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 […]
As candidates campaign across the state this year, voters will hear some politicians claim state spending is out of control. What they may not hear are the real reasons for the spending increases, what it’s paying for, or where Maine stands compared to the rest of the country in terms of spending. The truth is […]
After more than a year of debate, New Hampshire childcare providers received a direct answer this week on childcare workforce grant funding. In a series of letters exchanged between federal officials, state officials, and an advocacy group, it has been determined that federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, dollars cannot be used to […]
There are two times a year when you can count on South Dakota politicians getting a little pumped up about their performance and taking a victory lap. One is at the end of the legislative session when lawmakers pat themselves on the back about their ability to produce a balanced budget. They’re right to take […]
The state is beginning to mail $300 checks to certain Maine residents. These “affordability payments” were a cornerstone of the latest state budget, which officially takes effect Wednesday. Full-year Maine residents who file a 2025 Maine individual income tax return by October 15, 2026, are eligible for the one-time payments if they have a federal […]
Maine’s indigent defense agency is already projecting a $4 million shortfall for the upcoming year, three months after Maine lawmakers allocated $13 million in one-time emergency funding to help the agency pay contracted private attorneys. The projected shortfall is due to years of chronic underfunding built into the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services budget, […]
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 […]
Maine ended another year with a general fund surplus, allowing the state’s rainy day fund to again reach its statutory cap and helping to fill a transportation funding gap that had halted projects earlier this summer. Gov. Janet Mills’ administration announced Friday that the state concluded the 2026 fiscal year with an excess of more […]
(The Center Square) – The Senate Budget Committee on Monday afternoon approved the latest version of California’s 2026-27 budget, which green lights $355.9 billion in spending.
