Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, talks with Sen. Jim Neilsen, R-Gerber, vice chairman of the Senate Budget Committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 12, 2014. Lawmakers are expected to vote on the state budget bill, for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which starts July 1, Sunday, the constitutional deadline of lawmakers to pass a balanced spending plan and avoid forfeiting their pay. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Governor, lawmakers face weekend budget deadline

Judy Lin · June 12, 2014 11:56 pm

New Jersey business tax breaks getting attention

Geoff Mulvihill · June 12, 2014 6:52 pm

Massachusetts House backs summer sales tax holiday

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 2:49 pm

President Obama's expansion of the federal student loan forgiveness program used executive authority to force through an idea already included in his 2015 budget proposal. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama proposed big reforms to rein in loan costs in 2015 budget

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2014 1:00 pm

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The surprising winners of Obama’s student-loan program

Susan Ferrechio · June 12, 2014 9:00 am

Michigan Senate rejects tax hike for road repairs

David Eggert · June 12, 2014 7:07 am

Rebecca Jasen, of Amherst, N.Y., attends a Tumblr forum where President Barack Obama answered questions from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate Republicans block student loan bill

Erica Werner · June 11, 2014 10:19 pm

Va. budget shortfall grows; deal in the works

Larry O'dell · June 11, 2014 9:15 pm

House considers bill to waive school meal rules

MARY CLARE JALONICK · June 11, 2014 8:03 pm

New York gets $75M for traffic safety projects

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 7:02 am

House approves transportation, housing measure

Andrew Taylor · June 10, 2014 11:53 pm

In this photo taken Monday, June 9, 2014, an inmate is moved after a session with a psychologist at the the mental health unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. Lawmakers working on the state budget are debating whether California should emphasize treatment over incarceration particularly for the mentally ill. Democrats in both the Senate and the Assembly are seeking additional money for mental health courts and other facilities to aid the mentally ill and substance abuse offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Mental health becomes key in corrections budget

Don Thompson · June 10, 2014 9:40 pm