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Democrats tap gaming cash cow to help fill state budget gap
Quincy Herald-Whig· 4 hours agoIn order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal cliff facing the state in the next couple of years, Democrats who control state government are betting ...
Budget chief says immigration surge could add $1 trillion to Social Security coffers
The Hill· 4 hours agoThe House will go through the appropriations process, which will once again push lawmakers into...
Republicans prepare to fast-track tax cuts in reconciliation
The Hill via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoRepublicans are getting ready to fast-track the extension of the Trump tax cuts through the...
Your taxes will likely have to go up, despite Biden’s $400K pledge
Market Watch· 1 day ago“You’d not just be testing the limits of political feasibility,” he told MarketWatch, “but there’s...
The Social Security Fix Nobody Wants to Talk About
New York Times· 5 days agoA small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would have to take...
Mulvaney: Until we agree on some basic facts, addressing the national debt will be tough
The Hill· 6 days agoThe (sadly, only recent) interest in the national debt has prompted some on the left to begin laying...
A Bill to Save Bay Area Transit From Fiscal Disaster Is Dead, at Least for Now | KQED
KQED· 5 days agoOfficials with some transit operators, like Caltrain, didn’t like a provision that would require a...
Education, health, pension spending up in $14 billion RI budget
WPRI Providence· 4 days agoThe budget bill is a revised version of the tax-and-spending plan that Gov. Dan McKee put forward in...
Social Security is not 'going broke' – but here’s what could happen by 2035
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 5 days agoDespite what you may have seen in headlines, Social Security is not running out of money, Social...
Why Bay Area transit rescue plan is on hold
KTVU· 1 day agoBART's board of directors are meeting on Thursday to discuss a ballot measure that would give the transit agency a much-needed financial lifeline....