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
House approves Republican deficit-cutting plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided House approved a $3.6 trillion Republican budget on Thursday recasting Medicare and imposing sweeping cuts in domestic programs, capping a battle that gave both political parties a campaign-season stage to spotlight their warring deficit-cutting priorities.March 29, 2012
House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal's architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats over its political fallout and downplayed the possibility he could be tapped as a vice presidential candidate.March 25, 2012
House GOP unveils budget blueprint
Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday set up what appears to be a potential re-run of last year’s turbulent domestic policy fight with President Barack Obama, putting forward an election-year budget manifesto that would blend steep social program cuts with reduced tax rates.By By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , March 21, 2012
Cut spending much more deeply, House GOP plan says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama.March 21, 2012
House GOP may abandon budget pact with Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than a year after reaching a budget agreement with President Barack Obama, House GOP leaders now seem likely to walk away from it under pressure from tea party-backed conservatives eager to show voters they're serious about shrinking the government.March 07, 2012
School Board to cut $150,000 from next budget
The Jamestown Public School Board came to a consensus to cut at least $150,000 from the 2012-2013 school year budget at Monday’s meeting. The district faces estimated deficit spending of $945,125 for the next school year. Dropping between $150,000 and $200,000 from the deficit is the first step toward the long process of having a balanced budget.By Ben Rodgers , March 06, 2012
N.D. budget: State watching infrastructure
By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Co. , March 05, 2012
Deficit spending: School Board finds red ink is coming if changes not made
By Ben Rodgers , February 24, 2012
Obama takes tougher college stance
Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?February 21, 2012
Berg says Grand Forks Air Force Base can survive budget cuts
North Dakota U.S. Rep. Rick Berg said the Grand Forks Air Force Base can weather possible cuts to the nation’s defense budget. President Barack Obama wants Congress to bring back the Base Realignment and Closure commission as part of a budget-cutting effort.February 15, 2012
GOP critics hit Obama’s budget
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Tuesday that the president’s new $3.8 trillion spending plan would impose new taxes on only 2 percent of the nation’s wealthiest families and the alternative would be to seek more painful cuts in other government programs such as defense, Social Security and Medicare.February 15, 2012
Diversion backers OK with Obama’s budget
With a mixture of disappointment and thanks, North Dakota and Minnesota lawmakers say some federal funding for the Red River diversion is better than none at all.By By Kristen M. Daum, Forum Communications Co. , February 14, 2012
Obama's budget: Govt still growing, despite cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud on Capitol Hill.February 14, 2012
Obama's new budget: Higher taxes for the wealthy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits.By By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press , February 13, 2012
Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday confirmed a report that President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year. The deficit would drop to $901 billion next year under the administration's tax and spending policies.February 10, 2012
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