federal
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They include cuts to clean energy programs and significant reductions for federal science agencies and environmental justice efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, operating expenses were nearly three times higher than at other federal facilities, largely because all supplies -- including fresh water -- had to be transported to the island.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
On the downside, the federal workforce continued to shrink, and financial services employment declined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
They would have made a federal case out of it, getting upset, calling the cops .
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
