Assessment of what governments spend, tax and regulate, measured against the objectives stated when each measure was introduced. Sources include budget offices, program evaluations and comparable schemes abroad. For officials, evaluators and analysts who need the counterfactual as well as the reported outcome.
Federal agencies invite the public to weigh in before most new rules take effect. Where the invitations live, what a proposal actually asks, and where your comment goes.
Valentina Sokolov · September 29, 2026
The accountability role inside newsrooms borrows a Swedish invention from 1809. Its power depends entirely on independence.
Henrik Larsen · September 27, 2026
When a city ordinance collides with state statute, the state wins under the supremacy clause of state constitutions — and legislatures have used that lever aggressively.
Valentina Sokolov · September 17, 2026
The definitive CBAM regime began on 1 January 2026, but the threshold, the deductions and the certificate calendar decide who actually pays.
Valentina Sokolov · July 7, 2026
Reconciliation lets a simple Senate majority rewrite taxes and entitlement spending with limited debate and no filibuster — through a gate the Byrd rule guards.
Valentina Sokolov · June 18, 2026