Tag: Government finance
Neil Clark, lobbyist named in $60M Ohio bribery probe, dies
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A longtime Ohio lobbyist who had pleaded not guilty in a sweeping federal bribery investigation died Tuesday, a former U.S. attorney...
Former Evansville housing exec gets probation for theft
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A former top executive at a southwestern Indiana nonprofit that provides housing for veterans and homeless families was sentenced to two...
Indiana lawmakers pass bill to ensure school funding
INDIANAPOLIS — A Senate bill aimed at ensuring Indiana’s public schools receive full funding for all students during the coronavirus pandemic is headed to...
GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from...
What to do if you are a victim of unemployment fraud
<p>Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic — the Labor Department inspector general’s office estimates that more than $63...
Watching the watchers: who’s at the helm of EU’s Frontex?
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its...
Washington State lands naming rights deal for stadium field
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State has reached a deal for the naming rights to the playing field at Martin Stadium that will guarantee the...
IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way
WASHINGTON — Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun,...
Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?
WASHINGTON — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes:...
IRS says new round of COVID relief payments on the way
<p>WASHINGTON — Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun,...