Buckle up. That was the message last week from the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to the state’s county sheriffs, a group that attracted the attention and ire of lawmakers with their latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under the state constitution, the Florida Legislature has only one specific job: Every year, it must write a balanced budget. It’s ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Legislature’s budget-writing panel is recommending a revised 2026 spending plan for state government along with a new spending plan for the coming year. The ...

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 ...

Something is seriously amiss in Cuyahoga County’s budget management. The latest sign was last week’s abrupt transfer of two Sheriff’s Department fiscal officers out of the department after they ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Legislative budget writers propose leaving more than 130 state jobs vacant, spending less on services and supplies, and moving around not-yet-promised money within public ...

LEGISLATURE’S INVESTIGATIVE COUNSEL WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, STATE SENATORS MUST RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO ADDRESS A BUDGET DEFICIT. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADISON PERALEZ ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Legislature’s budget-writing panel has set the spending plan for the state Department of Social Services for the coming fiscal year. The Joint Committee on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Legislature’s budget-writing panel is recommending a revised 2026 spending plan for state ...

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 fair.