The budget problem for California is only going from bad to worse as it gets close to the new year. The state's Legislative Analysts Office recently released it's fiscal outlook for California's ...

Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In your inbox three times per week. SACRAMENTO — It’s almost like slapstick comedy — the ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) ordered state agencies to permanently cut their budgets by 3% by the end of June 2026. The budget decisions that states make in 2026 are likely to be defined by an ...

Legislative analysts want Maryland to withhold $750,000 from the state Department of Human Services (DHS) until the agency provides a more complete accounting of spending on programs, including foster ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the governor of Illinois walks into a bar and cautions that the state is having fiscal difficulties, so tough budget decisions lie ahead. If that sounds like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A day after briefing the city’s budget committee, Houston City Council heard a full report Wednesday from Controller Chris Hollins ...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Parish officials and municipal leaders are clashing over whether cities are paying their fair share for parish-wide services as budget problems ...

In December 2025, My Neighborhood News Group brought you a series of stories about government finances. Here is another follow-up story on additional ideas generated from that series. If you […] ...