As President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans trade barbs over the looming sequester, towns and cities are starting to brace for the potentially devastating consequences that the cuts will have at the local level.
Public schools in New York City, the Department of Agriculture's meat inspection program, and various military bases across the country could all be affected.
We took a look at 19 local newspapers that made the sequester a focus on their front pages Friday.
Tampa, Fla. — More than 80 percent of MacDill Air Force Base's 3,180 workers could face 20-day furloughs.
Trenton, N.J. — The state's 10,771 civilian defense employees stand to lose about $78 million in pay if the furloughs are ordered, including 4,696 people who work at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County.
Source: The Burlington County Times
Salt Lake City, Utah — Thousands of civilians will be forced to take off 22 unpaid days per year because of $86 million in cuts to the state's military civilian payroll.
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