Last weekend the state enacted a $55.2 billion General Fund budget for its upcoming 2026 fiscal year. A sizable chunk of that budget, $16 billion, covers mandatory spending obligations required to be ...

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill prepares her first New Jersey budget, inheriting a $58.8B plan, structural deficit and pressure to avoid new taxes.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were drafting a more-or-less final 2025-26 state budget last month, they were closing what they described as a $12 billion deficit, a number that the ...

California-s faced with massive deficits, but it-s required to have a balanced budget. Governor Schwarzenegger has sworn he won-t raise taxes, which means spending has to be cut. Though its outlines ...

Legislative leaders would have us believe that the 2025-26 budget agreement they forged with Gov. Gavin Newsom this week is a noteworthy — even heroic — response to financial problems caused by ...

Based on current projections, UO is facing a $25-30 million yearly deficit in the Education and General Fund from 2026 to at least 2030, according to UO Chief Financial Officer Jamie Moffitt. This ...

Revenues, expenditures, structural deficits, oh my! Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office released an updated fiscal outlook for the state, based around the new budget passed on November 12th. When ...

Maryland could be in for some belt-tightening in an effort to contain a series of projected budget shortfalls, including a $1 ...

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 ...

Global energy transition faces copper shortage. Structural demand from data centers adds to long-term pressure.

New York, NY, Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platinum prices have reached all-time highs, reflecting one of the tightest supply-and-demand environments in the global commodities market. The rally ...

When Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were drafting a more-or-less final 2025-26 state budget last month, they were closing what they described as a $12 billion deficit, a number that the ...