Heather Campbell lost her job over the summer because of federal funding cuts. Her husband serves as an officer at Maxwell Air Force Base, but now he’s facing the prospect of missing his next paycheck because of the government shutdown.
The Pentagon will cut funding from military projects to pay to build 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to defense officials. In all, $3.6 billion will be diverted from the military to border wall projects. In Alabama, $5.2 million in funding for the Anniston Army Depot is at risk, Alabama News Network has learned. Overall, military projects…
The PEW Charitable Trusts is out with a state-by-state comparison of spending by The U.S. Department of Defense. Average Alabamian benefits from Pentagon spending more than people in most other states. PEW specifically reports the per capita amount for various kinds of DOD spending: Military Contracts $1,896.6…
(AP Photo/LM Otero)The White House says President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid. White House budget officials outlined the information during a telephone call with reporters given on condition of anonymity. The budget officials on the call ignored requests to put the…
