S&P’s downgrade of Treasury debt was a shock but not a surprise. The move may be a step toward fixing Washington’s finances.
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Jumping The Crevice To Reach The Cliff
Atlanta’s pension reform blazes a trail for other cities and states as they confront a $1 trillion pension funding gap.
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Teenagers Face A Jobless Summer
With school out for the summer, teens are finding all sorts of ways to forget what they learned during the year. But less than a quarter of older teens are putting their time off to its traditional use by temporarily trading report cards for paychecks.
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Amazon’s New Tactic In An Old Fight
California voters will decide if their state is reaching too far in a bid to collect taxes from Amazon.
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American Fathers, American Kids
Hurdles are higher for foreign-born children of U.S. fathers. The law should affirm that all American parents have American kids.
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Time To Put Unemployment Front And Center
Unemployment here is not much better than in Spain. If we don’t act soon, two generations of workers may be lost.
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