President Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill
Hours after threatening a veto, Trump signed the bill, saying it will increase defense spending.
Budget
What's Trump's Budget Means for Space, Health, and Basic Science in America
Under Trump's request, NASA's budget would hold steady, while the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation would see their funding slashed.
Breaking Down the Ramifications of the Congressional Budget Deal
The latest deal, once again, kicked longstanding budget issues down the road, and puts more pressure on future generations.
The Budget Deal Reinstates a Tax to Fund Oil Spill Clean-Ups
The tax on both domestic crude and imported petroleum products generated $500 million a year, on average, in federal revenue.
Three Key Numbers in Congress' Budget Compromise
Here's what you need to know about the big bipartisan spending package Congress just passed.
Congress Includes Massive Sale of Oil Reserves in Budget Deal
The congressional spending deal includes a sale of roughly 100 million barrels of oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a cache of federally owned oil.
Jerry Brown's Science-Based Approach to the Proposed California State Budget
After a difficult year, the governor has allocated a large portion of his 2018–19 budget to addressing environmental concerns.
Trump's Budget Means Disaster for State and Local Governments
The theory behind Trump's budget is that we must take from state and local programs in order to fund federal defense projects.
Can Lifetime Career Loans Help Dislocated Workers?
A new report argues for lifetime career loans as part of a modern New Deal for American workers.
Trump's Budget Represents His Administration's Plan for Solving America's Economic Ills
And, as it turns out, many economists don't love the administration's apparent investment priorities.
The Consequence of the Trump Administration Slashing the EPA's Science Office
The Office of Research and Development has been at front lines of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
White House Publishes Trump's Budget
It asks for more money for the departments of defense, homeland security, and justice.
How to Make Saving for Retirement Automatic
Congress and the White House are once again engaged in their annual budgetary dance, but there's one part of the proposal that should make them speed things up.
Should We Update Our Disability Insurance Program?
The disability program was saved—but an opportunity to improve it was lost.
The Prophet: Meet Dave Ramsey, America's Personal Finance Guru
Meet Dave Ramsey, the most important personal finance guru in America. Millions of people follow his biblically inspired advice. It goes like this: 1. Purge yourself of debt; 2. Live on cash; 3. Pretend economic trends don't affect you; 4. Blame yourself when they do.
This Government Shutdown Won't Be Our Last
Get used to government shutdowns. Serious budget problems are a common feature of large states in decline.
Highest Paid People on the Pentagon Budget: Three Football Coaches
The head coaches at Army, Navy, and Air Force make the most money in the Pentagon—and it's not all that surprising.
Study: How to Entice People to Buy Symphony Tickets
New research suggests that, contrary to common belief, ticket buyers are not particularly hostile toward contemporary compositions.
The Price of a Fumble by the Super Committee
An experiment demonstrates the death by a thousand cuts that could result from across-the-board cuts that would follow a deadline fumble by the U.S. deficit "super committee."
An Army of Change
Between budget cuts and suggestions that the Navy and Air Force have their pulse on the future, do the U.S. Army and Marines face bleak prospects?
If Postal Service Diversifies, It Can Deliver
Most of the U.S. Postal Service's plans for surviving in the short term come down to cutting costs and not implementing the new ideas its own consultants have called for.
Bridging the Budget Gap With Stolen Lunch Money
Results of a survey from the American Association of School Administrators shows how K-12 school officials across the country made cuts to their schools' programs.
Budget Hawks, Enviro Doves Offer Budget Cuts
As the U.S. Congress prepares to weigh a new round of massive budget cuts mandated by this summer's deal on the deficit, some odd bedfellows offer a suite of suggestions for saving green by being green.
State Budget Cuts Hurting Quality of Research
While the federal component of research funding remains federal, state budget cuts threaten U.S. research quality, educators say. ...