Cities krs the u. S. From the urban institute this runs an hour. Were about to hear some very good Economic News after recordbreaking declines in economical activity in the Second Quarter of 2020, well be see eyepopping consensus, 25 growth in the third quarter. We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact that we still have a deep hole to climb out of. Much has been written about the kshape recovery. Workers at the low end of the distribution who dont have options to work from home and for whom federal help has already been paid in a way. Weve seen who will owedout downtowns with fewer workers coming in, buying lattes. What does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests its in highrent zip codes, highrent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. So we are about to explore these things today. We also have a blog my colleague and i have a black about what this means for cities and each industrys mix and, of course
year 2035 and clearly demonstrates on our current trajectory we are on an unsustainable path with respect to the debt. it indicates we need to move forward on two fronts in my view. first, we have got to act now to keep our economy into higher gear to put more americans back to work. there are a number of steps we can take to do that but an earlier cbo study also indicated that one way we can do that is to replace the sequester that s in place right now which you indicated earlier would cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs between now and this time next year. that is a self-inflicted wound. that is a wound that this country cannot afford. more people could be put into work if we take care of that issue. democrats in in the the house have not tried eight times simply to get a vote on a plan to replace the sequester. this congress we have not seen a single plan by a republican colleagues to do that so let s work together to replace the same amount of deficit reduction or more
the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker s room, washington, d.c., december 18, 2012. i hereby appoint the honorable nan s. hayworth to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. i have been directed by the house sflat that the house that the senate has passed a bill in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and
The East Baton Rouge Parish Historic Preservation Commission Wednesday was split on a request from the Belle of Baton Rouge to demolish two Catfish Town buildings as part of a
A Baton Rouge industrial plant expanding its facility will be exempt from paying millions of dollars in property taxes to the city-parish government and school system.