Budget Cuts

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June 6, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - At Chicago's Lafayette school, financial support for its after-school orchestra program was cut by 10 percent...
June 2, 2011
OPINION - Governor Scott is wrong to simply write off his legislation as a way to 'give people an incentive'…
April 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray…
April 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gray became the second D.C. mayor to go to jail while advocating for home rule...
April 10, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The measure is the first piece of a historic agreement to cut billions in spending and avoid…
March 14, 2011
OPINION - Head Start, the popular preschool program serving nearly a million lower income children, has come under attack from…
February 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The sparring occurred as the House labored to complete work on veto-threatened legislation to cut more than…
February 17, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - If anyone is waiting on Superman, it may be the president...
February 15, 2011
OPINION - One reason is a failure to develop what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called permanent units of political…
February 11, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Reed has more than sextupled Atlanta's reserves to $58 million, largely through pension reform, all while maintaining…
January 21, 2011
OPINION - We cannot afford a fiscal policy that sacrifices the resources vital to the survival of low-income people and…
September 8, 2010
DETROIT (AP) - The Mayor of Detroit said firefighters confronted conditions "that were not manmade" and defended a fire department…
September 2, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' prison chief, Michael Randle, is resigning because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw that…
June 28, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood…
April 27, 2010
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - Walkouts, organized on Facebook, were reported in southern and central New Jersey, with more planned…
April 22, 2010
VIDEO - The financial meltdown has dealt a painful blow to our nation's schools, and in the coming months, drastic…