California is facing a $12 billion budget deficit this year. But rather than engage in real fiscal discipline or rank order ...

The more Republicans insist that their far-right legislation would shrink the deficit, the more the CBO's arithmetic points ...

New polls show that while elements are unpopular, the bill is more popular among those who aren’t paying attention.

“As democracy is perfected,” Mencken wrote in 1920, “the office [of the President] represents, more and more closely, the ...

Colorado’s cap on budget growth and expected costs for Medicaid and more leaves budget-writing lawmakers nearly $700 million in the hole for the budget year that begins July 1, 2026.

"I just want to acknowledge that it's a balance, and these are hard choices that we're making up here," said Councilwoman ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget ...

Dueling state budget proposals would give Arizonans better roads, public safety enhancements and more money for public schools. The competing, multibillion-dollar plans contain a lot more for Grand ...

On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day session, Florida lawmakers gave final approval to a leaner state budget ...