Until the budget process itself is fixed, Chicago will remain stuck in a Groundhog Day-like cycle of ugly sausage-making and ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A conservative political action committee calls the Smith County budget process “shockingly unprofessional, unacceptable, embarrassing, and disrespectful to taxpayers.” The ...

Over the past year or so we’ve noted that the decision to tie the status of marijuana and skills games to the budget was unfair and counterproductive. The concerns we editorialized about were simple: ...

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," said Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke. Likewise, when the annual budget process transitions to execution, it’s already out of date. The ...

Furious at the killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis, Capitol Hill Democrats say they won’t give Immigration and Customs Enforcement any more money until it cleans up its act. “What’s ...

KEEP SUPPLIES IN YOUR CAR JUST IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. J-C-P-S VOTED YES TO DRAFT A BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH WILL SLASH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AMID A MASSIVE DEFICIT. MADISON ELLIOTT IS GETTING THE ...

This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...

You know something climactic is about to occur in Congress when even senior legislators begin to toss around sports metaphors like “a hail Mary pass” or “a quarterback sneak.” Last week, 11-term Rep.

Celina Su, “Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities.” (Photos courtesy Princeton University Press.) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

BRIDGEPORT — City school officials plan to overhaul the district’s budgeting process after auditors found a series of unusual budget transfers, misclassified expenditures and a host of other financial ...

Johnson County Board of Supervisors members listen to a community member speak during a meeting at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building in Iowa City on Aug. 20, 2025. (Savannah ...