Sequestration

Nationwide, federal budget cuts brought on by sequestration eliminated more than 57,000 slots in Head Start, the program for low-income three and four…

The state’s Head Start program got a much needed funding boost yesterday. State officials approved $4.1 million for Head Start, making up for the $5…

Furlough days are coming to an end for civilian employees who work for the Department of Defense. The Downtown Management Authority – representing 1,200+…

Earlier this year, Pentagon workers were told they could face up to 22 furlough days because of budget cuts; the number is now 6 days. Some 650,000 civilian defense workers began taking furlough days on July 8.

State police and federal regulators are planning to audit the trucking firm whose vehicle was involved in a crash that caused Tuesday’s train derailment…

National Transportation Safety Board officials are going to talk to the train crew today as they investigate Tuesday's derailment and explosion in…

Governor Martin O'Malley will sign scores of bills into law today, including one repealing Maryland's death penalty, one creating a medical marijuana…

The Senate has passed a bill to give the Department of Transportation more flexibility in how it makes the mandatory cuts of the sequester. Hundreds of flights were delayed this week after the FAA furloughed air traffic controllers, setting off a political storm.

Seven weeks ago, hundreds of thousands in Maryland faced an uncertain future as the federal spending cuts known as sequestration went into effect. Now,…

We look at how the sequestration spending cuts are affecting Maryland's largest employer, Fort Meade... and at the furloughs for air traffic controllers…