Articles tagged “sequester”

It’s ironic that the U.S. government would push leave upon the officers guarding major U.S. attractions during a time when security is still a major concern.

It's a bad year for military-related celebrations. New York City's Fleet Week will suffer the same fate as Floridas and the Blue Angels are grounded, too.

Local airport towers have become the poster child for sequestration, a battle cry that could be misplaced according to data showing many are no longer necessary for aviation safety.

These are small airports with little data to back it up either way, so the study seems self serving without the benefit of time.

Such an arrangement would be fitting as the governor is a well recognized expert on why the U.S. federal government isn't good at anything. If only the Texas authorities tasked with coming up with the cash felt the same way.

Really a shame that the stalled machinery of our government won't consider AIP as part of its cuts.

These smaller, privately-run airports will have to continue to run without towers while the nation’s largest, government-run airports are yet to be significantly impacted by the budget cuts.

In a case of “you don’t know how good you have it until it’s gone,” the budget cuts have awakened Americans to the significance of their natural and cultural institutions.

It looks like the Republicans’ hack job of a tour video did the trick seeing as hours after its YouTube debut, Obama was on ABC telling viewers he wants to find a way to restart the White House tours.

The House might have kept its tours, but did it loose its cameraman to budget cuts? The last-ditch dig at President Obama would do little to convince tourists they need to visit the Capitol at all.