Discover how earmarking sets money aside for specific purposes in personal finance, organizations, politics, and more with historical and practical examples.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey made a stop at Easthampton’s CitySpace during a March 7 visit to Western Massachusetts to officially ...

Two Greater Cincinnati congressmen made some out-of-character decisions when it comes to earmark money this year.

More than 30 South Carolina charities granted a combined $11.3 million through the budget earmark process over the past two years were out of compliance with state law and should not have been ...

A $1 million earmark that would fund the renovation of an LGBTQ community center in Pennsylvania was stripped from the six-bill spending package under consideration this week after backlash from ...

Congressional appropriators aren’t meeting the White House’s goal of creating a searchable earmark database, according to transparency advocates. A group of watchdogs called EarmarkData.org is ...

The House ethics committee is grappling with how it should interpret the new rules governing earmarks and explain what is legal and ethical, and what is not. “It is a particularly difficult issue to ...

A Luzerne County Council majority tabled two opioid litigation settlement fund earmarks Tuesday after some members called for more transparency in the way allocation recommendations are brought to ...

but many groups fail to grasp the finer points of lobbying or the types of projects that lawmakers find attractive, lobbyists and experienced fund raisers say. Among the key elements that tend to make ...

The Democrats’ multi-trillion-dollar social-infrastructure spending plan includes a “Schumark” — a $40 billion earmark championed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for the New York City Housing ...