Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Lawmakers Push Retroactive Furlough Pay
How Long Has the Shutdown Lasted?
In Focus: Who Faces Furloughs?
No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
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How Washington Ruined Governors
April 12, 2013 Even for longtime advocates on both sides of the emotional gun-control debate, the events of March 8 were enough to induce whiplash. On that day, South Dakota became the first state to explicitly authorize school employees to carry guns, when Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed legislation sent to him by ...
Are black women key to easing military suicides?
June 12, 2012 Black women have the lowest rates of suicide in the country, and although it’s not completely understood why, Veterans Affairs officials hope to re-create elements of black female culture that may help stop military veterans from killing themselves. Women - particularly black women - provide each other social support and ...
Child immigrant detentions up sharply
May 11, 2012 The number of children detained while attempting to cross into the United States without an adult has increased dramatically in the past seven months. In recent years, the U.S. Department of Human Services’ Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services has cared for as many as 8,000 children annually. In the first ...
