Tag: Budgets and Deficits

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., goes before the House Rules Committee for final work on his budget to fund the government in fiscal 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Q&A: Paul Ryan guides Republicans back to robust defense spending

David M. Drucker · April 9, 2014 4:00 am

GOP lawmakers balk when spending cuts turn real

GOP lawmakers balk when spending cuts turn real

Andrew Taylor · April 8, 2014 8:01 pm

Rhode Island lawmakers pushing reduced state sales tax

Rhode Island lawmakers pushing reduced state sales tax

Washington Examiner · April 8, 2014 7:52 pm

4-cent gas, diesel tax increase before NH panel

4-cent gas, diesel tax increase before NH panel

Norma Love · April 8, 2014 5:43 pm

Confetti and balloons fall as members of the Maryland House of Delegates celebrate the end of the 2014 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., early Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Maryland lawmakers pass minimum wage increase

BRIAN WITTENICK TABOR · April 8, 2014 4:49 am

President Barack Obama listens to students as he visits a classroom at Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Md., Monday before speaking about the economy and to announce the winners of a competition he launched last fall to bring together educators and employers to redesign the high school experience to give students access to real-world career skills and college-level courses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jack Kingston: Washington entangles local schools with ‘competitive’ grants funded by parents’ tax dollars

Jack Kingston · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

House Democrats unveil budget plan with tax hikes

House Democrats unveil budget plan with tax hikes

Andrew Taylor · April 7, 2014 3:38 pm

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee argued the proposed settlement was a good deal for all parties and preferable to continued costly litigation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Settlement fails in Rhode Island pension overhaul

Erika Niedowski · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Tennessee legislative session nearing conclusion

Associated Press · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, center, speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Election-year GOP split over home-state projects

Bill Barrow · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

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Time for a national commission to reduce the size of government

Cal Thomas · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Peoria firefighters attack a fire with an aerial truck at the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Peoria, Ill. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Adam Gerik,File)

Illinois’ next pension issue: Police and fire funds

Associated Press · April 7, 2014 4:00 am