The United States needs a balanced budget amendment to avoid government shutdowns, says Congressman Jamie Comer. Getty Images Nearly every generation in American history has lived through a moment of ...

The U.S government’s debt hit $37.6 trillion on Sept. 30, the end of the most recent fiscal year. To put that number in perspective, a stack of $1 bills in that amount would be 2.5 million miles tall.

Some lawmakers want to adopt a new amendment to force Congress to come up with balanced budgets to keep the country’s ballooning deficit from continuing to spiral out of control and risk a debt crisis ...

In light of one of the more outlandish claims that President Donald Trump made during Tuesday night's joint address to Congress, an important reminder: There is no plan to balance the budget. In fact, ...

Summit County government staff have been working since summer to reduce a projected $7.5 million general fund deficit in the county’s 2026 budget. At a Dec. 9 meeting, the Summit Board of County ...