Issue Briefs

Three congressional candidates in New Hampshire expressed concerns about the federal budget and discussed possible solutions in live-audience television interviews at a “Fiscal Fridays Festival” in Concord last week. The event was co-sponsored by NH1, The Concord Coalition and the…

In advance of tomorrow’s presidential debate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), dozens of students there participated in an interactive federal budget exercise presented last week by The Concord Coalition.It was the last in a series of programs…

In tomorrow night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump should have a good opportunity to address some of the critical fiscal choices that await the next president and Congress. Two earlier presidential debates failed to provide voters with much…

State governments around the country face rapidly growing pension liabilities as the result of low returns and “weak” contributions, according to a new report from Moody’s Investor Services. Based on compliance with new accounting rules, the report says, states’ adjusted…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated Friday that the federal deficit for Fiscal 2016 totaled $588 billion, an increase of $149 billion over the previous year. The deficit for Fiscal 2016, which ended Sept. 30, equaled an estimated 3.2 percent…

Lawmakers reached agreement on and passed a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) last week to keep the government open through Dec. 9. The measure includes $1.1 billion in funds to fight the Zika virus and a full year’s worth of appropriations…

The next president will face difficult challenges with the federal budget, and younger Americans have much at stake in whether those challenges are effectively met. Three speakers delivered that message Thursday to students at Washington University in St. Louis, site…

The first segment of the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was dedicated to achieving prosperity. As Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby points out in a blog post today, that provided an opportunity for the…