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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...Tags: Politics, Jeff Flake, Cal Thomas, Interior Policy, Justice System
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Improvements planned at Central High Apartments
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – The Denver-based real estate group that purchased Central High Apartments downtown plans to make improvements but is also raising rental rates. Forum Real Estate Group took over the 106-unit property, the former South Bend Central High...Tags: Rentals, Rental Service, Politics, Realty, Chicago Housing Authority
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Seniors spend years waiting for apartment
As Susana Cruciana strolls down Second Street, she recounts details of a past Laguna. "There was a roller skating rink on the corner," said Cruciana, 63. Then she turns slightly and points to another site where sits a pale green, two-story Laguna...
Tags: eBay Inc., Politics, 2010 Census, Housing and Urban Planning, Personal Income
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Glendale plans to counter Section 8 housing cuts
Glendale housing officials plan to tap reserves in order to save an estimated 112 households from losing affordable housing vouchers as a result of the across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration. City officials expect to lose at least...Tags: Social Security, Politics, Google Inc., Public Housing, Housing and Urban Planning
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Obama offers up a meaningless gesture
The president is voluntarily giving 5 percent of his yearly salary back to the U.S. Treasury in order to show solidarity with government workers forced to take unpaid leaves due to what he calls the catastrophic effects of the sequestration ("President'...Tags: Perry Hall, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now
A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...
Tags: Public Employees, Politics, Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Science and Technology
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Editorial: Sequester Hitting Poor Where They Live
If you were entertaining the notion that the so-called sequester is really a good idea, it isn't. It may end up putting hundreds of poor Connecticut families out on the street. That is just one of many adverse effects beginning to take shape as a result...
Tags: Rentals, Rental Service, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Chicago Housing Authority, Public Housing
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News that city's population has grown isn't a surprise to residents
As I walk around Baltimore, it has become apparent that the city is on an upward swing. I see more people out on the streets and living in places that once seemed underused or headed for trouble. Streets and places I once considered dangerous are not...
Tags: Schools, Patterson Park, Public Schools, Baltimore County, Charter Schools
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Government, Peninsula Agency on Aging, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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Key homeless veterans program spared from cuts
Finally, a small piece of good news on the federal budget front. A key program for homeless veterans in Hampton Roads that was a candidate for spending cuts has been spared. The program, funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development,...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hampton Roads, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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How the GOP may outmaneuver Democrats on the sequester
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Congressional Republicans may have found a way to force Democrats to accept the sequester -- for this year, at least -- thanks in part to labor protections won by federal employee unions. The sequester...
Tags: Boeing Co., Politics, Collective Contract, Layoffs and Downsizing, Fiscal Cliff
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Some Arlington Heights residents continue to fight affordable housing
For some Scarsdale neighborhood residents, low-income housing again sat at the heart of controversy over an Arlington Heights housing study. Community members spoke out against the final report of the "Homes for a Changing Region" project. Slamming...Tags: Rentals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Poverty, Chicago Housing Authority, Arlington Heights
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