One major holdup so far has been negotiations over potential changes to the state’s pretrial criminal discovery laws — the laws that govern the sharing of information between prosecutors and defense ...

Both L.A. County and city are saddled with billions in unexpected costs. How come only one faces a $1-billion deficit?

The Ohio House passed a 5,000-plus-word state budget plan earlier this month that includes not only more than $60 billion in ...

For the first time in several years, local cities and towns will not see an increase in unrestricted general government aid ...

Understand that building a home overseas can be challenging. Think about living overseas part time. When buying property ...

County Executive Frank White vetoed the Jackson County budget in January, then four county legislators sued him. The county ...

A few notable line items added by the Senate GOP: Another $4.5 million for the attorney general, whose budget has nearly doubled since 2019. $4 million for county health departments to backfill cuts ...

The state budget is now two weeks late. Lawmakers are expected to return to Albany on Tuesday to pass another budget extender ...

This week in local government: a budget vote for Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools and a crisis diversion facility for Orange ...

The outcome of the Congressional budget process could affect how credit agencies ... debt and deficits remain its biggest ...

The fate of several local programs, which depend in large part on federal funding, hangs in the balance as Congress weaves through its complex budgeting process. While negations remain in a state ...

But the House and Senate need to resolve their differences on the debt limit, as well. The House GOP increases the debt limit by $4 trillion, but the Senate lifted it to $5 trillion so Congress would ...