The budget impasse between North Carolina Republicans isn’t a crisis, but it’s a debate between Phil Berger and Destin Hall that’s healthy

As the Pennsylvania legislature continues to fail to pass a budget, the squeeze is being felt by students and teachers throughout.

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein said the General Assembly is “failing” by not passing a new budget. This isn’t a partisan debate between a Democratic government and Republican-controlled legislature, as it was with the very late 2021 state budget, which didn’t become law into November.

Middle-class retirees are making tough budget cuts in 2025 just to stay afloat. Find out which expenses they’re slashing to stretch their savings.

Make no mistake, the fiscal cost to the commonwealth will only rise. The layoffs trigger unemployment obligations and the loss of community-based services will inevitably shift our neighbors into far more expensive systems of care, such as institutionalization or repeated emergency room visits.

Today, as a new government struggles to put together a budget for 2026, and to the dismay of many centrists, the pension reform has been suspended. In an interview with The Economist on October 28th,

A downgrade to the UK's productivity performance from the government's official forecaster could lead to the chancellor facing a £20bn gap in meeting her tax and spending rules, the BBC understands. Rachel Reeves has confirmed both tax rises and spending cuts are options in next month's Budget.

Mounting pressure between Summit County commissioners and the sheriff has erupted over the 2026 county budget.