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Income tax cuts still in the mix as House and Senate grapple with budget, gas prices soar to record highs, Oahu schools,...

New draft of state budget bill slims spending. Both the House and Senate rejected the governor’s plan to cancel some tax relief, despite earlier uncertainty about the state’s f...

Four key questions to be answered this Budget

Bowser's DC budget: What it means for taxes, child care and Medicaid

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented a balanced budget for the next fiscal year despite a projected $1.1 billion budget gap. District officials said Friday they were able to arriv...

NC Budget and Tax Center’s Sally Hodges Copple on the legislature’s worrisome tax triggers

  As state lawmakers return to Raleigh this week for their 2026 legislative short session, there’s one issue that looms as the most important and most challenging: the state budget...

North Carolina should build its own budget simulator

Balancing a state budget is an exercise in tradeoffs. Every dollar allocated to one priority is a dollar unavailable for another. Yet those tradeoffs are often difficult to see, bu...

House Republicans pass budget plan — Hobbs is ready to negotiate

Key Points: House GOP pass $17.9B budget using agency cuts to fund tax conformity Governor supports some provisions, opposes Medicaid and SNAP eligibility changes Both sides say th...

Unpaid Taxes Are Stressing Local Budgets in Pockets of Vermont

Mamdani working to balance $5.5B budget gap while following through on campaign promises

The only tax increase Mamdani can unilaterally impose without Albany's approval is the unpopular property tax - which is why he's calling it the nuclear option.

Taxes, program cuts and Newsom's legacy on the line in budget negotiations

Whether Gov. Gavin Newsom solves California's chronic spending deficit or dumps the problem on the next governor will define his legacy as a steward of trillions in taxpayer dollar...

How the bipartisan deal at the Capitol could affect your costs

Lower property taxes and car tab fees were included in a bipartisan budget agreement after lawmakers said addressing affordability was a top issue this year.

Budgets Used To Be About Fiscal Control. Not Anymore

What's inside New York's $286.5 billion budget

Flanked by supporters and members of the community, Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted the major elements within her $286.5 billion budget. 

House and Senate clash over state tax relief, budget

“We must fund critical services… and disaster relief… so we have to make reasonable cuts."

BOPARC approves $9 million budget, reflecting use of sales tax reserves

MORGANTOWN – Morgantown’s Board of Parks and Recreation on Wednesday approved a $9,036,993 budget for the upcoming 2027 fiscal year. That number represents a significant reduction...

Tax relief tug-of-war: Lawmakers divided on balancing budget and savings

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- A budget battle at the State Capitol. While rejecting the Governor's proposal to pause tax credits for the next five years, both the House and Senate say they w...

Off the news: More tax revenue, but more expenses

The state’s Council on Revenues, which forecasts tax collections feeding Hawaii’s general fund, projects slightly more money will come in through June 30, 2027. The revenue total i...

All Guns, No Butter

Axios: “A sharp rise in defense spending. Steep cuts elsewhere. All against a backdrop of rapid growth.” “That is the Trump administration’s formal 2027 budget proposal, in a nutsh...

GOP-controlled KY legislature gives final passage to $31 billion executive branch budget

Finalized budget bills are passed without being made publicly available online

Proposed city budget approved by Buffalo Common Council

One amendment includes a tax rate hike of 19%.

The Budget Clock is Ticking and It is not Getting Any Easier

by Dick Hall-Sizemore Due to economic development announcements and actions by Governor Spanberger, the job of the General Assembly negotiators on the biennial budget just got hard...

Editorial: Tax breaks safe, now mind budget

Promises made, promises kept — so far. It brings much relief that the series of tax breaks to help Hawaii residents through 2031 are staying virtually intact, a line in the budgeta...

Development projects, tax credits and agency budgets face hard cuts in new GOP proposal

Key Points: Republican lawmakers unveil plan to balance state budget amid tight financial forecast Nearly $100 million in economic development funding is cut They also propose a 5%...

FY '27 Budget, 16 New Laws Signed In GA: Here's What To Know

Gov. Brian Kemp has signed 16 new laws and Georgia's latest budget, lowering the state income tax rate and supporting mental health.

Deciphering the Budget

One of the most important and consequential bills considered in any legislative session, including this one, is the budget bill.  This year’s budget bill is House Bill 1800.  Readi...