government spending

The federal government's budget deficit rose sharply in March, pushing the deficit for the first six months of this budget year above the same period a year ago.

When it comes to government spending transparency, New Jersey received a C+ in a new report by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Law and Policy Center titled "Following the Money 2014: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data." This is the fifth annual report of its kind.

The Star-Ledger reports that Assembly Speaker Vinnie Prieto (D-Secaucus) is open to considering a gas tax increase and reinstatement of the millionaires' tax, in addition to looking for ways to cut government spending.

Leave it to the government to spend hundred of thousands of dollars on something when it isn't necessary or wanted. But that's exactly what they did when they spent $578,000 on a modular bathroom in a National Park. Yep, you read that right, the government spent a half-a-million dollars on a public toilet for a park, or as they called it a "comfort station...

Ever wonder how this country got into such a bad financial state? This video pretty much sums it up.

A New Jersey watchdog group is out with a new report that gives the State a grade of "C" when it comes to transparency of government spending.

The majority of politicians are excited as the prospect of $37 billion dollars coming to the Garden State for Sandy relief, except for one.

New Jersey received a “C+” for online transparency of state government spending, according to a report by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG).

The Garden State received a grade of "C+" for its online access to government spending data, in a report released today by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG).