A reduction in vacant or newly proposed government employee positions is likely to be “one of the biggest numbers” among $500 ...

These haven’t been the best of times for Chuck Schumer, the besieged leader of the Senate’s Democrats.

Governor Janet Mills has signed a new, $11.3 billion budget approved in Augusta, but not without bitterness and controversy.

Lawmakers are pushing again to overturn a federal law that stops combat-injured veterans with less than 20 years of service ...

Following a federal lawsuit over age limits in special education, lawmakers in the Washington State Legislature advanced a ...

The minority leader may have botched the politics of what was ultimately a sound decision. “A lot of people are pissed off,” ...

Republicans want to pretend their tax cuts are free. A new report says otherwise. Republicans have a trifecta, which means ...

Medicaid is the main government program covering health care insurance and long-term care to approximately 83 million people.

As the dust settles following the announcement from leaders in Annapolis that a deal on a budget framework has been reached, ...