A mistaken belief in a $97 billion phantom surplus three years ago complicates today's budget proposal, along with such ...

In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 budget that cut the appropriations for the fire ...

Following our reporting on a proposal by Republican leadership in Ohio to cut public school spending, which resulted in the lawmakers facing backlash, half a dozen GOP legislators personally reached ...

A review of California Gov. Newsom's budget cuts shows fire prevention funding was reduced substantially just months before the California fires.

Embattled California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly slashed funding earmarked for fighting wildfires by more than $100 million ...

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge’s order that had blocked the ...

Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the ...

Low-income households are becoming increasingly dependent on government welfare and entitlement programs rather than work ...

Among the budget cuts were $28 million from "multiple state conservancies that expand wildfire resilience." A spokesperson for Newsom called the reported budget cuts a "ridiculous lie." ...

The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee closed out the first week of the 2025 legislative session ...

In 1983, when Social Security's asset reserves were running dangerously low, Congress passed and then-President Ronald Reagan ...

The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre finds there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case in association with the attack by a white mob on a thriving ...