Topic: State Budgets

More budget roulette

Gov. Deval Patrick's budget team may not have used smoke and mirrors to balance their spending proposal for the next fiscal year but they certainly...

BC-US--Obama-College Costs,98

BC-Obama-College Costs,98 January 28, 2012 09:07 GMT . . College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer ...

How can Michigan improve higher education?

Higher education was one of the topics State Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer talked about on Thursday. . . Brewer is on a tour of Upper Michigan ...

NY gov's infrastructure plan hailed, questioned

Share The numbers are big: $15 billion overall for improving New York state's infrastructure, including $5 billion-plus for a new Tappan Zee Bridge ...

State's growth lags behind nation

The Massachusetts economy grew at a slower clip than that of the U.S. during the final three months of last year, marking the first time in six ...

Legislative Panel Calls For MaineHousing Probe

The Maine Legislature's Government Oversight Committee wants to scrutinize spending by the Maine State Housing Authority following reports of ...
Broadway in 1860, from NYPL archives While public library systems across the country flounder in the face of declining tax revenue and dwindling...
CBS treated claims from Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney that the tax cuts they have proposed would increase federal tax revenue as an open question...
Though they raised the ire of anti-SOPA/PIPA activists for their one-time support of the controversial anti-piracy bills, the ESA fought to...
State lawmakers and union leaders gave a lukewarm -- at best -- reception Wednesday to Gov. Cuomo's pension reform proposal. Our Glenn Blain...