budget
What’s Really in the Governor’s Final Supplemental Budget Package
Supplemental budgets are often framed as routine housekeeping, minor adjustments to keep state finances on track. The Governor’s 2026 supplemental, however, was anything but routine. It represented a troubling fiscal expansion that risked driving up…
Balancing Colorado’s Budget Means Ending Medicaid Bloat
Colorado’s budget deficits will continue until Medicaid spending improves. As the National…
Illinois spends $700K on decolonization activism
Illinois’ rushed, closed-door budgeting process funded $700,000 in taxpayer dollars to a…
Illinois funnels $4.6M to children’s sports camp
Illinois lawmakers gave $4.6 million to A Ray of Hope on Earth, a sports camp for children.…
Illinois spends $2.6M on tennis, pickleball
Illinois’ broken budgeting process allowed state lawmakers to spend $2.6 million on tennis…
Illinois’ porky budget gives $7M to move pigs
Illinois’ hidden budgeting process let lawmakers hand out 2,815 grants, including $7 million to move the University of Illinois’ pigs. Despite state Rep. Robyn Gabel, D-Evanston, claiming “there is no pork” in the 2026 Illinois budget,…
Why CT’s Treatment of Faith-Based Nonprofits…
Connecticut ranks among the least friendly states for faith-based nonprofit organizations, largely …
Illinois House speaker gets $40M sports complex for…
Backroom deals produced lots of pork in the state budget, including a $40-million sports…
Fines per Chicagoan more than triples since 1996 to…
Chicago’s 2025 budget needed $345 million in fines, forfeitures and penalties. It was $99…
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