Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Walmart and McDonald’s hit as ‘welfare queens’

Joseph Lawler · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Oil industry sees win in Mexican drilling pact

Zack Colman · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

West Virginia House Speaker Tim Miley says state residents and small business owners have been hit with "shockingly high" flood insurance costs since Congress revised the National Flood Insurance Program in 2012. (AP File)

West Virginia lawmakers raise flood insurance concerns

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

The federal government can cut spending by taking advantage of low-hanging fruit. (Photo: Thinkstock)

A New Year’s resolution on spending cuts the federal government could keep

Veronique de Rugy · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

California bullet train in limbo after legal setbacks

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo, flowers, fall foliage and 6,288-foot Mt. Washington serve as a backdrop for a family picture at Crawford Notch State Park in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Bill changes who gets free admission to New Hampshire parks

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

The latest state report shows pay for Idaho state workers is about 29 percent lower than private-sector wages, and about 10 percent lower than rates in surrounding states. (AP File)

Pay for Idaho state workers continues to fall

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Customers shop at a Costco in Mexico City on Dec. 28. Mexican shoppers are expected to spend even more on the U.S. side of the border when Mexican sales taxes in some regions go up from 11 percent to 16 percent in the new year. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Mexican sales tax hike seen as boon on U.S. border

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The annual practice of letting tax breaks expire is a symptom a divided, dysfunctional Congress that struggles to pass routine legislation, said Lewis, a senior Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. âItâs not fair, itâs very hard, itâs very difficult for a business person, a company, to plan, not just for the short term but to do long-term planning,â Lewis said. âItâs shameful.â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year’s end

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

Consumer sentiment indices are often regarded as a leading indication for spending. (AP Photo)

Consumer sentiment rebounds heading into 2014

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

The innovation deficit

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

2013 Highlights: Budget fights

Elliot Smilowitz, Meghana Kurup · December 30, 2013 5:00 am