I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025. The federal government plans to spend a total of $7 trillion in fiscal 2025 but only bring in $5.16 trillion ...

Happy New Year. Welcome to 2026. Now that we’re in a new year, the question for state and local leaders is now acutely: How are you going to pay for your priorities? Budget leaders are entering this ...

Conflict over budget priorities is already growing, just one week after the State Budget Office presented Michigan Gov.

This inaugural report from ClearGov offers an inside look at the top challenges, priorities, and success factors shaping public finance today. Based on a nationwide survey of nearly 200 finance ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. Looking at the average monthly deficit, both October and December were much larger than average, with November ...

WEST NORRITON — The past few months have been arduous for Norristown Area School District Superintendent Christopher Dormer with millions of dollars in school funding left in limbo amid state and ...

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis joined Gov. Josh Shapiro for a mid-afternoon event Wednesday during which the governor addressed the budget situation, then signed into law a $50.09 million 2025-26 ...

Spain’s politicians really can’t agree on a budget, and that’s working out just fine for the public finances. Unlike the fiscal showdowns that haunted Washington and Paris in recent weeks, an extended ...