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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDIT: Got to start budget cuts somewhere

Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2013

While Americans brace themselves for the impact of sequester budget cuts, the capital is seeing slight cuts of its own. The budget for White House tours has been slashed and the Blue Angels have been grounded...

Looming ‘fiscal cliff’ threatens BU’s research funding, officials say

Daily Free Press Admin December 12, 2012

Should Congress fail to avoid going over the looming “fiscal cliff,” Boston University and other research institutions around the country will see significant negative repercussions, from cuts to federal...

Protesters call for social security program protection before ‘fiscal cliff’

Daily Free Press Admin December 11, 2012

Calling for “Jobs, not cuts,” dozens of protesters lined up outside U.S.  Sen. John Kerry’s Boston office Monday calling for the protection of social programs in the face of the upcoming “fiscal...

Gov. Patrick’s cuts a challenge for Commonwealth, officials say

Daily Free Press Admin December 6, 2012

Reacting to slow economic growth, the dangers of the fiscal cliff and unexpectedly low tax revenue collections, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick outlined a plan on Tuesday to slash $540 million from the fiscal...

Santa keeps spirits high despite fiscal cliff

Daily Free Press Admin December 5, 2012

Standing in line to see Santa Claus with her 11-month-old daughter Maggie, Lincoln resident Jennifer Butler is one of many shoppers who are not deterred in their holiday shopping by impending talk of the...

Menino urges Obama, Boehner to ‘tell us the truth’ on taxes

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2012

From his location in Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wrote a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on Saturday urging them to avoid the “fiscal...

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