Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Douglas County is not obligated to contribute the same amount to retiree health plans as it does for active employees, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled. (iStock Image)

Douglas County retirees lose health plan challenge

Associated Press · July 20, 2014 7:00 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett speaks during at a Capitol news conference to announce details of an agreement to allow some Highmark subscribers to continue using UPMC doctors and facilities at in-network rates after the Jan. 1 end of a contract between the two western Pennsylvania health care giants in Harrisburg, Pa. Corbett says he will soon be putting up a new round of television advertisements, with about four months to go before voters will decide whether he deserves a second term. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Tom Corbett seeks to change view of education record

Associated Press · July 20, 2014 6:30 pm

FILE _ In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo a young man walks in front of a row of abandoned houses in Detroit. Detroit has thousands of decrepit and abandoned homes and buildings. In the little more than a year since emergency manager Kevyn Orr made Detroit the largest U.S. city to seek bankruptcy protection, it has experienced a wide range of improvements that will factor into Judge Steven Rhodes' decisions during next month's bankruptcy trial. That includes a greatly accelerated program to salvage homes that can be rehabilitated and level and clear those that cannot be saved. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Detroit seeing upgrades ahead of bankruptcy trial

Corey Williams · July 20, 2014 4:51 pm

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton addresses the media in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota's next two-year state budget will top the $40 billion mark. The four Republicans seeking to defeat Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton say they'll apply the spending brakes if put in charge. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

GOP hopefuls differ on how to rein in state budget in Minnesota

Associated Press · July 20, 2014 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Agriculture chief visits water-starved families

Washington Examiner · July 18, 2014 9:46 pm

The Highway Trust Fund is broken. Slated to run out of money by Aug. 1, the fund has relied on an 18.4-cent per gallon gasoline tax last raised in 1993. (iStock Image)

Energy and Environment

How to shore up the highway fund

Zack Colman · July 18, 2014 2:30 pm

(Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Roads are in bad shape, but just how bad?

Brian Hughes · July 18, 2014 1:00 pm

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Another warning that a national debt crisis is looming

Philip Klein · July 17, 2014 9:04 pm

VIDEO: Obama pushes plan for private funding of public roads

Lisa Ruhl · July 17, 2014 8:24 pm

Senate votes to extend terrorism insurance program

Stephen Ohlemacher · July 17, 2014 8:00 pm

This July 10, 2014 photo shows a home for sale in Quincy, Mass. Freddie Mac reports on average U.S. mortgage rates for this week on Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Average US mortgage rates dip slightly

Martin Crutsinger · July 17, 2014 3:44 pm

An Afghan Air Force C-130 sits on the flightline at Afghanistan's Kabul International Airport in April. (Photo: SIGAR)

National Security

The U.S. is about to give $100 million worth of cargo planes to a country that may not need them

Kelly Cohen · July 17, 2014 9:00 am