budget
Idaho’s Budget Grew 2.5% Despite the Cuts, because of Welfare Spending
If you were paying attention to the budget debates on both the House and Senate floors during the legislative session, you might think the Legislature made significant cuts to the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget. Unfortunately, based on preliminary…
What’s Really in the Governor’s Final Supplemental…
Supplemental budgets are often framed as routine housekeeping, minor adjustments to keep state…
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 and pickleball courts. Illinois state lawmakers are handing $2.6 million in grants to local governments and nonprofits to develop and run tennis…
Illinois’ porky budget gives $7M to move pigs
Illinois’ hidden budgeting process let lawmakers hand out 2,815 grants, including $7 million…
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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