If it is broke, try to fix it
Would a two-year budget process and another 18-member commission help the federal government stop spending so much money it doesn’t have?
Category: Nation
Stateline: Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers
Since last year, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and Utah have enacted similar laws that give greater power to politically appointed boards and administrators while weakening tenure protections and faculty sway over curriculum and university leadership
States Newsroom: Get ready for the semiquincentennial as U.S. celebrates 250th anniversary
Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th anniversary on this Fourth of July
Is Congress more divided than America is?
Is Congress more polarized than the American people, or does it merely reflect a polarized country?
Will Arkansans see $430 Social Security cut?
If Congress doesn’t act, the average Arkansas retiree could see a Social Security monthly benefit cut of $430 in 2032, based on findings from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Stateline: Inflation spiked to 4.2%, a three-year high, in May
The higher year-over-year inflation rate was expected, but at more than double the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%, the new numbers dimmed hopes for a cut in the interest rate
States Newsroom: Projected Social Security benefits cliff creeps up to 2032
Congress must act to shore up Social Security during the next six years to avoid an automatic drop-off in benefits in 2032