The Townsend Board of Commissioners appointed two members to the Board of Zoning Appeals, approved the first reading four budget amendments and took notice of a recommendation on short-term rentals ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill will unveil a state budget proposal Tuesday that includes a record level of K–12 education funding and a major restructuring of school‑based mental health services, according to a ...

The federal budget deficit topped $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, as the U.S. government is on pace to record another massive deficit. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget ...

State lawmakers plan to return to Raleigh next month to kick off a new session, but there’s no indication Republican leaders in the state House and Senate are any closer to finalizing a budget deal ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill will deliver her first state budget address Tuesday with New Jersey staring down what her administration calls a serious structural deficit of roughly $3 billion. The new governor ...

A collective $664 billion is set to disappear from states’ Medicaid budgets through 2034 as a result of policy changes included in last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to new ...

There is a common oversight in monthly spending plans that can sabotage well-intentioned budgeters’ ability to stay on course, especially when prices are rising: not having a buffer to cover price ...

Knowledge is power—especially when it comes to budgeting. After all, if you don’t know where your capital is going, how can you identify which expenditures are critical and which can be trimmed? It’s ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit will grow slightly in fiscal 2026 to $1.853 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office forecast on Wednesday, showing that on balance, President ...

After more than a year of uncertainty over how a Republican-controlled Congress under President Donald Trump would change federal education funding, lawmakers on Tuesday approved a fiscal 2026 budget ...

Emotional euphoric young woman giving high five to husband, celebrating family achievement. Most people budget because it feels like the responsible thing to do, or the box you’re supposed to check as ...