Tag: Budgets and Deficits

At first, Gina Raimondo thought solving Rhode Island's pension problem was just a matter of math: Billions of dollars of unfunded benefits were owed to the state's teachers, police officers, firefighters and others. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

In governor’s race, Gina Raimondo touts her pension fix

Erika Niedowski · August 18, 2014 2:02 pm

Top bid for tallest New England lighthouse is $78K

Patrick Whittle · August 17, 2014 7:32 pm

In this photo from July 30, 2014, James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, left, speaks to the media with U.S. attorney David J. Hickton at the FBI's Pittsburgh headquarters. Because of the Pittsburgh's cybersquad success, Comey said the FBI is rewarding the office with more manpower, allowing it to take on even more cyberthreats. (AP Photo/Post-Gazette-Michael Henninger)

Premier FBI cybersquad in Pittsburgh to add agents

Joe Mandak · August 17, 2014 5:26 pm

Work begins on $1.7m flood project in western N.Y.

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 4:00 pm

Fla. earns $1.3 million from unclaimed property

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 12:58 pm

Vermont grapples with aging prison facilities

Dave Gram · August 17, 2014 12:45 pm

Taxpayers on hook for $6.5M to Bridgegate law firm

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 10:13 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, Vic Fischer, a leader of the effort to repeal the oil tax system passed by Alaska state lawmakers in 2013, takes part in a sign-waving event on a busy street in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaskans head to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, to decide if the state's old system for taxing oil companies, passed in 2007 after some lawmakers were suspected of bribery, is better than the new system, a tax cut passed last year to try to attract investment from petroleum companies. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Voters to decide fate of Alaska oil production tax

Dan Joling · August 16, 2014 4:34 pm

Governor hopefuls target tax talk at middle class

Peter Jackson · August 16, 2014 2:56 pm

Va. facing larger budget shortfall than expected

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 10:20 pm

Rail station bids exceed projected budget

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 7:03 pm

NY pension fund estimate reaches $180.7 billion

Michael Virtanen · August 15, 2014 5:02 pm