This Idaho Capital Sun story is the next in our series focused on the impacts of additional 1% and 2% budget cuts to state ...

Governor Kehoe's proposed fiscal budget for 2027 includes suggested cuts to disability services, which could impact home care ...

LANSING — Michigan officials say that drops in federal funding are forcing the state to put up hundreds of millions in new ...

The letter arrives in response to JFAC’s Friday meeting, where it was decided state agency budgets will be reduced on an ...

The debate over whether Michigan's leaders should tap the state's savings account could be one of the defining arguments of ...

West Virginia lawmakers are halfway through the 2026 legislative session with several House priority bills moving to the ...

Legislators hope they can endlessly borrow to avoid unpopular votes on spending cuts or tax hikes, but inflation won't wait ...

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday unveiled a record-setting $88 billion state budget plan, proposing to tap the state’s “rainy day” fund and raise “sin” taxes to fund key ...

Whitmer wants to shift $1.8 billion from the school aid fund to pay for public universities, community colleges and scholarships, which would continue a budget-balancing practice that divides the ...

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When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: Benefits must be slashed.

The federal deficit will continue to balloon to record levels in the coming years if Congress does not find a way to reduce ...