WASHINGTON — In addition to blocking President Obama’s health care law and slashing funding for job training, the budget plan presented by House Republicans for health and labor programs this week would scuttle several worker safety protections put forth by the Department of Labor. Among other anti-regulatory measures, the budget would block the department from [...]
WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office saved Uncle Sam about $50 billion last year, yet Congress is now gearing up to slash the agency’s budget by some $50 million and put new bureaucratic hurdles in its way. The cuts, laid out in legislation moving though the House and Senate, are part of Congress’ overall efforts to [...]
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s parties celebrating the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” are giving way to a morning-after reality: gays who left the military because of the policy may have a tough time getting back in. Despite headlines about hundreds of discharged service members flocking to recruiting stations to re-enlist, most are unlikely to get their old [...]
NEW YORK — Democrats are hitting back at Republicans who say President Obama’s plan to increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires amounts to “class warfare,” arguing that the GOP is the party that has been protecting the interests of a particular class — the wealthiest Americans. On Monday, Obama unveiled his deficit reduction plan, the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — President Barack Obama’s latest jobs plan calls for $130 billion in aid to state and local governments, providing either a welcome infusion of cash for those struggling with budget gaps, government layoffs and crumbling roads or merely a temporary patch for budget holes that are likely to remain long after the [...]
Only after the governor ordered an independent examination did Georgia officials catch widespread cheating by teachers, principals and administrators on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools system. The resulting scandal has sparked resignations, a criminal investigation and a wave of other state inquiries into possible test tampering. The sleuthing techniques used to catch testing fraud in [...]
Only after the governor ordered an independent examination did Georgia officials catch widespread cheating by teachers, principals and administrators on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools system. The resulting scandal has sparked resignations, acriminal investigation and a wave of other state inquiries into possible test tampering. The sleuthing techniques used to catch testing fraud in [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. — The cost of the compromise needed to raise the federal debt ceiling will likely inflict more fiscal pain on states still struggling to recover from the recession and the end of federal stimulus spending. While the details of the spending cuts to states remain unclear, lawmakers from both parties have discussed the [...]
The US Senate and the House in their discussions earlier this morning, expressed their displeasure in the proposed budget cuts in the field of education for children. The budget cut is said to reduce the expenditure on both secondary as well as elementary education to the extent of $104 million. According to Mike Mathes, Seaman [...]
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