Every Wednesday, The Ferguson Group blog will be posting a series of articles published over the previous week that discuss topics of interest to local governments. Learn about emerging trends and keep up on key policy issues by browsing the TFG Wednesday News Roundup!
Sequester Impact On States Detailed In New White House Reports
The White House released new reports on Sunday that outline the effects sequestration would have in individual states. The reports list numerous cutbacks in federal programs that have big constituencies or political popularity, including Head Start, military readiness, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and Clean Air and Clean Water programs. Read More…
Congress Looks For Road Repair Funds
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are looking at new fees or tax hikes to generate money to patch up the nation’s highways and bridges in an attempt to avoid another session of kicking the can down the proverbial crumbling road. Read More…
Congress Poised to Approve Bill Renewing Violence Against Women Act
Calling a truce in the partisan battles, Congress appears ready to send to President Obama a bill that renews and expands the nation's primary law on protecting women from domestic violence. Read More…
Mayors and Local Leaders Oppose Move to Cap Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds for Infrastructure, Jobs
As the nation prepares to go over the fiscal cliff, local leaders from The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), The National League of Cities (NLC) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) gathered to explain the impact of across-the-board sequestration cuts on local communities and decry efforts in Washington to hamstring financing for local infrastructure projects. Read More…
Health World Braces for Sequester
Doctors and hospitals say the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the government on March 1, will cost their industries more than 200,000 jobs just this year. Read More…
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