Loading...
RSS feeds allow Web site content to be gathered via feed reader software. Click the subscribe link to obtain the feed URL for this page. The feed will update when new content appears on this page.

Brookings Institution

Sort By: Relevancy | Date | Type
Displaying items 49-60 of 132
» View herald-mail.com items only
    Mar 18, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Government as old-age home

    <em>"The president is in the midst of a charm offensive."</em>
    "The president is in the midst of a charm offensive." -- The Washington Post, referring to President Obama's meetings with congressional Republicans WASHINGTON -- We don't need a charm offensive; we need a candor offensive. The budget debate's central...

    Tags: Social Security, FBI, Health Insurance, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Paul Ryan

    2. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Progress for Penn Station

    When it was built a century ago, Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station was embraced as a new gateway to the city. The elaborate Beaux-Arts building announced Baltimore's significance to the nation and anticipated serving generations of travelers to come.
    When it was built a century ago, Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station was embraced as a new gateway to the city. The elaborate Beaux-Arts building announced Baltimore's significance to the nation and anticipated serving generations of travelers to come....

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Amtrak, Charles Street, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Maryland Transit Administration

    3. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Fort Meade apartments a first — probably not a last

    More than 1,300 young, single soldiers, sailors and other service members drive to Fort Meade every work day because they don't live on post — can't, actually, because the barracks are full and other homes there are for families. The Army...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Marketing, Computer Networking and Internet, Apartments, Computing and Information Technology Industry

    4. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Knot Yet: Getting married later can have economic costs, benefits

    Americans are getting married at ever-older ages, and a new report says this trend may be partly responsible for the shrinking of the middle class.
    Americans are getting married at ever-older ages, and a new report says this trend may be partly responsible for the shrinking of the middle class. On average, brides are 26.5 years old and grooms are 28.7 when they head to the alter, according to the...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Virginia, Brigham Young University , Family, Marriage

    5. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  5. State's Children Lack Preschool Access

    The Hartford Courant
    In Connecticut, universal access to high quality preschool falls short. A third of Connecticut's poorest children enter kindergarten without preschool. The state ranks 29th in preschool access for 4-year-olds. On the quality side, Connecticut scored...

    Tags: Federal Reserve, Head Start, Early Learning, Barack Obama, West Hartford

    6. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. After boom and bust, Sun Belt cities see glimmers again

    WASHINGTON -- With their economies and housing markets gaining strength, some of the nation's biggest boom-to-bust cities in the Sun Belt are starting to become magnets again, attracting a growing number of people primarily from the northern part of the country.
    WASHINGTON -- With their economies and housing markets gaining strength, some of the nation's biggest boom-to-bust cities in the Sun Belt are starting to become magnets again, attracting a growing number of people primarily from the northern part of the...

    Tags: Population and Census, Demographics, Syracuse

    7. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Census: Record 1 in 3 US counties are now dying

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A record number of U.S. counties &mdash; more than 1 in 3 &mdash; are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of U.S. counties — more than 1 in 3 — are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs and build families elsewhere. New 2012...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Population and Census, Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Migration

    8. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss

    Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday.
    Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, United States Census Bureau, Population and Census, 2010 Census, Employment Opportunities

    9. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. U.S. gov't fiscal outlook improving - but only for now

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite constant budget wrangling and finger-pointing by the nation's policy-makers, the government's short-term fiscal outlook isn't all that bad. It's actually getting better — at least for now. Washington is borrowing...

    Tags: Moody's Corporation, Federal Reserve, Health Insurance, Government, Budgets and Budgeting

    10. Mar 6, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Fewer schools will mean larger classes and more controversy for CPS

    Change of Subject
    Friday's print column Becky Carroll, a (Chicago Public Schools) spokeswoman, argued that big classes don't necessarily hamper learning. "It's the quality of teaching in that classroom," Carroll said. "You could have a teacher that is high-quality that...
    11. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can love

    When it comes to fixing America's ballooning debt problem, there is one policy option that both Democrats and Republicans should be rushing to embrace. It is the proposal to replace the current Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a more accurate measure of...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Social Security, Market and Exchange, Barack Obama, Politics

    12. Feb 13, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. American-US Airways merger could be end of rough 35-year deregulation era

    "Two great airlines, one great future" was American Airlines' slogan as it walked the aisle with TWA a dozen years ago, heading into a future nowhere near as rosy as advertised.
    "Two great airlines, one great future" was American Airlines' slogan as it walked the aisle with TWA a dozen years ago, heading into a future nowhere near as rosy as advertised. If that marriage truly had been something special in the air, American...

    Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Virgin Group, Ltd., The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Airways, American Airlines, Inc.

< Previous • 1 2 3 4  5  6 7 8 9 10 • Next >
Original site for Brookings Institution topic gallery.