Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Lawmakers review Republican roads funding proposal

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 6:38 pm

National Governor's Association chair Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaks with the media during the NGA's Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Oklahoma governor signs income tax cut into law

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Jane Kitchel, left, and Sen. Dick Mazza share a lighter moment on Friday, May 10, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. The Legislature is aiming for a Saturday adjournment. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Vermont Senate gives first approval to $1.4b budget

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Republican Study Committee member, Congressman Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks at a press conference on Jan. 8, 2014. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

House looks at permanently extending some business tax breaks

Susan Ferrechio · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

The $26.8 billion budget in front of the Republican-led Legislature is about $900 million lighter than Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon recommended in January, largely because lawmakers have rejected his recommendations to tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid eligibility to an estimated 300,000 lower-income adults. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Missouri Senate backs education funding increase

David Lieb · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

This photo made Thursday April 17, 2014, shows ongoing construction of a rail tunnel, center, at the Hudson Yards redevelopment site on Manhattan's west side in New York. Amtrak is constructing an 800-foot-long concrete box inside the project to preserve space for a tunnel from Newark to New York City that would allow it to double rail capacity across the Hudson River. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

In NYC, a $185M tunnel that leads nowhere, for now

Verena Dobnik · April 28, 2014 6:08 am

UCLA Medical Center health care workers walk the picket line during a two-day strike, Tuesday May 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Public employees unions help boost state debt crisis

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about the budget and the economy Monday at George Washington University in Washington. (AP Photo)

Joe Biden: Republicans will ‘further damage’ the middle class

Susan Crabtree · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, seated, has signed a $42.4 billion state operating budget, with improving revenues allowing the state to increase public education spending by hundreds of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Brant Sanderlin)

Georgia governor signs $42.4 billion budget

Associated Press · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 9, 2104, resident Tony Keyt, 52, loves to play pranks on people at the LifeDesigns Highland Group Home in Bloomington, Ind. Here he taps direct support professional Hannah Widmer on the shoulder before sitting down for dinner. Those who care for people with disabilities are frustrated. Indiana Medicaid funding has been cut for the past five years and pay for the state's personal care aides hasn't kept up with inflation. (AP Photo/The Herald-Times, Chris Howell)

Caregivers for disabled lament Medicaid cuts

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Defense Department spending in Afghanistan through the first four months of this fiscal year has averaged $4 billion a month. (Thinkstock)

Pentagon devising three budget plans for Afghanistan troops

Bloomberg News · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

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Florida legislators reach deal on most spending items

Associated Press · April 28, 2014 4:00 am