Under the state constitution, the Florida Legislature has only one specific job:  Every year, it must write a balanced budget. It’s never easy, especially if lawmakers are sincerely trying to be ...

As a part-time Legislature, Idaho’s lawmakers convene for a roughly three-month session each year. Lawmakers’ sole ...

Budget-writing season has been especially difficult this year in many Indiana cities, towns and counties as elected officials grapple with the effects of a new law that overhauled the tax systems that ...

With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money available for new spending they might desire next year. Don’t even bother ...