Will Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson sign or veto a pile of tax bills and a state budget dependent on them? It’s anyone’s guess.

On the last day of the 2025 legislative session — and following months of intense debate — Washington state lawmakers passed a final operating budget. Legislators’ work may be done for the time being, ...

The final state budget approved by the legislature left many lawmakers disappointed, and eager to start to work on ways to ...

D.C. officials say if Congress does not pass legislation restoring the city’s 2025 budget, they will be forced to cut $400 ...

Words that mean a lot there but nowhere else. One of those is reconciliation. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major ...

During a visit to the Lewiston Tribune on Thursday, Sen. Schoesler said he’d give the overall session a “D” grade. On the positive side, he said, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle worked well ...

Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature have announced a hard-fought budget deal. They used the occasion ...

The Senate then unanimously passed the D.C. Local Funds Act, which would restore the District’s budget. District leaders and ...

Additionally, President Trump last month pushed Congress to approve a "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill that fulfills ...

The Government Accountability Office rejected the request, saying it reports to Congress and is exempt from oversight by Elon ...

While Congress works to pass a new budget, government spending continues, especially at the Department of Defense, which has never passed an audit.