With nearly 1,500 vacancies, the Department of Social Services is requiring mandatory overtime and risking burnout while ...

Burlington faces $10 to $12M budget gap for fiscal year 2027 ...

Louisiana’s budget outlook just got brighter. State economists with the Public Affairs Research Council boosted revenue forecasts for the current and upcoming fiscal years, easing fears of a budget ...

The Citizens Budget Commission released a report urging the state government to cut spending on ineffective programs and ...

New York taxpayers are on the hook for a $2 million program that will “coordinate mental health services and facilitate ...

On the heels of his victory getting sweepstakes casinos banned in New York, a lawmaker wants to see online poker and iGaming ...

In the seven states that allow full-on online gambling — slots and all — the government’s take dwarfs its income from taxing ...

New York is soliciting grant applications for a $15 million program designed to help residents of the state cope with “collective trauma,” including the purported pain brought on by the “structural ...

With ‘Community Reforestation’ grants, the state will pay to plant trees and combat neglect and invasive species in parks ...

Rising prices are putting common expenses out of reach for working-class families, from movies to transportation, ...

A new report from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander reveals major staffing shortages, fragmented funding and inequitable access to ...

Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year.