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.

Labor activist Ai-jen Poo, featured in Bradley Cooper’s PBS “Caregiving” documentary, says “the story of caregiving in ...

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

House Speaker Destin Hall, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, talk before Gov. Josh Stein delivered his ...

"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 ...

Despite an $85 million city deficit, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s final budget adds 271 full-time positions and funds some ...

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