After a month-long amendment impasse, the Senate approved its fiscal 2026 defense policy bill, clearing the way for the House ...

It is a well-worn strategy to temporarily create a government benefit and hope that its eventual expiration will create a ...

It has been decades since Congress last passed all its appropriations legislation in time for the new fiscal year. Typically, ...

While the Fed is not totally independent — Congress rightly sets its goals and approves its top personnel — fiscal policymakers should not pressure monetary policymakers to make borrowing easier. But ...

WASHINGTON − As President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats clash over government spending, a partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1. Partisan spending disputes occasionally shut down parts ...

LANSING — A budget deal announced late on Sept. 25 could prevent Michigan residents from awakening Wednesday, Oct. 1 to find both their state and federal governments simultaneously shut down for the ...

The MOEF’s traditional “budget habitus” has long been one of prudence and restraint. As the government weighs new welfare ...

Local Government Fiscal Management encompasses the strategies and mechanisms through which sub‐national governments plan, allocate, and control public funds. This area of research investigates how ...