Four Days, a Month of Chaos, and Incompetent Governance

Mark Trahant
February 25, 2013
The sequester begins in four days and Congress is set on a do nothing course. Not that anyone is happy about it...

A Budget Line That Reflects Divide in Politics: Early Learning. Spend. More. Now.

Mark Trahant
February 21, 2013
Perhaps no federal program represents the ideological divide over spending than does Head Start. Head Start is a comprehensive early-learning project for low-income children...

Sequester is Unattractive, Unappealing and Nine Days Away

Mark Trahant
February 20, 2013
The sequester is now nine days away. At a news conference Tuesday President Barack Obama called the sequester a “meat-cleaver approach” to budget cutting...

Sequestration Will Cost Tribes $130 Million; Plus 800,000 Fewer IHS Outpatient Visits

Mark Trahant
February 11, 2013
Tuesday night President Barack Obama will lay out his case that Congress ought to reverse the $1.2 trillion worth budget cuts that are beginning March 1...

Elections 2012: So the Election Is Over – Now the Politics Are About to Turn Nasty

Mark Trahant
November 08, 2012
President Barack Obama’s election celebration won’t last long...

Elections 2012: Obama Says Massive January Budget Cuts ‘Will Not Happen’

Mark Trahant
October 23, 2012
President Barack Obama made an important promise during Monday night’s debate. He said flat out: The massive budget cuts called sequestration will not happen...

Navajo President Shelly Signs FY 2013 Budget

ICTMN Staff
October 05, 2012
On October 1, the Navajo Nation had its 2013 budget in place to begin its fiscal year...

Elections 2012: Will Election Resolve the Big Stuff? Disaster Ahead if It Doesn’t

Mark Trahant
September 25, 2012
It is said that elections have consequences. One side wins, the other becomes the loyal opposition. Then the game is fought again with new or sometimes the same result...

Elections 2012: Deeply Destructive Budget Wasn’t Intended to Be Implemented

Mark Trahant
September 17, 2012
Sequester is a funny word. As a noun it means a general cut in government spending. As a verb it means to hide away...

Elections 2012: GOP Platform Opens a Door

Mark Trahant
September 04, 2012
Last week’s Republican National Convention set the stage for a national debate about the role of government...

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