Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Judge bars DC from putting budget law into effect

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 7:53 pm

House GOP bill would roll back school lunch rules

MARY CLARE JALONICK · May 19, 2014 5:38 pm

Detroit Metropolitan Airport gets $14.8 million

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 11:43 am

Teacher salaries compete heavily with each other in Missouri

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2014 11:31 am

Oklahoma state House Speaker Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, gestures during a news conference to announce an agreement on the budget, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 16, 2014. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders announced a budget agreement Friday for the upcoming year that is $102 million less than the budget for the current year, but still increases funding for public schools by $80 million. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma lawmakers return to Capitol to enact budget

Associated Press · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

Costs on Greg Abbott’s biggest project as Texas AG rise $64m

Paul Weber · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

The exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Tax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs

David Mercer · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

A car drives by a pothole in Detroit. The state House's vote to slowly raise gasoline taxes over time if prices increase has senators asking: Is it enough to fix Michigan's deteriorating roads? Talks are underway on whether lawmakers can capitalize on voter anger over shoddy roads and commit to a much higher tax increase, phased in over a handful of years. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan Senate eyes bigger gasoline tax increase

David Eggert · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

Authority approves $8.9 million Sault bridge work

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2014 7:27 pm

File- This march 12, 2014, file photo shows Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a second-term Cabinet shuffle for President Barack Obama. Obama plans to nominate Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan to be White House budget. And the president is considering naming San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as Donovan's successor. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Obama considering new housing and budget leaders

JULIE PACEEMILY SCHMALL · May 18, 2014 1:54 am

Budget analyst projects even higher tax revenue in California

Judy Lin · May 16, 2014 9:55 pm

President Barack Obama flanked by Abdullahi Mohamed, left, and Meredith Upchurch speaks to reporters at a restaurant in Washington, Friday, May 16, 2014. The president and Vice President Joe Biden met with construction workers involved in a recent infrastructure project. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama touts jobs projects, eats lunch with workers

Darlene Superville · May 16, 2014 8:16 pm