Congressional passage of the massive budget reconciliation measure, H.R. 1, in July set in motion a new federal-state fiscal dynamic—and states are moving fast to adapt. The law reshapes three policy ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the federal government shutdown enters its second week, it is not yet impacting Oklahoma highway projects but could prove problematic if Congress is unable to reach a long-term ...

The United States federal government has officially shut down. The government entered a partial shutdown at midnight after lawmakers in the Senate failed to pass a crucial short-term funding bill, ...

“With a ballooning national debt of more than $38 trillion, the United States simply cannot afford needless spending without any accountability,” Lummis remarked. “At the current rate, we are leaving ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Large scale federal changes to funding, both through the reconciliation bill passed this summer ...

With a federal government shutdown upon us and even more importantly, ballooning national debt jeopardizing the solvency of Social Security and Medicare in less than 10 years and other basic ...

As Democrats and Republicans dig in during the latest government shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office released its monthly spending report on Wednesday projecting that the federal budget deficit ...