Rev. Jesse Jackson: Congress Ignores Nation’s Job Crisis

Police Union: Crime problems ahead
Anne Arundel County is becoming increasingly violent, and its police department is being so shortchanged that it won’t be able to handle future growth, according to a new report from one of the county’s police unions.

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Rise in rural Maine burglaries linked to drug abuse
If 150 people were shot and killed in Maine this year, the public outrage would ripple from Kittery to Fort Kent, Maine’s top public safety official said Wednesday. So why isn’t there more concern that the same number of people died last year from drug overdoses, Commissioner Anne Jordan asked.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Congress Ignores Nation’s Job Crisis
Some 300,000 teachers face layoffs this coming year. Congress hasn’t even had a vote on legislation that would keep them employed. Teenage employment was at…

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