The legislature passed its agreement on the 2026 supplemental operating budget and adjourned yesterday. The budget now sits on Governor Ferguson's desk, where he can sign it, veto sections, or veto it entirely. I broke…
Last year, North Carolina was the only state expected to pass a budget that failed to do so. In fact, the General Assembly never even sent a budget proposal to Gov. Josh Stein’s desk. One of the most contentious issues during…
The Pentagon spent an historic $93 billion on grants and contracts just in September in 2025, according to a new report obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation.According to the report, produced by government…
City and county spending has outpaced growth in population and inflation, leading to an increase in the tax burden on Texan taxpayers. Key points: Local government spending continues to outstrip increases in both population…
"Every dollar above what's needed for sound fiscal management is a dollar collected from Montana families and not returned. That’s not conservative governance — it's overcollection." The following has been…
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookThe Senate and House of Delegates’ financial committees met on Sunday to approve competing sets of amendments to the next Virginia budget, neither…
With the legislative session deadline of March 12 less than three weeks away, House Appropriations Committee Chair Timm Ormsby (D-Spokane) and Senate Ways & Means Committee Chair June Robinson (D-Everett) released their…
For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul has used the word “unsustainable” to describe her own Medicaid budget. Give her credit for honesty — but not sound fiscal management. Over the four annual budgets on her watch,…
For the second year in a row, the legislative majority in Olympia is treating Washington's pension funds like a piggy bank to paper over their spending problems.Last session, lawmakers passed ESSB 5357, which raised the…
"The only way Montana should ever enact a statewide sales tax is to be used solely to replace existing taxes. No sales tax unless our property or income taxes are eliminated. No using sales tax revenues to grow…
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