Budgets and Deficits

Education

House considers bill to waive school meal rules

June 11, 2014 8:03 pm

Infrastructure

New York gets $75M for traffic safety projects

Washington Examiner -

June 11, 2014 7:02 am

News

House approves transportation, housing measure

Andrew Taylor -

June 10, 2014 11:53 pm

In this photo taken Monday, June 9, 2014, an inmate is moved after a session with a psychologist at the the mental health unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. Lawmakers working on the state budget are debating whether California should emphasize treatment over incarceration particularly for the mentally ill. Democrats in both the Senate and the Assembly are seeking additional money for mental health courts and other facilities to aid the mentally ill and substance abuse offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Healthcare

Mental health becomes key in corrections budget

Don Thompson -

June 10, 2014 9:40 pm

Immigration

Joe Biden discusses manufacturing in Washington

Steve Doty -

June 10, 2014 6:46 pm

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Washington. From left are, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Business

Obama signs $12.3 billion water projects bill

Jim Kuhnhenn -

June 10, 2014 3:53 pm

Healthcare

Tax expert: Obamacare will make 2015 IRS filings ‘most chaotic in years’

Paul Bedard -

June 10, 2014 3:46 pm

A borrower with $10,000 in debt at a 6.8 percent rate who participated in the refinancing program would cost the government $1,280, according to AAF. A student with $25,000 in loans would cost taxpayers $3,201. (Thinkstock)

Economy

Think tank: Refinancing would cost taxpayers $1,200-$3,200 per student borrower

Joseph Lawler -

June 10, 2014 11:55 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, joined by other women of the Senate, holds a news conference Wednesday on her bill, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which would allow people with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Warren; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Politics

Senate Republicans poised to block Democratic student loan bill

Susan Ferrechio -

June 10, 2014 9:00 am

Gov. Quinn signs partial Chicago pension overhaul

Sophia Tareen -

June 10, 2014 2:35 am

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