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Budget
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Criminal justice cuts in President Obama’s proposed budget
Main February 14, 2011Criminal justice cuts in President Obama's proposed budgetThe Crime Report has this effective entry, based on this official document, reviewing the criminal justice cuts in the proposed…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Prison practicalities in lean budget times
Main February 11, 2011Prison practicalities in lean budget timesThanks to entries at The Crime Report, I saw these two notable stories from Louisiana and Texas that provide a sign of…
Land Use Prof Blog
Billions for High Speed Rail
Vice President Biden made an announcement Tuesday that's grabbing headlines - $53 billion in the Administration's proposed budget for high speed rail. From an article on CNN.com:The proposed new investment…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal fiscal discipline at DOJ might mean increases in good-time credits
Main January 26, 2011Federal fiscal discipline at DOJ might mean increases in good-time creditsA helpful reader pointed me to this notable new Wall Street Journal article headlined "Budget Cutting Starts…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Florida Senators Look to Texas for Prison System Cuts”
Main January 25, 2011"Florida Senators Look to Texas for Prison System Cuts"The title of this post is the headline of this interesting local article, which also carries the (somewhat amusing)…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Budget Issues Slow Down SEC Enforcement Efforts
The Wall St. Journal reports that the SEC is slowing down some investigations and inspections because of the budget impasse in Congress. Regulator Is Slowed By Budget Impasse Pro Publica is…
The CASA Comment
Budget Situation Summary, as of Dec. 2010
Washington currently faces about a $4.5 billion deficit in the 2011-13 budget cycle, which will be handled in this upcoming 2011 legislative session. Additionally, the state must immediately deal with…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Talk in Arizona about budgets and the need for sentencing changes
Main November 10, 2010Talk in Arizona about budgets and the need for sentencing changesThis AP story, which is headlined "Lawmakers say Arizona budget woes, prison costs could provide impetus for…
Don't Mess With Taxes
Would, could the U.S. ‘tax and axe’? Wednesday, June 23,
Would, could the U.S. 'tax and axe'? Wednesday, June 23, 2010 All eyes are on England and the United States, but I'm not talking (this time) about the World Cup…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Death penalty kills the budget”
Main May 18, 2010"Death penalty kills the budget"The title of this post is the headline of this effective commentary making the financial case against bringing the death penalty back to…