Lisa Lambert

Senate bill on Web sales tax moves forward but support erodes

May 23, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to move forward with legislation that would allow states to force retailers to collect online sales taxes, though the measure lost...

Jobless rates plummet in states with housing recovery

August 24, 2021 at 1:12 p.m.

(Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in most states in March from the year before, including California where joblessness fell to a four-year low, as the recovery picked up in places...

State budget officers seek overhaul of university funding

August 24, 2021 at 6:40 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public colleges and universities face a funding crunch, state budget officers from across the country said on Wednesday, as the fiscal watchdogs called for reforms and even...

U.S. cities face threats from federal cuts to revenues, economies

August 24, 2021 at 5:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, talks about the federal spending cuts set to begin on Friday, she does not mention appropriations committees, line items or revenue...

Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts

August 24, 2021 at 4:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and...

Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts

June 25, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and...

Teachers press Obama to keep promises as spending cuts loom

August 24, 2021 at 3:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest teachers union in the United States is telling President Barack Obama not to back down from promises he made in his January inauguration speech as...

Education chief says rule waivers free up funds for states

August 24, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By waiving certain requirements in the education law known as No Child Left Behind, the U.S. government has been able to send some states an additional $2.8...

Education chief says rule waivers free up funds for states

August 22, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By waiving certain requirements in the education law known as No Child Left Behind, the U.S. government has been able to send some states an additional $2.8...

Americans answer D.C.’s siren song of employment, strong economy

August 24, 2021 at 12:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirteen years ago the band The Magnetic Fields crooned that the U.S. capital city is "the greatest place to be," in the indie love song "Washington, D.C."...

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