U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is set to testify before a House appropriations subcommittee Tuesday. Bernhardt is likely to face questions about a severe maintenance backlog in the National Park Service, which says it can’t afford to keep its parks looking like what people expect. “These funding problems really threaten not just the integrity of […]

Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.

Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.

Every year at this time, federal agencies scramble to spend down their budgets.

The National Park Foundation helps fill the gap when the Park Service's $3 billion budget falls short.

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