Governor Kehoe recently announced that Missouri expects a $1 billion shortfall in general revenue in FY 2027. This shortfall is expected mostly because of the implementation of previously passed tax cuts. COVID-related savings temporarily masked the shortfall, and this budget gap has grown as state legislators continued to approve additional tax cuts. The recently passed federal budget cuts will magnify this gap. Over the past five years, extraordinary federal funds designed to address the he...| Missouri Budget Project
REVISION (August 21, 2025): Due to inconsistent reporting between the Division of Financial Management and Legislative Service Office, this article has been updated. The article now reflects the data that was provided by the LSO following the article's publication. For several years, the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) has been sounding warnings about Idaho's excessive spending […]| Idaho Freedom
Could Idaho’s government run out of money? That might be a reasonable worry based on your first reading of a recent article highlighting how Idaho’s General Fund revenue was $141 million behind legislative projections for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25, ending June 30, 2025). We are told to be concerned because Idaho taxes won’t catch up. […]| Idaho Freedom
South Metro Fire Rescue has stated that it is facing a budget shortfall in 2026, so the board of directors is seeking the public’s input on whether to cut services – or, if the agency were to put a tax increase question on the November ballot, what would it look like. Mike Dell’Orfano, the chief […]| Douglas County News Press