The Concord Coalition announced today that Former U.S. Representative Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Georgia) is the newest addition to the organization’s Board of Directors. Dr. Bourdeaux has built a distinguished decades-long career at the intersection of policy, politics, and governance. Dr. Bourdeaux…
Although anxiety over the debt limit impasse is practically all-consuming in Washington right now, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided a temporary distraction this week by publishing its long-awaited “alternative assumptions” about spending and tax policy. The figures were bleak…
At 78 years old, Santiago Matheus of Dania Beach is carefully watching the looming political showdown in Washington over whether the nation’s debt ceiling should be raised anew. “Of course I’m worried,” he said. “It would be an unprecedented situation if…
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released inflation data for March 2023 and in general the news was good: inflation is slowing. March inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 0.1% compared to February, and 5%…
