Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

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In the slowly cooling U.S. housing market, the Northeast and the Midwest currently represent burning hotspots.

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After outrage from Democrats over Gov. Greg Abbott's call to draw new congressional district lines, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and ...

Illinois risks higher costs and blackouts if it excludes natural gas from its energy plans. Other blue states are already paying the price.

There has been widespread concern expressed over the impact Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" could have on American health care.

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The thought in some ag circles is that the One Big Beautiful Bill is a farm bill prototype or laying the groundwork for its ...