Budget & Taxes MEDICAID OUTPACES PRIVATE INSURANCE IN ACA'S OPENING WEEKS: In May the Congressional Budget Office projected that as a result of the Affordable Care Act, nine million more Americans would enroll in Medicaid in 2014 and seven... Read More
Budget & Taxes SUIT BLAMES MORGAN STANLEY FOR DETROIT'S FISCAL CRISIS: The Wall Street investment firm that has already agreed under settlements with U.S. government regulators to pay over $1.5 billion for its part in the subprime mortgage... Read More
Budget & Taxes AL BOND SALE MAY ESTABLISH BANKRUPTCY TEMPLATE: Jefferson County, Alabama sold $1.8 billion in bonds this month. What's particularly noteworthy about that is the county has been in bankruptcy since November 2011, after defaulting... Read More
Budget & Taxes SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE FATE OF CO TABOR: Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights — requiring lawmakers to obtain voter approval to raise taxes and to issue refunds to taxpayers when revenues grow faster than inflation... Read More
Budget & Taxes TECH INDUSTRY CURBS TAXES: As the nation's economy has shifted from goods-based to service-based, some states have sought to counter the resulting revenue hit by taxing technological services like the updating of computer software... Read More
Budget & Taxes STATES DEBATE BENEFIT OF RED-LIGHT CAMERAS: Communities in 24 states now have at least one red-light camera, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. But whether those cameras have made the communities' intersections... Read More