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Local 851 member and State Representative Larry Walsh, Jr. (D-IL), stands proudly with his family at the inauguration held to swear in the Illinois 98th General Assembly. Walsh has been elected to serve his first full term for the 86th Representative District of Illinois. State Representative Larry Walsh, Jr. has been elected to serve his
Read moreNobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman blasted the looming automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration as “one of the worst policy ideas in our nation’s history” in an op-ed in the New York Times. The across-the-board cuts are set to kick in on March 1 if Congress fails to act. The sequester was part of
Read moreHundreds are headed to Washington, DC, to rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, February 27. The court will hear arguments on whether to strike Section Five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The landmark law banned racial gerrymandering and opened Southern polling places to millions of African-American voters during the Civil Rights movement. Section
Read moreCongress has until the end of the year to strike a deal avoiding across-the-board, mandatory spending cuts known as “sequestration” and a series of expiring tax measures. The so-called “fiscal cliff” threatens to prolong the Great Recession if Congress refuses to act. Trillion dollar cuts to the defense sector, alone, are expected to cost us
Read moreEconomists warn Americans are in for a triple threat as the White House and Congressional Republicans continue their standoff over a deal to curb the nation’s debt. On the clock are three critical deadlines: a $1.2 trillion sequestration is scheduled to take effect March 2, the government will run out of money to pay its
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