Budgets and Deficits

Illinois Democrats regroup, craft budget without higher tax

May 27, 2014 12:13 am

House Democrats on the spot with tax, budget votes

Kerry Lester -

May 26, 2014 9:59 pm

Taxpayers paid nearly $600,000 to rehab this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 4419 N. Kimball Ave. in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood with amenities like granite countertops and hardwood floors -- and it wound up selling for less than $200,000, an investigation by the Chicago Reporter found. More was spent on this single home than on rehabbing homes in the entire Roseland neighborhood, the Reporter found. (Photo: SpotProperty)

HUD money puts ‘luxury finishes’ on houses while Chicago’s hard-hit neighborhoods suffer

Kelly Cohen -

May 26, 2014 1:46 pm

The Congressional Budget Office says aÃÂ number of government credit programs cost taxpayers more than is shown in official budget figures, including federal student loans andÃÂ Export-Import BankÃÂ credit guarantees. (Thinkstock Image)

Economy

CBO: Many government loan programs are more expensive than shown in budget

Joseph Lawler -

May 26, 2014 9:00 am

Benefits still coming to widows and children of veterans from Spanish-American War, World War I — even the Civil War

Washington Examiner -

May 25, 2014 5:32 pm

Many liberals respond to the Export-Import Bank fight by shrugging, rolling their eyes, and saying

Columnists

Export-Import Bank costs taxpayers $2 billion a decade

Timothy P. Carney -

May 24, 2014 10:00 pm

Business

Quinn wants Illiana project as top state priority

Jason Keyser -

May 24, 2014 3:17 pm

State argues right to sell high-speed rail bonds

Juliet Williams -

May 23, 2014 9:59 pm

The 2020 census may still have a hefty price tag despite efforts by the Commerce Department to cut costs, a new report shows. (AP Image)

Census Bureau struggles to cut costs for the 2020 headcount

Kelly Cohen -

May 23, 2014 3:29 pm

National Security

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata -

May 23, 2014 12:12 am

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