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Digitizing the California Budget

by policy intern Eric Dunn Budget transparency for the state of California is the subject of California Common Sense, a new website launched by Stanford University students and alumni. It includes reports and transparency tools that dig into the Cal… [...]

The Incredible Shrinking Congress: Budget Bill Diminishes Legislative Capacity

Congress will shed significant legislative capacity if the budget bill approved earlier today by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch becomes law. The legislative branch faces a $227 million (or 6.39%) cut from FY 2011, with… [...]

Physician: do no harm!

The fanatical pursuit by Republicans to dismantle protections our Government provides will leave us all at greater risk. One simple-minded pursuit is the thoughtless desire to disband or severely cut-back the Environmental Protection Agency.  The … [...]

A Letter to My Congresswoman

I just sent this letter to my representative in the House of Representatives.  It will be interesting to see what sort of response I receive. Congresswoman Hayworth,On Saturday afternoon, you called our house to invite us to participate in a tele-… [...]

Major Cuts for Online Tech Transparency Progs

by Daniel Schuman, The Sunlight Foundation Details emerging last night on the FY 2011 budget agreement indicate that the electronic government fund will be cut to $8m from the $34 million appropriated in FY 2010, a reduction to 1/4 of its previous fun… [...]

Budgets of river villages reveal modest tax increases

by Cliff Weathers The river villages of Nyack and South Nyack recently unveiled their 2011-2012 budget proposals, and both municipalities plan on keeping their tax increases below 1.6 percent for the next year.  This news is particularly encouragin… [...]

Four questions on the budget deal

by John Wonderlich, the Sunlight Foundation Last night's House and Senate votes have managed to avert a government shutdown, but the picture still isn't clear about what transpired. Here are my 4 questions on the budget deal. The House and… [...]

Living HOMEGROWN: Six Tips For Eating Homegrown On A College Kid Budget

Caroline has been part of the HOMEGROWN and Farm Aid family since she first volunteered at the Farm Aid concert in 2008, and again in 2009. In the winter and summer semesters of 2010, she came on staff as a Northeastern University Co-op intern. She graduates in May (congratulations!) and you’ll soon be seeing a [...] [...]

The budget has landed (and a breakdown of local school cuts)

TweetFor the first time in five years, Albany has gotten its act together and passed a budget on time — indeed, a day early. That’s the good news. The bad news? With all the cuts required to close a $10 billion budget gap, state-run services are being… [...]

An on-time budget? In New York State?

If so, it’ll be the first since 2006, says the NY Daily News. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders announced a deal on the budget this afternoon, and it looks a lot like the budget Cuomo proposed back in February: The budget calls for a 2% d… [...]