Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Montana regulators hold hearing on $900M dam deal

Lisa Baumann · July 8, 2014 7:16 pm

Interior secretary pledges $43M for conservation

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 4:42 pm

Obama seeks $615 million to fight wildfires

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 3:35 pm

Immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally stand in line for tickets at the bus station after they were released from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in McAllen, Texas. The immigrants entered the country through an area referred to as zone nine. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Obama seeks $3.8 billion to deal with border kids

Associated Press · July 8, 2014 3:23 pm

In this July 7, 2014 photo, a man drinks out of a coffee cup as he walks under a sign opposed to taxes on sugary drinks posted in the window of Casa Thai Market in San Francisco. San Francisco and Berkeley are aiming to become the first U.S. cities to pass per-ounce taxes on sugary drinks. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Soda tax’s last stand? Bay Area preps for showdown

Candice Choi · July 8, 2014 2:51 pm

World’s Fair pavilion gets $6M for repairs

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 1:57 pm

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over how to fund highway repair projects this summer. (Thinkstock)

For Capitol Hill Democrats, ‘shutdown’ is the new ‘bailout’

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2014 12:50 pm

House GOP wants to spend $3.3M on Benghazi probe

Donna Cassata · July 8, 2014 2:32 am

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Treasurer Dan Rutherford is seen in the House chambers at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill. The Associated Press has learned that Rutherford fired three top administrators after an investigation by the treasurer's inspector general. Letters from Rutherford's office obtained by the AP indicate Patrick Carlson, George Daglas and Ashvin Lad were dismissed July 2, 2014. Each was dismissed for allegedly violating timekeeping policies and falsifying records. The letter to Carlson says he also violated rules against "workplace harassment." (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois treasurer fires 3 staffers

John O'connor · July 8, 2014 1:21 am

Quinn announces $11.6M for disaster recovery

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 10:07 pm

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Government will take every penny you’ve earned so far this year: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 10:03 pm

Last Monday, Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz, a Democrat, filed a request with the U.S. Department of Education to continue using federal "Title I" education money with flexibility. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Pence, Ritz seek federal dollars without strings

Tom LoBianco · July 7, 2014 1:41 pm