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Pew Research Center: Barely Half of U.S. Adults Are Married A Record Low, New Marriages Down 5% from 2009 to 2010, by DVera Cohn, Jeffrey Passel and Wendy Wang “In 1960, 72% of all adults ages 18 and older were married; today just 51% are. If current trends continue, the share of adults who …
News release: “Total state government revenue increased to $2.0 trillion in 2010, up 79.0 percent from $1.1 trillion in 2009, resulting mainly from large increases in social insurance trust revenue, according to the latest findings from the U.S. Census Bureau. After a substantial loss in earnings in 2009, trust systems showed earnings of $450.5 billion …
Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Provide Additional Information to Congress Regarding Broadcasting to Cuba, GAO-12-243R, Dec 13, 2011 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen Grants Management, GAO-12-158, Dec 13, 2011 Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan Comparison of Implementation and Early Enrollment with the Children’s Health Insurance Program, GAO-12-62R, Nov 10, 2011 Retirement …
The Protester, by Kurt Andersen: “It’s remarkable how much the protest vanguards share. Everywhere they are disproportionately young, middle class and educated. Almost all the protests this year began as independent affairs, without much encouragement from or endorsement by existing political parties or opposition bigwigs. All over the world, the protesters of 2011 share a …
“The Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.” “This report presents tabulations for the 2010 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the U.S. Department of Educations National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), …
Illustrating Health Reform: How Health Insurance Coverage Will Work – “Click on the YouToon characters and Main Street businesses to view their illustrative profiles and learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect their coverage. Access downloads, additional resources and video explainers. View Health Reform Hits Main Street to learn more about the problems with …
H.R. 1905 – Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011 “H.R. 1905 would amend and expand existing sanctions against Iran. CBO estimates that implementing the bill would have a discretionary cost of $128 million over the 2012-2016 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. In addition, enacting the bill would increase revenues by $57 million over …
Areas With Concentrated Poverty: 20062010, American Community Survey Briefs, December 2011 “People living in poverty tend to be clustered in certain neighborhoods rather than being evenly distributed across geographic areas. Measuring this concentration of poverty is important because researchers have found that living in areas with many other poor people places burdens on low-income families …
News release: “The market for fuel ethanol in the United States remains unconcentrated, with 164 firms nationwide either producing ethanol or likely to be in production in the next 12 to 18 months, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s 2011 report on the state of U.S. ethanol production. The FTC report is the agency’s seventh …
Lifeline for Families, Support for the Economy – The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, November 22, 2011 “Millions of Americans remain unemployed in the aftermath of the Great Recession and wage growth has lagged behind inflation, straining the budgets of millions more. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, provides critical support …
