Discover how deficit spending works and stimulates the economy, guided by Keynesian theory. Learn about its impact, benefits, and criticism.

With a potential budget deficit of $29 million looming, Berkeley leaders are looking at how to cut General Fund spending by ...

Roughly a third of the revenue boom resulted from Trump’s unprecedented, near-universal tariffs on imports. Yet more than half of the revenue increase came from rising wages and realized capital gains ...

Columbia city leadership held a public forum to discuss the recently adopted fiscal year 2026 budget. Personnel services, including employee compensation and benefits, represent the most significant ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. It’s one state budget crisis after another. That’s the takeaway from quarterly economic and ...

Montclair’s growing school budget crisis took center stage Friday night at a town hall meeting inside Buzz Aldrin Middle School. Superintendent Ruth B. Turner and Interim Business Administrator Dana ...

Discover key arguments for and against a balanced federal budget, exploring potential impacts on national debt, taxpayers, and future economic stability.

The U.S. government spent $173 billion more than it collected in revenues in November. But as bad as that sounds and is, it is nevertheless better than the $193 billion deficit posted in October and ...

Revenues, expenditures, structural deficits, oh my! Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office released an updated fiscal outlook for the state, based around the new budget passed on November 12th. When ...