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 ...

This is budget-writing time for many state legislatures around the United States, and this year almost every state is planning significant cuts to healthcare programs. Medicaid reimbursement is always ...

A Democrat on Idaho’s state budget-writing committee is hoping to get public input as members weigh potential cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, known as ...

Birmingham Mayor William Bell has a plan to make the city's annual budget-writing process work much more smoothly this year, and that plan is no big secret. Bell is going to make sure his ...

With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money available for new spending they might desire next year. Don’t even bother ...

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.