Morning Shift: Sequestration is upon us...

March 1, 2013

View the story "'Morning Shift' #118: Sequestration is upon us..." on Storify'Morning Shift' #118: Sequestration is upon us...On Friday's Morning Shift we talk to a former director of Office of Management and Budget and a journalist on the sequester, WBEZ reporter preview an Indiana Gun Show, Week In Review and Useless Eaters takes us into the weekend with some tunes.Storified by · Fri, Mar 01 2013 08:01:47Capitol Hill, WashingtonjohanohrlingVoice from the sequestration of 1991 speaksThe former Director of the Office of Management and Budget talks about the last sequester…when he was in charge of the chopping back in 1991.Barry AndersonAnderson is the deputy director at the National Governors Association. He works alongside the executive director to further the vision of...What Time Does the Sequester Start?Because there appears to be no serious effort to stop it before it starts, we have to think about the actual mechanics of the sequester. ...Here's how you run a sequester: 'Scrape five percent less poop'The last time we ran a sequester, in 1991, things got a little out of hand. Barry Anderson, then the head of the OMB's budget review divi...Washington reporter talks sequestration 1991 vs. 2013We’ll do a then-and-now with journalist Clarence Page, who covered the last sequester from DC in 1991.Sequester deadline day is here, but the effects won't be instantaneousAnd White House aides have indicated that the president is not likely to put pen to paper on that order until after he meets with congres...Immigrants Released Ahead of Automatic Budget CutsThe government has not dropped the deportation cases against the immigrants, however. The detainees have been freed on supervised release...A preview of the Indiana Gun ShowWBEZ’s Michael Puente previews a big gun show in Crown Point, IN this weekend.EDITORIAL: Stop gun shows at Lake County fairgroundsLast week's law enforcement summit in Gary should serve as notice that Indiana, particularly Lake County, is contributing to Chicago's cr...Charges expose gun pipeline from Indiana to Chicago's violence-plagued neighborhoodsGang member got weapons from college student who went on shopping sprees across state line, investigators say As he sold four handguns in...Week In Review with Ameet Sachdev and Tricia BobedaAmeet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune and Tricia Bobeda of WBEZ talk about the stories that we may have missed while we were freakin’ out about the sequester and the pope.Detroit Tops 2013 List Of America's Most Miserable Cities - ForbesAmerica's Most Miserable Cities 2013 Forbes put Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on its cover in 2011 for a story with the optimistic headline: " ...Talking about crime: The Chicago Crime siteWelcome to what we hope will be an ongoing series of blog posts by members of the apps team about our work analyzing and visualizing data...Mediterranean Diet Can Cut Heart Disease, Study FindsAbout 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Medi...Punk band Useless Eaters rocks out liveNashville post-punk rocker Seth Sutton doesn’t seem to pause much these days. With no less than three bands, and a new album and tour for his band Useless Eaters, Sutton writes, records and performs at a pace nearly as frenetic as his music. Useless Eaters hit Chicago’s Empty Bottle Friday night, but start off the weekend with a stop in on The Morning Shift for an edge-of-your-seat punk explosion.