Subsidies

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, speaks with ESPN Executive Vice President of Administration Ed Durso after a ground-breaking for a new building on the ESPN campus in Bristol, Conn. on Aug. 2, 2011. ESPN receives hundreds of millions of dollars in state incentives from Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Beltway Confidential

ESPN and Connecticut shake each other down

Joel Gehrke · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

US farmers face difficult 2014 after reaping record year

US farmers face difficult 2014 after reaping record year

Washington Examiner · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

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With gift to hospitals, Democrats continue to scrap Obamacare deficit-reduction

Timothy P. Carney · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

Government dairy subsidies that affect the cost of a gallon of milk are set to expire at the end of the year as farm-state lawmakers said Tuesday that they do not expect to have a new farm bill â or an extension of current law â before Jan 1. (AP/Grand Forks Herald, John Brose)

Harry Reid says Senate will not extend farm law

MARY CLARE JALONICK · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Today, the Atlanta Tea Party filed a lawsuit to block subsidies for a new Atlanta Braves baseball stadium in Georgia's Cobb County.ÃÂ (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Bill de Blasio’s first decision: Corporate welfare for the Yankees and an Arab sheik?

Timothy P. Carney · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Congress poised to punt on long-term farm bill

Congress poised to punt on long-term farm bill

Sean Lengell · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Since 2005, the Renewable Fuel Standard has required fuel sold in the United States to contain biofuels, of which corn-based ethanol is the most common.

Energy and Environment

Manhattan Moment: Biofuel mandates help special interests at consumers’ expense

Op-Ed Contributor · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

The price of a gallon of milk is at risk of doubling in early 2014 if lawmakers don't pass a long-delayed farm bill by year's end. (AP Photo)

Milk prices poised to double unless Congress acts on farm bill

Sean Lengell · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Obamacare merry-go-round: Regulations, subsidies, taxes, more subsidies

Timothy P. Carney · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Bait and Switch: The Farm Bill’s Expensive and Pointless Catfish Subsidy

Mark Hemingway · November 20, 2013 10:23 pm

President Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday before the start of a meeting with representatives of health insurance companies. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

After shifting blame to insurers, Obama may give them subsidies

Timothy P. Carney · November 16, 2013 5:00 am

A row of Tesla Motors Model S electric sedans are shown during a demonstration on Oct. 31 at Crissy Field in San Francisco. Tesla Motors, the California-based maker of the Model S electric sedan, has completed the West Coast Supercharger route enabling Tesla owners to travel free between San Diego and Vancouver, BC. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Energy and Environment

Subsidies boost market for electric vehicles

Zack Colman · November 15, 2013 5:00 am