Tag: Spending

The American flag flies atop the Capitol Building.

Finance and Economy

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

The Michigan State Capitol.

Bipartisan efforts target ‘pork-barrel’ spending in Michigan

Center Square · October 7, 2025 2:39 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks into microphones.

MTG joins handful of Republicans in favor of extending Obamacare subsidies

Emily Hallas · October 7, 2025 8:34 am

Mayor Brandon Johnson greets students, parents, and staff during the first day of classes at Beidler Elementary School on August 21, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Public Schools has been forced to find alternative ways to get its students to schools as the district faces a severe shortage of school bus drivers. School districts around the country are facing similar shortages (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Why schools and safety suffer more in blue cities

Kaelan Deese · October 7, 2025 6:00 am

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., shown Wednesday, June 21, 2006, measures 361 feet to the top of its familiar dome. The neck-bending skyscrapers that pack Chicago's fabled skyline are little more than scaled-down miniatures in downstate cities, where even the tallest buildings are at least three times shorter than the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.

Fiscal Fallout: Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag

Center Square · October 6, 2025 1:02 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on the third day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Government shutdown enters second week with no breakthrough in sight

Emily Hallas · October 6, 2025 9:07 am

FILE - Customers wait in line for eggs at a Costco store in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

Finance and Economy

Consumer sentiment lower than at worst of 2008 financial crisis

Zach Halaschak · September 26, 2025 1:18 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Democrats are wrong: Pocket rescission is lawful

Michael B. Williams · September 21, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), center, questions Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the rescissions package on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 25. (Photos by Mariam Zuhaib/AP)

Trump attempts pocket rescission to cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid

Kevin R. Kosar · September 19, 2025 5:25 am

FILE - The Wisconsin Capitol is seen, Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Fiscal Fallout: 4 factors could complicate next Wisconsin budget

Center Square · September 11, 2025 11:21 am

Kris Mayes

Arizona attorney general to sue superintendent over school voucher unchecked spending

Annabella Rosciglione · September 8, 2025 11:50 am

Medicaid eligibility.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Trump’s Medicaid reform is moral and necessary

Sally Pipes · September 8, 2025 6:00 am