The quintessential American economic myth is that the free market picks winners and losers. But the federal government has long had a role in this... When Uncle Sam owned banks and factories The ...

Largest privately held bank in the U.S. still hasn't paid back Uncle Sam's TARP loan A year after taxpayers bailed out the nation's financial system, every major bank in New York has settled its debt ...

Thank you to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for publishing an analysis of the balance of payments between the 50 states and the federal government. This is his ninth annual review, continuing a ...

Illinois’ schools, transit agencies and health systems have known for a long time that federal pandemic relief is ending and a budget squeeze is coming. Now an obscure but important calculation from ...

The quintessential American economic myth is that the free market picks winners and losers. But the federal government has long had a role in this equation, from the current administration all the way ...