KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota » Federal budget http://ksoo.com The Talk of Sioux Falls Sat, 25 May 2013 22:15:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Agencies Brace for Sequestration Cuts http://ksoo.com/agencies-brace-for-sequestration-cuts/ http://ksoo.com/agencies-brace-for-sequestration-cuts/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:13:43 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=68699 Government agencies on every level are keeping an eye on Washington and watching to see if the so-called "sequestration" cuts are made.

Officials with the South Dakota National Guard say automatic spending cuts could force them to furlough 548 of the Guard's 918 full-time employees for one day a week for 22 weeks, beginning in late April, if the automatic cuts are made

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]]> http://ksoo.com/agencies-brace-for-sequestration-cuts/feed/ 0 The South Dakota National Guard is making plans for furloughs, should the automatic:"sequestration" be made. The cuts would happen if no agreement is reached between President Obama and Congress. Over the Fiscal Cliff? http://ksoo.com/over-the-fiscal-cliff/ http://ksoo.com/over-the-fiscal-cliff/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:22:35 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=39388 I'm the first to admit that I would make a lousy diplomat, and I wouldn't be much of a negotiator, either.

But are we going to go off the fiscal cliff?

And if we are, why?

President Obama and  Congress are supposed to be doing something about it, and it's not getting done

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]]> http://ksoo.com/over-the-fiscal-cliff/feed/ 0 Congress and President Obama continue to work to avoid the "fiscal cliff" before the end of the year.