Illinois has officially ended the fiscal year with nearly $54 billion in revenue — the most the state has ever collected in a single year.
We've exceeded initial projections thanks to responsible fiscal management that prioritizes Illinoisans.
We've exceeded initial projections thanks to responsible fiscal management that prioritizes Illinoisans.
State ends fiscal year with record revenue
Illinois closed FY25 with record $54B revenue, but FY26 outlook is clouded by tax hikes and federal uncertainty.
capitolnewsillinois.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Illinois has officially ended the fiscal year with nearly $54 billion in revenue — the most the state has ever collected in a single year.
We've exceeded initial projections thanks to responsible fiscal management that prioritizes Illinoisans.
We've exceeded initial projections thanks to responsible fiscal management that prioritizes Illinoisans.
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline.
Comic book villainy.
Comic book villainy.
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline.
Comic book villainy.
Comic book villainy.
The good news is that Nintendo said they wouldn't raise prices this fiscal year.
The bad news is the current fiscal year ends in 3 days.
The bad news is the current fiscal year ends in 3 days.
You should probably buy a Switch 2 before the price goes up, too.
March 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The good news is that Nintendo said they wouldn't raise prices this fiscal year.
The bad news is the current fiscal year ends in 3 days.
The bad news is the current fiscal year ends in 3 days.
one fiscal year, my office couldn't afford to buy more pens and tape halfway through the fiscal year
February 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
one fiscal year, my office couldn't afford to buy more pens and tape halfway through the fiscal year
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is?
It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is?
It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
The federal government spent $7.010 trillion in fiscal year 2025.
That’s a 3.9% increase from $6.746 trillion spent in FY2024.
That’s a 3.9% increase from $6.746 trillion spent in FY2024.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The federal government spent $7.010 trillion in fiscal year 2025.
That’s a 3.9% increase from $6.746 trillion spent in FY2024.
That’s a 3.9% increase from $6.746 trillion spent in FY2024.
We’re on pace for “the third-largest budget deficit in U.S. history, trailing only the fiscal year 2020 and Fiscal year 2021 deficits incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
www.foxbusiness.com/politics/fed...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’re on pace for “the third-largest budget deficit in U.S. history, trailing only the fiscal year 2020 and Fiscal year 2021 deficits incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
www.foxbusiness.com/politics/fed...
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The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency.
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
$135 billion! This fiscal year!!!!!
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
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April 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
$135 billion! This fiscal year!!!!!
Mamdani has proposed a balanced budget for next year, holding spending level while closing a $12 billion deficit.
Trump's budget proposal increases the deficit year over year by about $300b, with a massive deficit next year of more than $2 trillion.
Fiscal responsibility? Mamdani > Trump.
Trump's budget proposal increases the deficit year over year by about $300b, with a massive deficit next year of more than $2 trillion.
Fiscal responsibility? Mamdani > Trump.
May 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Mamdani has proposed a balanced budget for next year, holding spending level while closing a $12 billion deficit.
Trump's budget proposal increases the deficit year over year by about $300b, with a massive deficit next year of more than $2 trillion.
Fiscal responsibility? Mamdani > Trump.
Trump's budget proposal increases the deficit year over year by about $300b, with a massive deficit next year of more than $2 trillion.
Fiscal responsibility? Mamdani > Trump.
NSF Update through March 13, 2026
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March 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
NSF Update through March 13, 2026
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The Massachusetts "millionaires tax" has vastly surpassed projections, bringing in more than $1.8 billion in revenue so far this fiscal year — with the prospect of a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on transportation and education
State’s ‘millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year, blowing past state projections - The Boston Globe
The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The Massachusetts "millionaires tax" has vastly surpassed projections, bringing in more than $1.8 billion in revenue so far this fiscal year — with the prospect of a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on transportation and education
Happy Fiscal New Year to all who celebrate!
July 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy Fiscal New Year to all who celebrate!
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
I am shocked to see this language from the NSF.
“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”
“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”
Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request to Congress
www.nsf.gov
April 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I am shocked to see this language from the NSF.
“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”
“The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”
According To Massachusetts Dept.
Of Revenue, It's Generated
$ 3.38 Billion During The Most Recent Fiscal Year Alone ! So Go
Ahead, TAX THE RICH.....
(WBUR)
Of Revenue, It's Generated
$ 3.38 Billion During The Most Recent Fiscal Year Alone ! So Go
Ahead, TAX THE RICH.....
(WBUR)
August 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
According To Massachusetts Dept.
Of Revenue, It's Generated
$ 3.38 Billion During The Most Recent Fiscal Year Alone ! So Go
Ahead, TAX THE RICH.....
(WBUR)
Of Revenue, It's Generated
$ 3.38 Billion During The Most Recent Fiscal Year Alone ! So Go
Ahead, TAX THE RICH.....
(WBUR)
A video game studio should be allowed to make a bad game and gain some institutional knowledge without being gutted, skinned, and melted it down into glue every fiscal year.
June 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A video game studio should be allowed to make a bad game and gain some institutional knowledge without being gutted, skinned, and melted it down into glue every fiscal year.
New fiscal year, new me.
July 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM
New fiscal year, new me.
"There's reason to believe maybe this fiscal year will be better than the last" - Accounting Crows
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"There's reason to believe maybe this fiscal year will be better than the last" - Accounting Crows
"Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year."
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates
Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year, the Department of Revenue said Monday in a ...
www.wgbh.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year."
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
It's going to be used for education and transportation.
See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
Fox: The administration is expecting a $2.1 trillion deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. That's up from $1.8 trillion the last fiscal year. Most of the increase is in defense spending.
May 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Fox: The administration is expecting a $2.1 trillion deficit for the 2026 fiscal year. That's up from $1.8 trillion the last fiscal year. Most of the increase is in defense spending.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The fiscal year is dead. Long live the fiscal year.
September 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The fiscal year is dead. Long live the fiscal year.
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
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April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
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