Pending tax and spending legislation is putting additional upward pressure on the U.S. national debt. Much like the broader U.S. budget process, a legislative procedure currently being used to advance ...

As a part-time Legislature, Idaho’s lawmakers convene for a roughly three-month session each year. Lawmakers’ sole ...

Another fiscal showdown looms as the current fiscal year draws to a close on September 30. The policy gears of the nation’s capital are about to shift into overdrive to move legislation intended to ...

THE 2026 NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS TODAY AT THE ROUNDHOUSE. LAWMAKERS HAVE JUST 30 DAYS TO PASS THE STATE BUDGET, ...

ALBANY — The State Legislature next week is scheduled to vote on a $254 billion state budget that was due more than a month ago and negotiated behind closed doors. The details of what's in it won't ...

Amid concerns that there might be as large as an $18 billion budget deficit in the coming year, California lawmakers started ...

Business owners, retirees, investors and economists are all watching the extreme volatility in the U.S. economy following President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. State officials are also monitoring it, ...

OLYMPIA – Following weeks of negotiations, legislative budget writers unveiled their compromise two-year operating budget Saturday morning, calling on the state to increase taxes by approximately $9 ...

Kentucky lawmakers must craft the next two-year budget during the 2026 legislative session, taking into account major federal ...

The Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) has defended the repeal and re-enactment of the 2024 and 2025 Appropriation Acts, ...

Once again, Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has identified a big pile of money, almost $190 million, shortly after legislators have adopted a new budget and closed their regular legislative session.

For most of American history, government shutdowns didn’t exist — they are a relatively recent phenomenon born of broken budget procedures and a broken political environment. Shutdowns as we know them ...