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Budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Across-the-board budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency,...Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Memorial Day, Layoffs and Downsizing
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U.S. budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Across-the-board U.S. budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers. Employees at the Environmental...Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Memorial Day, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Harford receives more federal funds to help its homeless population
Harford County was recently awarded nearly $867,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care, or CoC, Program to help homeless people find shelter and other services. The funding increased about 6...Tags: Harford County, Homelessness, Long Term Care
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Costa Mesa moves forward with housing for homeless
At a short meeting Tuesday night, the Costa Mesa City Council saw what acting mayor Wendy Leece called "a defining moment" in the city's history, by taking another step forward in its development of permanent supportive housing for the city's homeless... -
East Hartford Anticipates Cut In Federal Social Services Funding
The Hartford Courant— The town is anticipating a 5 percent reduction in its annual community development block grant because of the effects of federal sequestration, according to Grants Administrator Clare Fravel. While the department of Housing and Urban Development...Tags: Politics, East Hartford, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning
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Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: What about helping the homeless who live on our streets?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Mollie Lowrey, who asked: What will the candidates do to help...Tags: Politics, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Local Government
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Complex gives adults with mental illness a place to live independently
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Bob Malone lived in a "total dump." "It was simply terrible," the 60-year-old Clinton resident said of his previous apartment. "When it rained, the roof leaked and the floors flooded. The place was filled with mice and it would take the landlord three...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Heart Problems
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Council to consider funding housing for homeless
The Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to consider approving a loan of up to $500,000 to help pay for permanent housing for the city's homeless population. If approved by the council and the city's Housing Authority, which replaced the...Tags: Politics, Personal Income, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning
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West Haven housing authority faces budget squeeze
New Haven Register, Conn.Though the West Haven Housing Authority is grappling with a $541,000 budget cut as a result of the federal government "sequestration," officials so far plan to avoid major cuts to programs and staff. The agency is partially plugging the hole with a...Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Environmental Issues, West Haven, Public Finance
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Bemoaning bedbugs: Residents speak out on critters
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.One man wakes in the dead of night, when the bugs are most active, to round them up by hand. Another spends hours on the phone every week, calling inspectors and lawyers and regulators and advocates. And yet another sprays insecticide directly onto his...Tags: Asperger Syndrome, Behavioral Conditions, Media Industry, Health, Autism
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Hurricane Sandy victims can soon apply for grants to rebuild, help pay insurance premium increases
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Shore homeowners hoping for help to raise or rebuild houses damaged during Hurricane Sandy can begin applying for the various programs Friday. At first, the grant applications will be taken over the phone at 1-855-726-3946 or online at http://www....Tags: Prices, Chris Christie, U.S. Congress, Shaun Donovan, Reconstruction
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Leaders, business owners celebrate opening of Shoppes on Peoria
Tulsa WorldA dream came true Saturday in north Tulsa. The grand opening of the Shoppes on Peoria, 1717 N. Peoria Ave., marked the realization of a concept for economic development that spanned two mayoral administrations and involved a lot of people and...Tags: Economic Policy
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