There are several key issues to watch in this year’s budget and appropriations process. The goal is to have all of the appropriations bills signed into law by the President by Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year.…
Members of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) opened their annual legislative conference in Washington March 28 by hearing a sobering assessment of the nation’s fiscal outlook. A panel consisting of Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby,…
Chapel Hill, N.C. –- North Carolina residents who worry about the country’s fiscal future learned what they and their elected representatives could do about it at a forum last week entitled “Fixing Our Fiscal Future.” (more…)
In signing the final piece of the health reform legislation, President Obama sought to shift some of the spotlight to the fact that it would also revamp the federal government’s student loan programs.The White House says the Health Care and…
