Budgets and Deficits

Finance and Economy

After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Kevin R. Kosar -

October 17, 2025 5:50 am

US President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Trump plans to roll out tariffs on global trading partners, the centerpiece of his effort to bring back manufacturing to the US and reshape a world trade system he has long decried as unfair. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Business

Trump reduces the deficit by 4% with tariffs and his signature tax law

Tiana Lowe Doescher -

October 17, 2025 5:07 am

The American flag flies atop the Capitol Building, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Interest payments eclipsed $1 trillion as federal deficit hit $1.8 trillion in fiscal 2025, CBO says

Zach Halaschak -

October 8, 2025 3:01 pm

North Carolina State Capitol building in Raleigh North Carolina USA. (iStock)

News

Growth in Charlotte, Raleigh and the Triangle surging: Report

Center Square -

October 8, 2025 1:42 pm

News

Bipartisan efforts target ‘pork-barrel’ spending in Michigan

Center Square -

October 7, 2025 2:39 pm

A farmer during a soybean harvest at a farm outside St. Peter, Minnesota, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would confront Chinese President Xi Jinping over Beijing's refusal to purchase American soybeans, a growing area of tension between the world's two largest economies. Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Editorials

No tariff bailouts

Washington Examiner -

October 6, 2025 5:00 am

Business

Sorry farmers, Trump’s tariff revenue is already spoken for

Tiana Lowe Doescher -

October 3, 2025 5:35 am

News

Michigan lawmakers pass continuation budget while final state budget is ironed out

Annabella Rosciglione -

October 1, 2025 11:23 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, left, and Vice President JD Vance as they address members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congressional

Several state legislative GOP caucuses urge Congress to avoid a government shutdown

Annabella Rosciglione -

September 30, 2025 2:57 pm

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) speaks into a microphone.

News

Michigan leaders announce budget deal ahead of shutdown deadline

Annabella Rosciglione -

September 26, 2025 3:30 pm

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Tag: Budgets and Deficits

After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Trump reduces the deficit by 4% with tariffs and his signature tax law

Interest payments eclipsed $1 trillion as federal deficit hit $1.8 trillion in fiscal 2025, CBO says

Growth in Charlotte, Raleigh and the Triangle surging: Report

Bipartisan efforts target ‘pork-barrel’ spending in Michigan

No tariff bailouts

Sorry farmers, Trump’s tariff revenue is already spoken for

Michigan lawmakers pass continuation budget while final state budget is ironed out

Several state legislative GOP caucuses urge Congress to avoid a government shutdown

Michigan leaders announce budget deal ahead of shutdown deadline

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