Tag: Earmark

UEA opposes removing constitutional earmark on income tax for education

The Utah Education Association has announced its opposition to a proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution that would open the state income tax fund to “other state needs.” It is currently earmarked for public and higher education and programs for children and individuals with disabilities. In a statement issued late Thursday afternoon, UEA President Renée […]

Republicans’ Big FBI Cut Came From Scrapping One Senator’s Earmark

WASHINGTON — When Republicans won the House majority, some of their most conservative members pledged to use their power to slash the budgets of the federal agencies they claimed had been weaponized against them — chief among them the FBI. So when Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the package of six government spending bills he had […]