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
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
Budget plan includes state match for university donations
The governor’s billion-dollar budget package for the next two years in North Dakota comes wrapped with a special incentive for the state’s universities and colleges.By By Erik Burgess, Forum Communications , December 12, 2012
Obama heading to Michigan to argue for more taxes on rich
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one for the first time to discuss ways to avert the “fiscal cliff.”By Associated Press , December 10, 2012
Dalrymple's budget recommendation includes tax cuts, public works spending
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple is recommending a $12.8 billion, two-year budget to the Legislature.By Associated Press , December 05, 2012
Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bears and budgets top the list as Congress returned Tuesday from a seven-week election break to a long list of unfinished business.By Associated Press , November 13, 2012
CBO tallies 2012 deficit at $1.1 trillion
A new estimate puts the deficit for the just-completed 2012 budget year at $1.1 trillion, the fourth straight year of trillion dollar deficits on President Barack Obama’s watch. The result was a slight, $207 billion improvement from the 2011 deficit of $1.3 trillion.By By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , October 09, 2012
ND lawmakers hopeful surplus projections prove out
North Dakota lawmakers are going over budget estimates that predict the state's general fund will have a $1.6 billion budget surplus by June.September 20, 2012
Even more money: N.D. surplus projection has doubled since July
At this rate, we’re going to need a bigger piggy bank. North Dakota’s already-rich outlook got richer Wednesday after the latest budget report estimated the surplus in the state’s general fund will hit a new high of $1.6 billion by the time the current biennium ends next June. That’s nearly double the $850 million surplus projected just two months ago.By By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications , September 20, 2012
City considers increase in wages for 2013
The city of Jamestown is considering a 3.4 percent increase in wages and benefits next year, according to a preliminary city budget report presented at Wednesday’s Jamestown City Council meeting.August 16, 2012
Dalrymple unveils his budget plan
By By Dave Olson , Forum Communications , August 14, 2012
State's reserves predicted to hit $2 billion
BISMARCK – No longer will North Dakotans be talking about the state’s billion-dollar surplus and reserves.June 19, 2012
California lawmakers pass budget on $15.7B deficit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have approved a plan to balance California's $15.7 billion deficit without Gov. Jerry Brown's endorsement so they can keep collecting their paychecks.June 15, 2012
Guidelines first steps for budget
The reaction to North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s budget guidelines for the executive agencies under his control has been, shall we say, a tad extreme. Some of it is political claptrap, such as state Sen. Ryan Taylor’s, D-Towner, reaction that the governor’s guidelines “fall short of reality.” Taylor, the Democratic-NPL candidate for governor, surely knows better, but it’s a political season, and he’s obligated to take shots at his opponent when the opportunity arises.By The Forum of Fargo , April 27, 2012
House GOP pulls its budget punches
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are opting for the politically safe route as they follow up their tightfisted, tea party-driven budget with less controversial steps to cut spending.By Associated Press , April 24, 2012
Gov asks ND agencies to hold spending even
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota agencies should stick to their current spending levels when preparing new budgets for the next two years and also provide options for possible cuts, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Monday.April 16, 2012
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