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Tax and Spending Limit Amendments Pick Up Steam

Joshua Culling

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

Amendments limiting increases in taxes or spending by state and local governments will likely be appearing on ballots in at least two states over the next ... (read more)

States, Localities Are Spending Themselves into Trouble, Reports Show

Amber Gunn

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / October 08, 2008

State and local spending has been outpacing revenue growth three to one, according to figures reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Second quarter ... (read more)

Port of Seattle Spends to Defend Itself

Amber Gunn

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / September 01, 2008

The Port of Seattle's legal bills have topped $1 million for three law firms hired in response to its recent performance audit and the launch of a criminal ... (read more)

Michigan Citizens Hope to Limit State's Spending

Kurt O'Keefe

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2006

Voters in Michigan may get a chance this November to make big changes in state policy and how the state manages its tax revenues. Petitioners across ... (read more)

New Mexico Vetoes Denounced as Political Payback

Paul J. Gessing

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2006

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) recently used his line-item veto powers to cut $269 million in spending out of the state's FY 2007 budget. Richardson ... (read more)

Rising Revenues Spur State Tax Cuts, Higher Spending

Kathleen Hunter

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / April 01, 2006

From Massachusetts to Hawaii, signs abound that the immense pressure placed on state budgets by the fiscal crisis early this decade has eased--and put tax ... (read more)

Anti-Poverty Spending Grows

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News. / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2006

Congress adjourned until January 31 without taking final action on federal budget and tax bills, but that did not stop Republicans and Democrats from both ... (read more)

Nevada Senator Seeks Spending Limits

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / February 01, 2006

After presenting fellow lawmakers with three different proposals to limit state and local spending in 2005, all of which failed, Nevada state Sen. Bob Beers ... (read more)

Corruption Plagues Homeland Security Department

Steve Stanek

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2005

The U.S. Homeland Security Department has been hit with a string of embarrassing internal reports of incompetence and corruption, the most recent of which ... (read more)