TRENTON, NJ – As more New Jersey schools continue to report closures, staff layoffs, and even the sale of longtime community schools because of being ‘shortchanged’ by Governor Phil Murphy’s S2 funding…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Tuesday that it delivered a record amount of care and benefits to veterans in New Jersey during fiscal year 2024, reflecting…
BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Lottery and Gaming has announced a contribution of $1.585 billion to state programs and services in Fiscal Year 2024, marking the second-largest annual transfer to the state. The…
SCRANTON – Angela Saar, 51, from Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, has been charged with wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The charges, detailed in…
“The Department of Justice collected millions of dollars from criminals and civil litigants in Mississippi that will now be used to help victims get back on their feet, ensure law enforcement agencies…
The U.S. Congress finally finished the spending bills for 2024. For those keeping score, that’s nearly six months past the use-by date to produce a budget deficit of about $1.5 trillion. Many…
New Jersey Faces Deepening Fiscal Crisis, Analysis Finds TRENTON, NJ – The Multi-Year Budget Workgroup (MYBW) at Rowan University’s Sweeney Center for Public Policy has released its annual Economic Forecast, revealing that…
Trenton, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy is scheduled to deliver the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Address at 2:00 PM, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, in the Assembly Chamber at the New Jersey…
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2023 rose 16% to a record $238 billion, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, as countries sought…
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy is set to cool this year, a Reuters survey found, amid an intensifying tug of war between the government and some lawmakers over…
No Major Presidential Candidates Have A Plan To Tackle The Fiscal ‘Trainwreck’ Coming In 2025 Mary Lou Masters on January 21, 2024 Presidential candidates don’t appear to have a plan to tackle…
Burlington, Vermont – U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest announced significant financial recoveries by the District of Vermont in Fiscal Year 2023. The office collected a total of $3,106,754.45 through various criminal and…
PROVIDENCE, RI – Zachary A. Cunha, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, announced the collection of $6,952,328.06 in criminal and civil actions during Fiscal Year 2023. The total includes…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil should end 2024 with a primary deficit of 55.3 billion reais ($11.2 billion), the federal audit court (TCU) said, in the latest sign of skepticism that President Luiz…
JD FOSTER: How To Tell The RINOs From The True Fiscal Hawks J.D. Foster on January 13, 2024 As is pretty common these days, conservatives are ticked off big time. The cause…
By Davide Barbuscia and Matt Tracy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit rating agency Fitch said on Wednesday it expects U.S. fiscal deficits to remain high this year, and that fiscal policy and…
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging markets are gearing up for their biggest election year in decades, with investors focused on fiscal discipline and populist shifts that could stir markets and…
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has reduced its 2023 budget deficit significantly to 347.6 trillion rupiah ($22.48 billion), equivalent to 1.65% of gross domestic product (GDP) based on…
Number Of Suspected Terrorists Removed By ICE Skyrocketed In Fiscal Year 2023 Jake Smith on December 29, 2023 The number of suspected illegal alien terrorists removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is planning a larger budget deficit of 713 billion baht ($20.71 billion) for the 2025 fiscal year and higher spending of 3.6 trillion baht that year, the government…
By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and his French counterpart Minister Bruno Le Maire will meet in Paris on Tuesday to try to reach an agreement on…
CINCINNATI–-U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati spent part of Fiscal Year 2023 (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023) intercepting and identifying more than 6,800 documents, a 219% increase over…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France is determined to reach a deal on new EU fiscal rules by the end of the year, France’s Finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday, adding the…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday an agreement on new EU fiscal rules should be reached soon, adding some legal aspects needed to be clarified.…
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France and Germany agree on most of the proposed changes to European Union fiscal rules but differ on the treatment of investment spending when the deficit…
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers will discuss changes to the EU’s fiscal rules on Thursday and Friday to reach a deal or bring positions closer on a…