Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The congressman read to students and spoke to parents about possible cuts to Head Start.
House Minority Whip and Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-5th) met with teachers, parents, and support staff at Paint Branch Elementary School Tuesday morning to discuss the effects of federal spending cuts on Head Start services in Maryland. Paint Branch Elementary is one of 35 Head Start locations in Prince George’s County. The sites offers a wide array of services to 864 families throughout the county, including early childhood education, health support services, nutritional assistance, and family advocacy. “The comprehensive early childhood services provided through Head Start and Early Head Start are critical to closing the achievement gap and ensuring our students can succeed,” Hoyer said in a statement after Tuesday's visit. The…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A new poll released by Goucher College shows that Marylanders see negative effects on local and national economies but not always their own finances.
A majority of Marylanders say they are concerned about the effects of the federal sequester on state and national economies even if they aren't sure it will affect them personally, according a poll released Tuesday afternoon. The poll released by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College found that 75 percent of those surveyed said the automatic federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1 will negatively impact the state economy while 68 percent said the cuts would hurt the national economy. National Issue, Local Effect Closer to home, only 47 percent of those surveyed said the cuts would negatively impact their own personal finances. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center, said the …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Over 20,000 federal employees in the county are bracing for fiscal impact.
The numbers here show the federal employees in Maryland by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a DC-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. It compiles the data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While much has been made written on how the current sequestration battle in Washington could affect the national economy, these numbers are meant to give readers a sense of the sequestration at the local level. Here in the Washington, DC region, county officials, including Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker, have urged congressional leaders to come to compromise on the sequester. No one knows for certain what the …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Prince George's, Montgomery, Howard County officials say federal spending cuts would wreak havoc on local economy.
Ranking officials in Prince George's, Montgomery and Howard County are urging Congress to come to a compromise that could avert steep cuts in federal spending—known as the sequester—set to go into effect on March 1. “Sequestration would feel like a cold to most of the nation, but to [Prince George's County] and the rest of the Washington metropolitan area, it would feel like a bad case of pneumonia," read a statement attributed to Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker in a release issued by the county executives of Montgomery, Howard and Prince George's counties. "One-quarter of the federal workforce in this region are residents of Prince George's County, so many of them are eagerly awaiting a positive conclusion to this …
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9:32 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
According to the CBO Obama entitlements and unfunded liabilities will cost 90 trillion! more ›