Columbus City Schools is not alone in its financial challenges. Districts ranging from large urban ones to small rural ones ...

Issues like money in politics and Republicans’ and Democrats’ ability to work together are also seen as very big problems across the political spectrum.

The White House immigration hawk and deputy chief of staff is pointing the finger in the wrong direction when assigning blame ...

All but unnoticed last month, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a resolution calling for Congress to keep budget deficits at no more than 3% of gross domestic product. Though not enough by ...

The U.S. economy is increasingly propped up by federal deficit spending, which, by one estimate, effectively adds about $15,000 per household to the economy each year. Federal deficit spending became ...

When the White House doesn’t even understand the nature of the problem it’s trying to address, success is unlikely.

Higher ed's budget woes are spreading. Recently, four flagship universities have announced large deficits because of federal ...

Owing more money today means that the federal government will have less flexibility to deal with whatever is coming our way ...

The plan relies heavily on state aid, delayed pension payments, and optimistic revenue projections.

Newsom is eager to safeguard programs that have defined his tenure as the leader of the nation’s most populous state and one of the world’s largest economies. As he gears up f ...