Under the state constitution, the Florida Legislature has only one specific job:  Every year, it must write a balanced budget. It’s never easy, especially if lawmakers are sincerely trying to be ...

As a part-time Legislature, Idaho’s lawmakers convene for a roughly three-month session each year. Lawmakers’ sole ...

MADISON - Republican lawmakers who control the state Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers for the first time under the last seven years of divided government spent weeks hashing out agreements ...

Budget-writing season has been especially difficult this year in many Indiana cities, towns and counties as elected officials grapple with the effects of a new law that overhauled the tax systems that ...

Facing a tough budget year, the Idaho governor did not recommend providing a pay increase for state employees, who will also see higher health insurance costs.

With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money available for new spending they might desire next year. Don’t even bother ...