Fiscal Magic

The County Council may create a financial incentive for more agencies to adopt restrictive policies.

Itâs been a difficult couple of years for the Arizona Department of Veterans Services in which financial and facilities woes created problems in serving more than 600,000 veterans, the agencyâs director said.

The D.C. government could not properly account for how it spent almost $325,000 in federal grant money intended to enhance state and local law enforcement, according to an audit report released Wednesday by the inspector general of the Justice Department.

TALLAHASSEE — Saying he simply didn’t have enough money to run a viable campaign, Lawton “Bud” Chiles abandoned his longshot independent bid for governor Wednesday and said he plans to endorse Democrat Alex Sink.

This hasn’t been the most pleasant week for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.

BRISTOL — Bike riders raised about $10,000 for the city’s homeless shelters on Sunday, said Phil Lysiak, executive director of the St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol.

Money running out for jobs re-training program.

There’s an added incentive to prove which college or university has the best athletic program in America — $200,000 in graduate scholarship money. On Wednesday, the NCAA and corporate sponsor Capital One announced they were joining forces to create the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to best all-around men’s and women’s Division I programs.

Money Management International releases infographic about how kids learn about and spend money

John Fredriksen , the billionaire chairman of the world’s biggest operator of supertankers, said there “won’t be much money to earn” in shipping in the next two to three years.