California’s deficit grows, uncertainty looms, and state leaders may have fewer options than before to tackle it.

Chicagoans will get a small break on their grocery bills but be forced to pony up to cover a host of tax and fee hikes that a ...

Among retail stores that closed in 2025, the nationwide closure of Joann Fabric locations shuttered the Yakima store at 3702 ...

States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that aims to offset the Trump administration’s massive budget cuts to rural hospitals, federal officials announced Monday.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson made a splash Tuesday with his full-throated endorsement of taxing the earnings of millionaires.

If the current spending pattern continues, the county will run out of money before the next tax billing in the spring, the county treasurer warned the board of supervisors.

Colorado lawmakers are once again preparing for a legislative session that will be clouded by a tight budget environment and ...

Gov. Ferguson's budget plan tackles Washington's $2.3B budget hole with cuts and carbon funds, while eyeing a millionaire tax ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has proposed closing the state’s $2.3 billion budget shortfall through a combination of cost-cutting measures.

LAUSD’s top financial officer said declining enrollment and the end of pandemic relief funds forced the district to take cost ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising ...

The Department of Government Efficiency effort was one of the most consequential and controversial – if not entirely successful – changes the Trump administration made in 2025.