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 ...

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 ...

A budget-writing panel in the House of Representatives passed a $24.8 billion NASA budget bill Tuesday, joining a similar subcommittee in the Senate in maintaining the space agency’s funding after the ...

State Sen. June Robinson, D-Everett, seen here in 2023, chairs the Senate Ways & Means Committee and is the lead budget writer for the majority Democratic caucus in the Washington Legislature.