While tight budgets present plenty of hardships, they also offer local officials a golden opportunity to rethink the way we run schools and boost productivity and efficiency.
HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.04.2012
Kansas state courts will shut down for five Fridays this spring to save money in a state budget crisis that includes a $1.4 million hole in the court ...
Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.28.2012
Organizations that devote time and energy to developing strategic plans must have the courage to imagine truly different futures. And the financial forecasts that should end every plan should reveal one aspect of this new tomorrow.
Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 01.15.2012
With a level-funded budget of $205 million, there is simply no way the CFTC can do their old job, never mind all their new financial reform responsibilities.
Posted 12.28.2011
From Lonely Planet's new book, How to Land a Jumbo Jet, a visual exploration of travel facts, figures and ephemera. Available now from Lonely Planet. ...
The Wall Street Journal | Leslie Eaton And Kris Maher | Posted 09.06.2011
Forty-six states began a new fiscal year Friday after lawmakers spent the spring hashing out budgets that largely avoid big tax increases in favor of ...
AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 08.27.2011
MINNEAPOLIS — As university budgets take a beating across the country, agricultural schools and extension programs are feeling the impact. Larg...
Martin J. Blank | Posted 07.21.2011
In the midst of Duncan's "New Normal," community schools make more sense than ever.
Posted 07.19.2011
Rock band Red Fang got a $5,000 budget from their record label to make a video for their song "Wires." So what did they do? We don't wanna ruin an...
Bud Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011
Colorado's new governor is going to ask high school teachers at three of the city's schools to teach another class per semester. It's a kind of peer pressure move that is based on faulty logic.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's be clear: When politicians attack the poor, it is not partisan to challenge them -- it is a Christian responsibility.
Wallet Pop | Aaron Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011
Known for Coca-Cola, peach trees and Gone With the Wind, Atlanta now holds yet another honor: It is home to some of the most frugal shoppers in the co...
Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011
At this time, arts organizations must be far more nimble, financially, than ever before. Many of us have experienced unforeseen drops in contributed ...
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Cut spending, raise taxes and fees, and accept billions of dollars from Congress. That's been the formula for states trying to surv...
Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011
Why buy vanilla mass-produced-anyone-can-buy-and-everyone-will-have gifts this holiday season? Avoid the stampede. Be creative. Find originals.
Nicole Lapin | Posted 05.25.2011
Moving forward, the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year will be a true test of how far the states have come in repairing their bruised economies. For some, it's not a question of hitting rock bottom, but how to climb out of the fiscal hole once they do.
Posted 05.25.2011
If you think the recession has already decimated state services, think again. The worst state budget cuts are yet to come. States have enacted budg...
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Right now, the top six "too big to fail" banks control about 70% of the wealth in America. Here's how we can all change that.
John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Bloomberg insists that raising taxes on the city's wealthiest citizens will induce them to leave the city altogether, leaving the city even worse off. This flies in the face of the evidence.
Olivier Blanchard | Posted 05.25.2011
What advanced countries need is clarity of intent, an appropriate calibration of fiscal targets, and adequate structural reforms. With a little help from monetary policy, and from their (emerging market) friends.
AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.25.2011
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Students who wished their school librarians a nice summer on the last day of school may be surprised this fall when they're no...
Carol Hedges | Posted 05.25.2011
We've come a long way from Tocqueville's engaged America. I am happy to report, however, that thoughtful, respectful and civil discourse still thrives in the great state of Colorado.
Charlie Farrell | Posted 11.17.2011
Companies have slashed their expenses to become lean and mean. You should be doing the same in your own household.
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011
What was most interesting about my debate with CNBC's anchor Maria Bartiromo is how she became speechless -- and that ain't no easy feat -- when I challenged her about class warfare.
Gordon Adams | Posted 05.25.2011
The first 100 days of the Obama administration have been promising, but to paraphrase Death of a Salesman, 'Attention must [continue to] be paid.'"
Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 04.19.2012