About one-in-ten Republicans and GOP leaners (11%) see the federal government favorably. This is essentially unchanged since 2022 but substantially lower than in 2019, when 41% had a favorable view.

As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently noted, despite improvements in revenue, policymakers in Washington "don't have a great picture" of state and local government expenses.

State and local governments are also major employers, and, like many businesses, they've been forced to make layoffs -- at least 1.5 million so far, according to data from the Labor Department ...

Caught in data turbulence, local and state government must adapt to changes in federal transparency — or face data bias. A new landscape raises questions about the future of open data and ...

State and local governments are turning to a financially dicey borrowing tactic to support their budgets as the coronavirus recession wears on with no direct aid from Congress.

In fiscal year 2023, the federal government provided $1.1 trillion to state and local governments, according to the Office of Management and Budget.How much do states receive in federal spending ...

The revenue shared among the federal, state, and local governments in November 2024, as accrued from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, increased by N490 billion, rising to N1.827 ...

State and local government budget experts say the first federal government shutdown in 17 years shouldn't be too disruptive to their operations in the short-term, ...

The March 2025 Billington State and Local CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C., is bringing together local, state and federal government cybersecurity leaders at a crucial moment in history.

For former federal workers, the move to state or local government can come with drawbacks. Officials in Maryland, New York, New Mexico and Kansas City are among those launching recruitment ...