Tag: Budgets and Deficits

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013, file photo, a jogger on an early morning run passes the U.S Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury Department releases budget data for July 2014 on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

US budget deficit running 24.2 percent below 2013

Martin Crutsinger · August 12, 2014 6:24 pm

Vermont lawmakers are planning a public hearing regarding a round of budget cuts proposed by the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Vermont lawmakers plan hearing on budget cuts

Associated Press · August 12, 2014 5:49 pm

Officials in western Pennsylvania's Allegheny County are seeking millions of dollars from the state to help keep the county's crime laboratory operating. (iStock Image)

State funding sought for western Pa. crime lab

Associated Press · August 11, 2014 1:07 pm

Buffalo and Erie County are seeing a big increase in the number of older residents receiving food stamps, though families with children continue to make up the largest group participating in the federal program, according to a report in The Buffalo News. (iStock Image)

Buffalo-area seniors on food stamps rises

Associated Press · August 11, 2014 1:05 pm

State Auditor Rebecca Otto will face Matt Entenza, the former state legislator who has statewide campaign experience, in the upcoming Democratic primary. Otto has lots of backers miffed by the idea that she is being challenged at all. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Intense race for usually obscure auditor’s office in Minnesota

Brian Bakst · August 11, 2014 1:02 pm

Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner speaks at a news conference in Chicago. After being hammered by his opponent, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, for putting investments in the Cayman Islands, Raunerâs campaign fired back, saying Quinnâs own pension fund, and that of many Illinois teachers and other public employees, also have investments there. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor, opponent clash over investments, pensions

Sara Burnett · August 11, 2014 1:00 pm

AG: $3.9M spent defending GOP-drawn election maps

AG: $3.9M spent defending GOP-drawn election maps

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2014 12:07 pm

New Kansas figures show shortfalls

New Kansas figures show shortfalls

John Hanna · August 9, 2014 12:03 am

Permanent Fund tops $50B threshold

Permanent Fund tops $50B threshold

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2014 11:27 pm

Obama signs $10.8 billion highway funding bill

Obama signs $10.8 billion highway funding bill

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2014 10:48 pm

California spends big on housing, little on energy

Energy and Environment

California spends big on housing, little on energy

Elliot Spagat · August 8, 2014 8:45 pm

The dream of building a system of bullet trains in the United States akin to what exists in Europe involves massive and sustained government spending, more money for unions, and promises to move the nation away from car-based transportation. Thus, it represents everything that excites American liberals. (iStock)

A high-speed train wreck for Obama and liberalism

Philip Klein · August 7, 2014 11:17 pm