The Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council will vote next week on the agency’s fiscal 2012 budget, which would be reduced by about 10 percent. View full post on All Stories
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Retail Thursday: Sears Holdings, Williams-Sonoma
Retail earnings continue today, with reports from Sears Holdings and Williams-Sonoma. Sears Holdings (SHLD), parent to Sears as well as Kmart, said today it swung to a loss in the fiscal first quarter, of $170 million, or $1.58 per share, compared to a profit of $16 million, or $0.14 per share, last year. “Retail Thursday: [...]
Political Memo: Idea Rebounds: Automatic Cuts To Curb Deficits
The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings act of 1985, for all its flaws, created a fiscal climate of compelling compromises that eventually made deficit reduction possible, or so it seems now. View full post on All Stories
Budget Committee chair holds off on offering budget plan, ignores transparency requests (Daily Caller)
Daily Caller – Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee, led by Sen. Kent Conrad, are responsible for producing the Senate budget proposal for the next fiscal year. After weeks of talks and missed deadlines, it’s looking increasingly likely that Conrad will wait until the last possible moment to release his proposal. View full post on [...]
Fiery as ever, Laffey sets cross hairs on Providence, pensions
By Barbara Polichetti EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — Drastic times call for drastic measures, and former Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey didn’t pull any punches Saturday morning when telling a citizens’ watchdog group how he would solve the state’s staggering fiscal woes. The City of Providence, which could easily topple the whole state if it doesn’t [...]
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