As welfare accounts for almost a third of public spending in 2024-5, it is inevitably a target when savings are needed. Put ...

Maryland leaders announce an agreed-upon state budget framework based on cuts and tax reform amid a $3.3 billion deficit.

A day after a top financial advisor announced Los Angeles is facing a nearly $1 billion gap in the next fiscal year, City Controller Kenneth Mejia Thursday reiterated that long-term reforms are needed ...

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BAN UPHELD — In a 7-4 decision, the 9th Circuit upheld California’s ban on extended magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

In her spring statement next week, the chancellor is expected to try blaming the drop on worsening global economics amid ...

Republicans have a chance to repair a federal program that is being gamed by states and isn’t helping the neediest.

Tocqueville answered the question “How bad can it get?” this way: “The most dangerous time for a bad government is usually ...

The deal that means $2.3 billion in cuts comes after months of sometimes tense negotiations over the state’s largest budget deficit since the Great Recession.

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