With pandemic-era aid gone and long-term structural challenges looming, 2026 budget debates will test lawmakers’ ability to balance short-term gaps and future risk.
A key driver of this renewed fiscal stress has been lagging revenue growth relative to nominal GDP growth, compounded by the incurring of expenditures such as discretionary unconditional cash ...
HARRISBURG — Even as the Legislature prepares to vote on a $28.2 billion budget that draws heavily on one-time dollars, Senate officials say a $1 billion deficit could pile up in the next 12 ...
It seems like just yesterday that Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators enacted a state budget that papered over a $20 billion gap between income and outgo while blaming President Donald Trump for ...
State senators are racing against the clock this legislative session to address the state’s budget deficit. This is the second year the state has experienced a budget deficit, but senators say they ...