Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Analyst says California faces $340 billion in debt

Don Thompson · May 7, 2014 11:55 pm

New tolls, higher gas tax considered for more highway funding

Lisa Ruhl · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

VIDEO: Paul Ryan says economy not hitting its potential

Lisa Ruhl · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

House GOP unveils bill slashing highway grants

Andrew Taylor · May 6, 2014 7:27 pm

Bill creating Connecticut Port Authority advances

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 7:16 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaks about The Value of School Choice: The Release of the 2013 Education Choice and Competition Index, at the Brookings Institute in Washington. Lawmakers looking ahead to the November elections are putting renewed focus on education, tackling issues on Capitol Hill this week ranging from expanding charter schools to paying off student loan debt. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Education gets top billing on Capitol Hill

Kimberly Hefling · May 6, 2014 5:37 pm

National Security

Military chiefs, lawmakers debate budget cuts

Lolita Baldor · May 6, 2014 4:51 pm

This May 5, 2014 photo shows a city-owned home to be offered in a new one-day auction in Detroit. Detroit's effort to auction off vacant, city-owned houses to people willing to quickly fix them up is getting attention from potential buyers. One home is being auctioned each weekday. The auctions are part of the city's effort to eradicate blight while stabilizing neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Detroit auctioning homes online in blight fight

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 2:48 pm

10 EU nations set to tax financial transactions

Juergen Baetz · May 6, 2014 2:46 pm

FILE - This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As the United States attempts to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Treasury Department is deploying an economic weapon that could prove to be more costly than sanctions: the Internal Revenue Service. This summer, the U.S. plans to start using a new anti-tax evasion law that will make it much more expensive for Russian banks to do business in America. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US to use tax law on Russian banks

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 6, 2014 7:05 am

Deputy Commissioner Charles Richman, left, listens as Richard E. Constable, III, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Community Affairs answers a question about the current status of Superstorm Sandy relief funds during a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse inTrenton, N.J. Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Panel wrestles with New Jersey school funding

Geoff Mulvihill · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Tax-cut promises meet reality as state revenue growth flags

william-selway, tim-jones · May 6, 2014 4:00 am