The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the ...

Congressional passage of the massive budget reconciliation measure, H.R. 1, in July set in motion a new federal-state fiscal dynamic—and states are moving fast to adapt. The law reshapes three policy ...

In May, the White House released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, which included $163 billion in cuts to non-defense spending. The budget proposal includes cutting $19.3 billion from the ...

The United States devotes a minuscule portion of its federal spending to the nation’s babies. In fiscal year 2025, 1.59% of ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the federal government shutdown enters its second week, it is not yet impacting Oklahoma highway projects but could prove problematic if Congress is unable to reach a long-term ...

The battle over next year's federal education budget has begun. Congress and the White House have released not one, not two, but three competing funding visions for the nation's K-12 schools in fiscal ...

With a federal government shutdown upon us and even more importantly, ballooning national debt jeopardizing the solvency of Social Security and Medicare in less than 10 years and other basic ...

It’s an issue affecting everyone from schools to cities, counties and even state governments: When it comes to federal funding, nobody knows what the future looks like. “It’s going to be really, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Large scale federal changes to funding, both through the reconciliation bill passed this summer ...

In May, the White House released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, which included $163 billion in cuts to non-defense spending. Critics contend that the cuts disproportionately affect blue ...