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 ...

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 ...

The state's top budget writers believe tax cuts favored by Republican legislative leaders are setting North Carolina on a path toward lower state revenues within the next year or two, according to a ...

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Minnesota’s latest state budget forecast shows a modest increase from November’s forecast, but still signaled a possible deficit. The forecast released Thursday morning shows a current surplus of ...

Lawmakers are required to balance their budgets and must now figure out how to tackle the deficit for the 2028-29 cycle.

That just starts us off even more in a hole,” state Rep. Rick Taggart, a Grand Junction Republican, said of the new forecasts ...

SEATTLE — Seattle’s budget lift this fall is looking heavier, according to a new economic forecast, as commercial and sales taxes continue to drag down the city’s overall financial picture. Taken ...

Gov. Tim Walz joined many state leaders to present Minnesota’s latest budget forecast on Wednesday. The new forecast is the last one before the start of the legislative session next month. Keep in ...

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