Missouri education officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for roughly $300 million more for public schools next year, setting up a potentially difficult budget fight as the state faces a projected revenue shortfall. The numbers are yet to be finalized, but the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s preliminary report shows that recent changes to […]

Idaho state budget officials have an improved revenue outlook for the new fiscal year in a forecast released Monday.  The Division of Financial Management revised its revenue forecast for Fiscal Year 2027, which began July1. The new forecast is just over $291.1 million, or 5.2% higher than what legislative budget writers predicted, according to the […]

Pennsylvania's gaming industry just crossed the $7 billion mark for the first time ever, and the companies taking your bets are scrapping like never before for every dollar of handle. Here's how the biggest names in the game operate right here in the Keystone State.

For Ann Kirkwood, doctor appointments sometimes come all at once.  One week in mid-May, she had a big one coming up: To see if she had kidney cancer. Kirkwood, who uses a wheelchair, has tapped a free medical transportation program through Valley Regional Transit, a public transit agency in southwest Idaho.  But when she went […]

(The Center Square) – After missing the state’s July 1 budget deadline, Michigan lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin tax collections were down an adjusted 8.8% in May compared to May 2025 but the state’s fiscal year tax collections remain up 3.7% from a year before, according to new numbers released from the state’s Department of Revenue.