County, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Layoffs and Downsizing, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics
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Smithsonian closing some spaces due to sequester
The Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington have had to close some spaces due to the effects of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration, the organization announced this week. The budget cuts have resulted in a reduction in a contract for...
Tags: Arts, Budgets and Budgeting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Museums
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Chicago Public Schools raises questions with $162 million capital budget
Chicago Public Schools released a proposed $162 million capital budget for its 2014 fiscal year Wednesday that officials said will focus only on the "most urgent needs and educational facilities," in light of a projected $1 billion budget deficit. The...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Chicago Public Schools, Politics, Public Finance
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Maryland is all tax and no budget cut
The Sun's editorial board just does not get it ("Neuman's reckless veto," April 30). Maryland has been taxed to the hilt in the last seven years. There is nothing left to give. There have been 37 tax and fee increases. That is a failure of leadership...
Tags: Executive Branch, Anthony G. Brown, Government, Politics, Martin O'Malley
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California may go forward without a financial reserve
SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded voters nine years ago that if they let him borrow money to cover the budget deficit, California's financial woes would end for good. A key part of his plan was a new rainy-day fund to insulate the state...
Tags: Elections, Jerry Brown, Budgets and Budgeting, Brookings Institution, John Kasich
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ATF workers in Berkeley County, W.Va. could regain jobs
matthewu@herald-mail.comBudget changes approved last week will allow nearly 100 contract workers who recently lost their jobs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Tracing Center in Berkeley County, W.Va., to be rehired, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller&...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice System, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Congress
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