Is the ghost of John F. Kennedy, who was the last Democratic president to lower tax rates and usher in supply-side economics, is the Kennedy ghost suddenly hovering over their shoulder? Are they ...

The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a committee vote Wednesday despite ...

The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion a day, but lawmakers are in no rush to approve more money for the Trump administration’s expanding Middle East conflict.

Without debate, the Idaho House passed on a party-line vote Thursday a bill that calls for nearly $22 million in budget cuts to Medicaid disability services.

The bill considered by the House on Thursday would have capped the taxable assessed property value at 3% with several limited exceptions, including new construction or improvements and if there is an ...

Senate Democrats are calling for the suspension of Florida’s motor fuel taxes. And House Democrats quickly echoed the thought. “In the last 60 days, we haven’t done anything to address Florida’s ...

The Missouri House approved the first phase in a plan to eliminate state income taxes, a top priority of Gov. Mike Kehoe.

After being on the brink of state takeover and being told their cash balance was the worst in the state, Santa Rosa City Schools officials now say they have made enough cuts to warrant a ...

The Senate approved a package of bills aimed at lowering housing costs, the most sweeping housing legislation in decades and a rare point of bipartisan consensus in an election year, with the issue of ...

In the final hours of the legislative session, state lawmakers passed budgets on Thursday to fill a multi-billion-dollar hole with new taxes, reserves, one-time transfers and some cuts. Budget leaders ...

This year’s short legislative session came to a close Thursday after lawmakers approved a supplemental operating budget.

Virginia lawmakers under Democratic control failed to produce a budget on schedule Thursday because of heightened debates over a tax exemption for data centers. Lawmakers from both chambers adjourned ...