Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Under the leadership of Sen Randy Richardville, center, R-Monroe, the senate committee on Government Operations passed all the bills associated with easing Detroit's bankruptcy in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The Republican-led chamber voted 21-17 to contribute the state funds to join $466 million in commitments from 12 foundations and the Detroit Institute of Arts. The pool of money would shore up Detroit's two retirement systems while the city-owned art museum and its assets would be transferred to a private nonprofit. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT. MANDATORY CREDIT

Michigan Senate approves $195 million for Detroit

David Eggert · June 3, 2014 10:50 pm

FILE - In this May 19, 2014 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is seen at the state Capitol in Springfield. He told reporters Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Chicago he is not done working on a state budget. State lawmakers last week approved a $35.7 billion spending plan that doesn't include an extension of the state's 2011 income tax increase. Quinn wanted it to avoid massive budget cuts. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois governor says budget still needs work

Sophia Tareen · June 3, 2014 7:47 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama and Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski make statements and meet with U.S. and Polish troops at an event featuring four F-16 fighter jets, two American and two Polish, as part of multinational military exercises, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama boosting America’s military effort in Europe

Julie Pace · June 3, 2014 6:10 pm

Fla. Gov. vetoes millions before signing budget

Gary Fineout · June 2, 2014 9:44 pm

Senate adjourns with no vote on gasoline tax hike

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 8:37 pm

Massachusetts sues federal agency over housing law

Steve LeBlanc · June 2, 2014 7:56 pm

Tax question looms over Illinois governor’s race

Sophia Tareen · June 1, 2014 5:23 pm

Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Westmont, leaves the Senate chambers at the state Capitol Friday, May 30, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Lawmakers pass $1B capital bill, adjourn session

Kerry Lester · May 31, 2014 6:27 pm

Illinois Legislature OKs ‘incomplete’ 2015 budget

SARA BURNETTKERRY LESTER · May 31, 2014 1:21 am

GOP calls on Democrats not to extend tax hike

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 4:05 pm

When Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin famously renounced his U.S. citizenship, the move helped him potentially avoid a fortune in capital gains taxes. And while such renouncements are rare, a small but growing number of Americans also are trading in their citizenship for -- at least in part -- financial gain. (Illustration by Chris Henderson/Examiner)

More U.S. citizens turning in their passports

Sean Lengell · May 30, 2014 2:00 pm

House advances $1B capital bill; budget vote looms

Kerry Lester · May 30, 2014 1:27 am