State budget forecast shows surplus now, but projects $3 billion deficit in next budget cycle

Lawmakers are required to balance their budgets and must now figure out how to tackle the deficit for the 2028-29 cycle.
Charlotte Observer

Is a late state budget unusual for NC? Why and how it’s happened before

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Summer has waned and the state of North Carolina hasn’t passed a new state budget by Labor Day. That makes it two months late, given ...
Altoona Mirror

State budget process needs an overhaul

Pennsylvania finally has a 2025-26 state budget — a $50.1 billion behemoth approved Nov. 12, the Legislature having missed the constitutionally mandated budget-preparation deadline of June 30 by ...
Detroit Free Press

After budget fights and delays, Gov. Whitmer signs new bipartisan Michigan spending plan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer brought this year's prolonged state budget process to an end, signing into law spending plans for state government and education through Sept. 30, 2026, the first she brokered ...