Dialysis Patients Panic As Financial ‘Life Raft’ Becomes Unmoored
Russell Desmond received a letter a few weeks ago from the American Kidney Fund that he said felt like “a smack on the face.”
The organization informed Desmond, who has kidney failure...
‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session
When you need medical care, it can be a lot like entering a casino — playing for your financial life with the deck stacked against you.
But in this episode,...
Council Watchdog Calls for Close Look at NYPD Complaint Investigation Budget Cuts
Reacting to imminent budget cuts at the agency charged with investigating police misconduct, the head of the City Council’s public safety committee is pressing for accountability.
Councilmember Donovan Richards (D-Queens)...
Analysis: Texas in a state of financial uncertainty
It will be a miracle if Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and his team of financial prognosticators are right about the arc of the state’s economy over the next few months.
The LBJ...
De Blasio Budget Filled With Short-Term Risks and Long-Term Dangers, Fiscal Watchdogs Say
New York City is depending on federal aid from Washington to protect Mayor Bill de Blasio’s precariously balanced pandemic-shaped budget from the many risks it contains — including any...
Analysis: Texas in a state of financial uncertainty
It will be a miracle if Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and his team of financial prognosticators are right about the arc of the state’s economy over the next few months.
The LBJ...
University funding: a juggling act
The federal government’s juggling act with university funding today – making some arts and humanities courses more than twice as expensive, but “job-relevant” courses cheaper – is “unfortunate and...
Despite financial struggles, Mark’s Outing nourishes the community
Mark Outing, 48, sat on a table in his eponymous East Side burger restaurant and talked modestly about the experiences that made him who he is today.
In 1999, Outing...
Report shows state was double-counting permanent fund money for years
An annual audit of the state’s finances found that officials had double-counted over $750 million dollars. And that’s not the first time something like this has happened.
That’s the most...
Udall: NM set to get financial relief, another bill likely on its way
Thanks to a $2 trillion congressional relief package, New Mexico will start seeing financial support from the federal government for businesses impacted by COVID-19. And U.S. Sen. Tom Udall,...