The federal government announced that the 2025 budget deficit came in at $1.8 trillion vs. a CBO estimate of $1.9 trillion. The lower-than-expected deficit was primarily driven by higher-than-forecast ...

Santa Barbara County probably won’t have a “status quo” budget next year, and departments are facing serious cuts.  Health and human services agencies are ...

The drivers of the improvement are largely outside the government’s control. Meanwhile, total debt is projected to exceed $1 ...

Indiana Medicaid Director Cora Steinmetz appears before the State Budget Committee on Dec. 17, 2024, while FSSA Secretary Dan Rusyniak listens. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Key budget ...

Minnesota lawmakers will return to the Capitol in February with a near-term surplus of nearly $2.5 billion, but the latest economic forecast released Thursday sparked more debate about who’s to blame ...

As Kentucky lawmakers get ready to create a new two-year state budget, the revenue forecast is not as dismal as first thought ...

Minnesota’s November budget forecast, released last week, offered lawmakers and the public an updated snapshot of the state’s ...