Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont delivers the State of the State address during opening session at the State Capitol, Feb. 9, 2022, in Hartford, Conn. Lamont on Tuesday, (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Lamont wants to tap $500M emergency reserve fund

Center Square · December 18, 2025 2:11 pm

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House.

NYC Council urged to delay pay raise proposal

Center Square · December 16, 2025 6:59 pm

Freshly cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency.

Don’t reverse progress on deficits with new spending

Washington Examiner · December 15, 2025 5:00 am

Social Security money 2.

New Orleans cost-cutting measures are paying off, report says

Center Square · December 9, 2025 7:13 pm

This Oct. 2010 file photo shows CalTrans, left, working along the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles. A new report commissioned by California's top transportation officials concludes that the state department in charge of highway planning and construction needs a major overhaul. The report authors say that the California Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, is stuck in the past.

Beltway Confidential

California’s new tax: A monthly subscription to use state roads

Zachary Faria · December 9, 2025 3:54 pm

Freshly cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

New Orleans approves $1.6B budget with $150M in cuts

Center Square · December 2, 2025 2:02 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) smiles.

When will Newsom’s spending bubble burst?

Washington Examiner · November 30, 2025 5:00 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).

California Democrats push pet projects despite $12 billion deficit blamed on Trump

Barnini Chakraborty · November 27, 2025 7:00 am

Gavin Newsom stands with first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom as he speaks during an election night press conference at a California Democratic Party office Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Beltway Confidential

Newsom continues to spend California into a budget hole

Zachary Faria · November 24, 2025 2:48 pm

The California State Capitol.

California faces $18 billion budget deficit in 2026-27: Report

Center Square · November 22, 2025 1:48 pm

An American flag flies over the Capitol in Washington.

Congress used government funding bill to ‘erase’ $3.4 trillion in deficits

Center Square · November 15, 2025 3:20 pm

FILE - President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio.

Downside of $2,000 tariff dividend checks: Inflation

Zach Halaschak · November 12, 2025 7:00 am