BUDGET
Budget Help Tip of the Week: Saving at the Grocery Store
Before our last grocery excursion, my wife and I were discussing at which market we would spend our hard earned dollars. After much debating we decided there had to be a better (and cheaper) way to sh...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:09 AM
$5 Dinners
Erin Chase blogs at $5 Dinners with recipes of meals that don't cost more than $5. She has made a listing of the Most popular recipes. She has also had a couple of cookbooks published containing r...
Posted on 1/4/13 at 6:02 PM
Fun on a Budget
We all live on tight budgets, but we still need to have some fun. A budget with no fun will be unlivable over time. Think of your budget as a diet. If your diet only consists of carrots and celery, ev...
Posted on 4/11/12 at 8:13 AM
Gift Giving On A Budget
So you set a budget and now you are having trouble sticking with it. You really want to do Christmas this year without more credit card debt.......I know you do and I do too. Maybe y...
Posted on 12/19/11 at 9:46 AM
Other budget highlights
UPDATED.....BISMARCK--The North Dakota executive budget for the 2011-13 biennium is more than 300 pages, so Gov. Jack Dalrymples budget address Wednesday couldnt touch on everything. Here are some ot...
Posted on 12/9/10 at 12:56 PM
Budget cuts hurt trade policy, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration's top trade official outlined President Barack Obama's ambitious trade agenda to Congress Tuesday while cautioning that budget cuts are hampering efforts to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones.By Associated Press , March 19, 2013
US economy hamstrung by Washington's brinksmanship
Three budget crises ago, in early 2011, Republicans and President Barack Obama faced off over raising the debt ceiling — and Alison Brown saw the writing on the wall.March 03, 2013
Beam me up, Yoda: Obama flubs 'Star Trek' term
March 01, 2013
Stocks waver on Wall Street as cuts loom
Mixed signals on the economy had the stock market wavering between slight gains and losses Friday, as a deadline for avoiding sweeping government spending cuts looms.March 01, 2013
How the budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples:By By Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press , March 01, 2013
Obama, top lawmakers to meet Friday on budget cuts
The White House conceded Wednesday that efforts to avoid automatic budget cuts are unlikely to succeed before they kick in and is initiating new talks with congressional leaders to confront seemingly intractable tax-and-spend issues.February 27, 2013
Obama rejects plan for more say in spending cuts
President Barack Obama brushed off a Republican plan Tuesday to give him flexibility to allocate $85 billion in looming spending cuts, wanting no part of a deal that would force him to choose between the bad and the terrible.February 26, 2013
SPIN METER: In budget fight, sky is falling again
President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype.February 26, 2013
Kerry: Budget impasse a challenge for US diplomacy
Secretary of State John Kerry says the greatest challenge to U.S. foreign policy is not emerging China or Middle East instability. It's Congress.February 20, 2013
Consequences of failure laid out in budget fight
A new plan by Senate Democrats to head off severe spending cuts in two weeks met an icy reception from Republicans on Thursday as administration officials stepped forward to lay out the biting consequences that could come if no deal is reached soon: thousands of air traffic controllers sidelined, the on and off idling of meat plants nationwide, slashed food aid and nutrition education for low-income women and children, locked gates at wildlife refuges, 10,000 laid-off teachers, and much more.February 14, 2013
GOP lawmakers see automatic cuts as leverage
There's a growing sense of resignation that the county's political leaders will be unable or unwilling to find a way around looming automatic spending cuts despite fresh signs the trims would threaten the recovering economy.By ANDREW TAYLOR ,Associated Press , January 30, 2013
Schumer says Senate Democrats will pass budget
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats intend to approve a budget for the first time in almost four years, a prominent lawmaker said Sunday, but he said it will call for higher tax revenues that Republicans are sure to oppose.By By Philip Elliott, Associated Press , January 20, 2013
Capitol takes Dayton budget delay comment seriously
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday morning that he was considering delaying releasing his budget because of recent back surgery, then said it was all a joke.By By Don Davis Forum News Service , January 14, 2013
Dayton suggests bad back may delay budget plan
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he is recovering well from back surgery, but if he is not better by Jan. 22 he may delay releasing his budget proposal.By By Don Davis, Forum News Service , January 14, 2013
N.D. puts expanded budget to good use
“For existing programs, the Fiscal Year 2014 budget will again support modest increases rather than cuts,” the governor wrote last week. “The budget will also allow a small amount of spending in other targeted areas.By Grand Forks Herald , December 28, 2012
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