Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) $70.8 billion spending plan unveiled last week closes a more than $1.5 billion deficit for fiscal 2027 ...

California legislators are facing a fifth straight budget where spending would outstrip its revenues, amid warnings of multibillion-dollar deficits stretching well into the future unless they ...

The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan government agency, released a critical response Monday to the governor’s budget plans. Newsom’s initial plan calls for $348.9 billion in state spending ...

Through President Donald Trump's first full 10 months in office, the cumulative U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. Looking at the average monthly deficit, both October and December were much larger than average, with November ...

A Palo Alto City Council meeting at City Hall in Palo Alto on Oct. 20, 2025. Photo by Seeger Gray. Facing slumping sales tax revenues, a sluggish economic recovery and spiking expenses, Palo Alto is ...

California's budgets have been susceptible to the ways wealthy taxpayers derive their income, particularly during periods of ...