Over the last year, Americans watched virtually everything that could go possibly wrong in the budget world either happen or nearly happen. Now there appears to be an updated deal that reworks the ...

Today marks the centennial of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, a law requiring, among other things, the president to annually present Congress with a budget proposal for government. While ...

Concern for the health of American democracy is usually directed toward election-related questions such as campaign financing, voting procedures, participation rates, and gerrymandering. Yet it ought ...

One of the proposals that drew the most attention would have county coroners be appointed by their respective county commissioners, rather than elected by voters as they are now. David Corey, ...

Don’t expect much public debate as the Birmingham City Council discusses Mayor Randall Woodfin’s proposed spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. That’s because changes to the city’s charter in ...

The City of Saskatoon has been searching for an easier way to go through its budgeting process, but a recently-proposed model has the city going back to the drawing board after unanimous opposition.