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US companies likely kept up steady hiring in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has enjoyed a four-month stretch of robust job gains, and on Friday the government will report whether that trend endured into March. Economists generally think it did. They predict that employers added a solid...
Tags: Politics, Employment, Social Security, Federal Reserve, Productivity
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Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-...
Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Medicare, U.S. Congress
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To create jobs, the U.S. must spend
Just before the congressional spring break, a Senate budget proposal to decrease, but not eliminate, the deficit over 10 years was denounced as "pro debt" by an Alabama senator. It was the kind of proud and loud anti-deficit rhetoric that, no matter how...
Tags: Politics, Employment, National Government, Employment Opportunities, Gross Domestic Product
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U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February on lower crude oil imports
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February, driven by a drop in crude oil imports and an increase in American goods and services exported abroad, the Commerce Department said Friday. With exports rising more than imports, the seasonally...Tags: Imports, Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, Trade Balance
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That official is making how much?: Public worker databases
South Bend TribuneIndiana has an online database that now lists salaries of most public employees in the state. -------------------- Links: Find salaries of most of Indiana's public employees at municipalities, schools and other areas of government. Also find budgets,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Politics, Government, Credit and Debt
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Prep Baseball: Hubs erase early deficit, down South
koelble@herald-mail.comNorth Hagerstown faced its largest deficit of the season right away in its baseball contest against South Hagerstown on Wednesday. It didn’t take long for the Hubs to rally from a 3-0 deficit as they went on to post a 6-4 win over the Rebels on a...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Maryland governor's capital budget allocates $100,000 for lock, lockhouse renovations
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comGov. Martin O’Malley’s capital budget bill that cleared the Senate on Wednesday sets aside $100,000 for renovations and repairs to Lock 44, Lockhouse 44 and the Western Maryland Railroad Lift Bridge in Williamsport as part of improvements to...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Corporate Officers, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Lakewood drops Anaheim Canyon, 2-0, at Boras Classic
J.P. Crawford of Lakewood can create havoc on the base paths with his speed. He tries to get on base any way possible, and one way is with a drag bunt that he pulled off with precision on Tuesday in an opening game of the Boras Classic at Mater Dei....
Tags: Politics, Mike Darr, Baseball, Sports
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Construction industry expects big boost from Annapolis spending measures
For Maryland's building industry, the good times may be coming back. The construction sector, which has been in the tank for the better part of five years, is on the verge of receiving a sizable infusion of money from recent decisions in Annapolis....
Tags: Road Transportation, Politics, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Transportation
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Why 'chained CPI' works for Social Security [Blowback]
In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Personal Income, Social Security, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Letters to the Editor - April 1
Leaders’ choices will affect future downtown development To the editor: We as a city and community are at a crossroads as we currently sit squarely on the cusp of letting what we so desperately need in regard to revitalization go the other way. We...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Federal Aviation Administration, Same-Sex Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act
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MOCA donations declined $270,000 in 2011-12
Donations, the main financial power source for art museums, dropped again in 2011-12 at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art, marking declines in each of the first two years of Jeffrey Deitch's tenure as museum director. This time, the fall — a $270,...
Tags: Politics, Rentals, Museums, Google Inc., Manufacturing and Engineering
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