Program and tax changes in the massive budget reconciliation bill are reshaping states’ short- and long-term fiscal pictures.

Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order that introduces a new framework for how federal grants are reviewed, awarded and rescinded. Titled “Improving Oversight of Federal ...

US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin earlier this year. Johnson has introduced legislation that would prevent government shutdowns through an automatic ...

If many of us operated our household budgets like the federal government, we would be considered reckless and irresponsible. And yet, here we are again, facing another showdown over a shutdown. The ...

Preparing for possible funding lapses inside agencies like the IRS creates headaches, and distracts from essential duties, writes former IRS communications director Terry Lemons. On September 30 at ...

Federal spending is in the spotlight this year like never before, as the Trump administration has bypassed Congress and held up billions of dollars lawmakers had already approved for education.

Mr. Kahn is the acting director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. He worked for two decades as the staff director of the House Budget Committee. For the ...

Sometimes it can seem that AI is all that anyone wants to talk about when it comes to government technology. But that's not the only big trend of the moment. Federal funding stands as another hot — ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Every year, Planned Parenthood California Central Coast (PPCCC) provides 30,000 people with high-quality, affordable health ...

The Trump administration has capped off an agonizing and tumultuous period of funding instability for K-12 schools with a budget proposing to eliminate dozens of longstanding funding streams and slash ...