Read more budget stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3774/budget.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74439/university-of-california-imposes-32-tuition-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStudent protesters chanted “Shame on you! Shame on you!” on the UCLA campus today as the University of California board of regents approved a whopping 32% tuition hike. A year at a UC school—not including room and board—will now cost $10,300, three times the price in 1999....http://www.newser.com/story/74439/university-of-california-imposes-32-tuition-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72765/sarkos-400k-shower-steams-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe French Senate is perhaps understandably miffed at the outrageous price tag of Nicholas Sarkozy’s 6-month stint as president of the European Union. The half-year job of hosting meetings and events appears to have cost $262 million, which is borne mostly by the host nation, an official tells the BBC....http://www.newser.com/story/72765/sarkos-400k-shower-steams-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 14:58:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70590/soda-tax-deserves-to-fizzle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaxing soda is at best a stupid idea and at worst a cynical ploy by a money-grubbing government, writes Katherine Mangu-Ward for Reason . Here's why: Sin taxes don't work: "None of the nickel-and-dime proposals on the table is large enough to discourage soda drinking," Mangu-Ward writes. "And they're not really...http://www.newser.com/story/70590/soda-tax-deserves-to-fizzle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 13:39:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70652/congress-votes-to-boost-own-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith local governments around the country tightening their belts, Congress is loosening theirs. The House last week approved a 5.8% bump in the legislative budget, and the Senate is poised to do so as well. That’ll bring Capitol Hill’s annual budget to $4.7 billion, Politico reports. Expenditures include...http://www.newser.com/story/70652/congress-votes-to-boost-own-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65668/our-decrepit-democracy-cant-fix-health-care-klein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPowerful special interests are killing health-care reform, which is par for the course in Congress, writes Joe Klein of Time . “We’ve gotten rusty at legislating,” says one Tennessee Democrat. That’s overly kind, Klein retorts. The only bills that pass these days are essentials like budgets and “cotton-candy giveaways.” The best...http://www.newser.com/story/65668/our-decrepit-democracy-cant-fix-health-care-klein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64861/forget-space-fix-earth-instead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn today’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing, President Obama should again show bravery and determination by not indulging in more space exploration, Alex Pareene urges for Gawker. NASA has $100 billion earmarked to replace the shuttles, in order to do what? Go “back to the damn moon, where we...http://www.newser.com/story/64861/forget-space-fix-earth-instead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64174/arnold-budget-crisis-is-not-a-game-of-chicken.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTensions are soaring in California as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faces off against Democratic lawmakers in the state’s budget crisis. But the governator is keeping calm as he defends his position, the Financial Times reports. He’s calling for welfare reform before he’ll sign off on a budget, but Dems say now’s...http://www.newser.com/story/64174/arnold-budget-crisis-is-not-a-game-of-chicken.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Jul 2009 6:26:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63569/arnold-make-budget-talks-reality-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants another starring role onscreen—and he's looking to bring California’s legislators with him. The governator wants budget meetings televised or streamed online to show the public what gives, reports the Los Angeles Times . “A debate in front of the people” would “expose the problems and...http://www.newser.com/story/63569/arnold-make-budget-talks-reality-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 9:35:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61969/feds-reject-plea-for-calif-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government has rejected pleas for emergency aid from top California officials, reports the Washington Post . State officials warn that its budget crisis is approaching the point of a "fiscal meltdown" that will cause massive cuts and deepen the state's recession. But the Obama administration fears bailing out California...http://www.newser.com/story/61969/feds-reject-plea-for-calif-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 6:09:00 CDT