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The sequester cuts and a steelworker's job prospects
Kai Ryssdal May 2, 2013
It's been nearly a year since Richard Crowe was laid off from his job as a steelworker. And because of the sequester, his unemployment check was cut 10 percent. But a new job might be in his future.
No sequester reprieve for biomedical research
Kai Ryssdal Apr 30, 2013
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institute of Health, on how sequester cuts have caused anxiety for young researchers.
U.S. pays down debt for first time in six years
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 30, 2013
The Treasury Department is expected to start paying down U.S. government debt this quarter for the first time in six years.
Sequester funding cuts have researchers worried
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 30, 2013
As government spending on medical research drops, some would-be scientists are having second thoughts.
Furloughs: On the job, but out of work
David Lazarus Apr 26, 2013
Sequester-related furloughs went into effect this week, impacting mostly air traffic controllers employed by the federal government. How can other public servants prepare their personal finances to take on mandatory unpaid leave?
Mitigating the cost and frustration of sequester flight delays
Shannon Mullen Apr 25, 2013
How are airlines managing the flight delays related to sequester furloughs, and their impact on flyer morale and costs?
JFK air traffic controller on first furlough day: 'Frustrating'
Kai Ryssdal Apr 24, 2013
Air traffic controllers from JFK to LAX have begun their furloughs, making for long and painful delays, especially flying into and out of the big East Coast airports around New York City.
What we mean by 'entitlement'? Well, that depends...
Krissy Clark Apr 22, 2013
'Entitlement' has almost contradictory meanings in casual conversation - and also, depending on your views, in political discourse about the social safety net
Travelers may run into delays due to FAA furloughs
Peter O'Dowd Apr 22, 2013
Some groups have filed suit to stop the furloughs of air traffic controllers. The FAA must cut hundreds of millions under federal budget sequestration.
Sequester could push some renters out of Section 8 housing
Rowan Moore Gerety Apr 16, 2013
Sequestration has left housing authorities with a stark choice: Raise rents, or eliminate some Section 8 vouchers altogether.
