Congressional Budget Office’s transparency efforts are intended to promote a thorough understanding of its work, help people gauge how estimates might change if policies or circumstances differed, and enhance the credibility of its analyses and processes SUMMARY: Transparency is a top priority for the Congressional Budget Office, and the agency…
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CBO: Business Tax Credits for Wind and Solar Power
Report-April 11, 2025. The Congressional Budget Office* “(CBO) provides an overview of federal tax credits that support investment in wind and solar electric power. The agency also explains how it assesses the credits’ budgetary and economic effects and how its baseline reflects JCT’s revenue estimates.” SUMMARY: The federal government provides…
CBO: Projections of Deficits and Debt Under an Alternative Scenario for the Budget
April 10, 2025, Report The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed the effects of an alternative budget scenario in which certain provisions of the 2017 tax act were extended permanently and revenues were reduced by additional amounts. SUMMARY: This letter responds to a request for an analysis of projected deficits and…
News Briefs and Summaries from the NJSBA, April 10, 2025
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The Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards, With Commentary
Adopted August 2016; Revised Commentary 2017 and 2024. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Persons with mental disorders are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. Studies suggest that anywhere from 16 to 24% of people in jails and prisons have a serious mental illness.1 This rate is three to 12 times higher…
CBO: Projections of Deficits and Debt Under Alternative Scenarios for the Budget and Interest Rates
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)* analyzed the effects of alternative budget scenarios in which provisions of the 2017 tax act were extended and the average interest rate on federal debt increased. Summary: This letter responds to a request for an analysis of projected deficits and debt under alternative scenarios for…
CBO Workbook on How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget: 2025-2035
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)* has created a workbook to allow users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios by specifying differences in the values of four economic variables relative to the values underlying CBO’s January 2025 projections. SUMMARY: This workbook allows users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios…
News Briefs and Summaries from the NJSBA, March 14, 2025
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NJSBA Statement on its Commitment to the Rule of Law and Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Legal Community
“The New Jersey State Bar Association remains steadfast in its mission of fostering a diverse and inclusive legal community, advancing the rule of law, protecting individual rights under the Constitution, preserving the independence of our judiciary, and providing equal protection and access to justice for all.”
News Briefs and Summaries From NJSBA, March 7, 2025
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