Massachusetts budget writers gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to discuss a bleak reality: the state faces “a challenging ...

The Senate majority leader said on "Meet the Press" that Republicans aren't budging on their short-term bill and that ...

Usually during a shutdown, the government furloughs (temporarily lays off) employees, and then rehires them when a spending ...

The unofficial fifth branch of government is composed of so-called self-regulatory organizations. It needs to go.

Koppal: G Manjunath, a junior assistant officer at the Bhagyanagar branch of the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation, ...

Ahead of the looming government shutdown​, the Department of Housing and Urban Development posted a banner in large font on ...

Congress’ failure to pass a short-term government funding bill before midnight Tuesday will lead to the first shutdown in ...

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid ...

Executive branch leaders have been instructed to summarize concerns about their ability to address payroll concerns and lay out their plans to protect Massachusetts residents and resources.

Social studies class teaches government has three branches. Legislatures make laws. Presidents and governors enforce laws. Courts interpret laws when there’s conflict applying them. We believe checks ...