Fiscal Magic

Sure, it’s important to watch your money when you travel. But some extras can be worth the savings in pain and regret.

Sure, it’s important to watch your money when you travel. But some extras can be worth the savings in pain and regret. …

Ashtabula County commissioners Daniel Claypool and Peggy Carlo asked the county’s Convention Facilities Authority, Friday morning, to give any available funds from the bed tax to the county to assist with lodge debt this year.

The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal by more than $5 billion over the next five years as part of its strategy to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually rid the world of them.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s campaign ended 2009 with less money in the bank than it had in September after financing an advertising blitz intended to buff his bruised image in his home state of Nevada, records released Friday showed.

Larger Tennessee families will qualify for a bigger earned income tax credit this year, providing more help for people struggling in the economy, IRS officials said.The 35-year-old tax credit is one of the federal government’s biggest benefit programs for people who work but don’t make a lot of money.In Tennessee last year, nearly 608,000 tax filers received about $1.3 billion in benefits. The …

BRADENTON — State Sen. Mike Bennett on Friday suggested that government money woes could be lessened with more budget cuts and consolidation of public services, such as Manatee’s fire districts, and the Bradenton Police Department and Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

While every penny counts in today’s economy, many working people overlook an important tax credit that could put up to $5,600 or more in their pockets. The Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, can be the needed financial boost for working families hit by hard economic times and for workers who don’t earn a lot of money.

Traveling by bus or light rail in the Sacramento area is about to cost more money.

The U.S. automaker Ford Friday reported an annual net income of 2.7 billion U.S