Budget Cuts
Mayors warn cuts to block grants will cost jobs
March 1, 2011Mayors around the country are reacting with alarm to the cuts proposed for the Community Development Block Grant program.
Read moreVideo: The Windy City protests federal housing cuts
February 28, 2011On Friday close to one thousand Chicagoans turned out at the Illinois State Office Building hopping mad about planned federal budget cuts proposed for HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development).
Read moreGOP budget would close Social Security offices
February 28, 2011If Republicans have their way with the federal budget it would close Social Security offices across the country.
Read moreShop Talk: saving jobs, preventing disasters and more
January 22, 2011Not paid at all for three pay periods, 3,750 jobs saved at Kansas City plant, Union credited with saving 700 jobs in Indiana, He wants working families to pay, Coal mine disaster 'preventable'
Read moreHomelessness, poverty up across the country
January 14, 2011The Great Recession resulted in a significant increase in homelessness according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
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