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Since the 1800s, Congress has enacted laws to ensure that federal workers are hired on the basis of their professional qualifications - not their political loyalty.
How did Alaska, one of the richest states in the Union, end up with budget cuts that lawmakers on both sides say could wreck the state’s future? One answer’s found in three letters: PFD.
It’s not all about health and wealth.
The National Endowment for the Arts is on the chopping block…again. But this time, the ideological justifications don’t pass muster.
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to decimate the Environmental Protection Agency. But a political scientist predicts that while EPA will face budget cuts, the agency isn’t going anywhere.
Every now and again in public policy debates a consensus emerges on some particular point among policymakers, stakeholders and commentators. These moments are distressingly rare. It is even more distressing…
Forecasters predict a wetter than normal start to March that will no doubt hamper efforts to bring an end to the misery of those whose homes are underwater. These extended floods and bad weather reveal…
It’s not often you see bewigged barristers take to the streets waving placards in protest, but such were the scenes outside the Old Bailey and other courts around the country as defence lawyers demonstrated…
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