sequestration

FAA notifies Columbia of Air Traffic Control Tower closure

Hilary Niles — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:16:38 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday notified airport manager Don Elliott that the Air Traffic Control Tower at Columbia Regional Airport would be unfunded as of May 5.

Hartzler, McDavid call for funding to keep airport tower open

Tony Nochim — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:47:06 +0000

A U.S. Congress member was not an airplane passenger at the Columbia Regional Airport on Tuesday. Instead, she visited to draw attention to an important safety issue.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri’s Fourth District said she does not agree with the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to close the air traffic control tower at the airport.

Newscast for March 22, 2013

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:10:37 +0000

Regional news from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

Federal sequestration cuts will close Columbia's airport control tower
MoDOT issues travel advisory ahead of winter storm
'Earth Hour' organizers say it's more than electricity

Federal sequestration cuts will shut down Columbia's airport control tower

Rehman Tungekar and Scott Pham — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:49:33 +0000

On Friday, the Columbia Regional Airport received notice that its control tower was among 149 around the country[PDF] that would close as a result of federal sequestration cuts. The closure is expected to take place at some point between April 7 and May 7.

State community action agencies, Head Start fear sequester impact

Turner Twyman — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:21:59 +0000

Administrators at local and regional agencies that aid low-income Missourians say they are keeping an eye on the impact of the sequester, or across-the-board federal spending cuts, and they fear the cuts could negatively impact their agencies.

While many questions about the impact of sequestration rollout remain, Missouri's Community Action Agencies are expecting an all-around 5 percent budget cut due to the federal sequestration. This could mean serious cutbacks to several services provided by the agency.

McCaskill: Why Congress should see a reduction in pay in the event of sequestration

Jennifer Davidson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:54:02 +0000

Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri said she's planning to introduce a bill that would cut pay for members of Congress if federal employees are furloughed because of the so-called “sequestration,” or across-the-board spending cuts.

The bill calls for a reduction in Congressional salaries once federal furloughs begin. As the sequestration goes into effect, many federal workers are expected to be subject to furloughs because Congress and the White House did not reach an agreement on a deficit reduction plan.

Sequestration may close Columbia airport control tower

Sydney Miller — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:08:11 +0000

The F-A-A says that if budget talks in Washington fail, 168 air traffic control towers across the country could be forced to close.

How sequestration leads to cuts in research, Medicare

Kristofor Husted — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:10:07 +0000

Coming up we’ll tackle sequestration which is set to occur March 1. But first, when a large group of farmers in the Southeast banded together to sue a powerful dairy cooperative a few years ago, many hoped that the case would bring big changes to the industry. But as Peggy Lowe of Harvest Public Media reports, the recent settlement of the case involving Kansas City-based Dairy Farmers of America has resulted in some money for small farmers in the short term but little long-term reform.

Sequestration would hit rural hospitals harder than their urban counterparts

Harum Helmy — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:36:02 +0000

Barring a congressional miracle, Medicare payments to health care providers throughout the country will see a 2 percent reduction come Friday. That amount might not sound like much, but rural hospitals and their surrounding communities are the ones that would feel most of the pinch.

Sequestration would hit MU research funding hard

Kristofor Husted — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:26:36 +0000

Sequestration, or the automatic across-the-board funding cuts set to kick in nationwide at the beginning of 2013, will tally nearly $110 billion dollars in cuts over the next nine years. The cuts are meant to alleviate the trillion dollar deficit. Congressional Republicans and Democrats are currently facing a stalemate on a solution to the severe fiscal cuts sequestration calls for while still fixing the deficit. KBIA’s Kristofor Husted reports that millions of dollars are at stake for the University of Missouri System.