Colorado lawmakers will need to close a nearly $1.5 billion gap in the state budget in the coming weeks, according to a new nonpartisan economic analysis.

The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee has already been slashing spending for weeks as it works to draft the state’s 2026-27 fiscal year budget. That includes cuts to Medicaid, which is the primary ...

Yukon Premier Currie Dixon hopes the budget he tabled Thursday is the worst the territory ever sees, as he warned of "tough decisions" needed to get its finances in order.

The latest revenue forecasts from economists in both the governor’s office and the Colorado legislature show that the state’s budget predicament has worsened — by hundreds of millions of dollars more.

After three consecutive years of standstill state budgets, Louisiana’s public colleges and universities are struggling with the effects of inflation and bloating athletics budgets. Gov. Jeff Landry ...

Lawmakers tasked with determining Colorado’s state budget are looking at a $1.5 billion deficit following a pair of economic forecasts presented on Thursday.

Colorado lawmakers learned Thursday that the state's fiscal picture is worse than previously known, raising the prospect of even deeper budget cuts. Why it matters: The bad news appeared in two ...

The National Debt surpassed $39 trillion Tuesday, joining a growing list of trillion-dollar milestones that have come at an exponential rate.

Jersey City has requested a record-breaking $150 million in state aid from Trenton to help plug its quarter-billion-dollar budget deficit as it faces a historic “full-blown financial crisis,” ...

A $43 million shortfall grew to a $171 million deficit. Here are the factors that contributed to the school district’s budget ...

The amendment, led by Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, fell short on a 211-207 vote, below the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional amendments. Every Republican who took part in the vote ...

The news that the South Country school district might eliminate more than four dozen positions — on top of the dozens cut ...