Texas House budget writers on Monday endorsed a $337.4 billion state spending plan for the next two years, sending it to the floor for a vote expected next week.
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(The Center Square) òòò½ÊÓƵ“ Increased government spending is dangerous, and America'sòòò½ÊÓƵ$36 trillion debt and $1.8 trillion annual deficit are unsustainable for the country, a South Carolina congressman says.
(The Center Square) òòò½ÊÓƵ“ The U.S. The Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that in the first five months of this fiscal year, the U.S. federal government has already racked up $1.1 trillion in debt, or nearly $8 billion per day.
(The Center Square) òòò½ÊÓƵ“ A Republican state legislator says Illinoisòòò½ÊÓƵ™ liberal policies are to blame for the stateòòò½ÊÓƵ™s poor demographic showing.
Pittman, Struzzi and the Commonwealth Foundation comment on an independent state agency's examination of the Shapiro budget proposal.
Almost two-thirds of the legislative session is over and theòòò½ÊÓƵJoint Finance-Appropriations Committeeòòò½ÊÓƵjust set a revenue forecast Wednesday, the 59th legislative day. Why does that matter? The revenue forecast sets the guardrails for legislative spending.òòò½ÊÓƵArticle VII, Section XI of the Idaho Constitutionòòò½ÊÓƵrequires the state of Idaho to operate with a balanced budget. Once JFAC sets the [òòò½ÊÓƵ¦]
(The Center Square) òòò½ÊÓƵ“ A group of budget hawks said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's plan to balance the federal budget was "a claim at utter and complete odds with fiscal reality and the policies he is promising."
(The Center Square) òòò½ÊÓƵ” New York state government spending is skyrocketing, according to a fiscal watchdog group, which is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers to cap annual expenditures and brace for federal funding cuts.
MADILL, Okla. (KTEN) òòò½ÊÓƵ” Now that making Pointe Vista a tax increment finance district is on the table, a review committee spent some time Wednesday afternoon looking into some details of that proposal.
Two proposals by GOP leaders in legislature would expand the lower tax bracket to encompass middle class, while governor continues touting òòò½ÊÓƵ˜historicòòò½ÊÓƵ™ top-down approach.