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    Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Don't cut the Head Start program

    Over the past decade, multiple studies have confirmed that spending on high-quality early childhood education is a wise investment and a successful hedge against poverty. Children who attend Head Start, America's comprehensive early childhood...

    Tags: Pikesville, Barack Obama

    2. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. House finally OKs Sandy aid; Senate action expected soon

    WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...

    Tags: John Boehner, Hurricanes, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Jerrold Nadler

    3. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Obama backs off hard lines in search of compromise

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two weeks before the economy-threatening "fiscal cliff" is due to kick in, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are making significant concessions to each other, backing off what had once been ironclad positions on how to avoid the huge automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two weeks before the economy-threatening "fiscal cliff" is due to kick in, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are making significant concessions to each other, backing off what had once been ironclad...

    Tags: John Boehner, Washington, DC, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment Benefits

    4. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| KY3-TV

  4. Federal budget battle leaves OACAC in limbo

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., battle over spending cuts, many here deal with a lot of uncertainty, thanks to the delays.&nbsp; One agency that doesn&rsquo;t know how much funding it will receive is the <a href="http://www.oacac-caa.org/" target="_blank">Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation.</a>
    areynolds@ky3.com
    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., battle over spending cuts, many here deal with a lot of uncertainty, thanks to the delays.  One agency that doesn’t know how much funding it will receive is the Ozarks Area Community Action...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Finance, Democratic Party, Personal Income, Economy, Business and Finance

    5. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  5. Pa. professor starts book drive for Newtown

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Of all the heartbreaking images from Friday's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, one in particular gripped Alice Del Vecchio, an assistant professor at Slippery Rock University. It was that of a grieving father,...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Education, Students

    6. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Early childhood education is an investment in the future

    Over the past decade many studies have reached the conclusion that investing in high-quality early childhood education is a successful hedge against poverty. Students who attend Head Start, America's comprehensive early childhood education and...

    Tags: Pikesville, Education, Early Learning, Barack Obama

    7. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. The other, more dangerous, cliffs

    The "fiscal cliff" isn't nearly the biggest cliff we face -- if we're talking about dangerous precipices looming on the horizon. Here are three:
    The "fiscal cliff" isn't nearly the biggest cliff we face -- if we're talking about dangerous precipices looming on the horizon. Here are three: The child poverty cliff. A staggering number of our children are impoverished. Between 2007 and 2011, the...

    Tags: Family, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Public Finance, Global Warming

    8. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Arts council brings music and more to Head Start students

    Slim Harrison visits Howard County's Tubman Head Start Center with musical instruments that many preschoolers have never seen, and he brings tales and songs many have never heard.
    Slim Harrison visits Howard County's Tubman Head Start Center with musical instruments that many preschoolers have never seen, and he brings tales and songs many have never heard. He takes the children on imaginary journeys to where the instruments,...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Music, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Preschools, Personal Income

    9. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Frank Zahn Jr.

    <strong>&nbsp;Aberdeen:</strong> Funeral service for Frank Zahn Jr., 68, of Aberdeen will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Vicki Lust, lay minister, will officiate and Dean Zahn will be the reader. Military rites by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post No. 24.
     Aberdeen: Funeral service for Frank Zahn Jr., 68, of Aberdeen will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Vicki Lust, lay minister, will officiate and Dean Zahn will be the reader. Military rites by Sidney L. Smith American...

    Tags: Anglicanism, Scott Stewart, U.S. Air Force, American Legion, Christianity

    10. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Commentary: Blame the Great Society for out-of-wedlock births

    It has been 50 years since Lyndon Johnson signed the Great Society program into law. Ten trillion dollars later, the effects have been the very antithesis of his stated aims. This single piece of public policy has destroyed the family, caused a marked...

    Tags: Family, USA Today, Social Issues, Marriage, Lyndon B. Johnson

    11. Nov 27, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  11. Garden City gets ready for Red Stocking Breakfast

    A southwest Kansas holiday tradition helps long-standing community programs.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    A southwest Kansas holiday tradition helps long-standing community programs. In Garden City the Red Stocking Breakfast raises money to benefit Head Start and healthy family programs. The money raised goes to local prevention and education efforts....

    Tags: Gardens and Parks, Travel, Tourism and Leisure

    12. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| KY3-TV

  12. Governor calls for longer Missouri school years, wider use of A+ high school program

    NIXA, Mo. -- Gov.&nbsp;Jay Nixon visited John Thomas School of Discovery&nbsp;and the Nixa School District&rsquo;s&nbsp;Early Learning Center on Friday to recognize the district for its continued academic excellence.&nbsp; Nixa School District has been accredited "with distinction" for 11 consecutive years by the State of Missouri.
    NIXA, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon visited John Thomas School of Discovery and the Nixa School District’s Early Learning Center on Friday to recognize the district for its continued academic excellence.  Nixa School District has been accredited "with...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Politics, Conservation, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues

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