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Tough budget decisions for NOAA in focus at House hearing
FedScoop· 9 hours agoCuts to programs for ocean observation, weather research, and staffing for the National Weather...
Education, housing and health care come out on top in lawmakers’ revised fiscal 2025 budget
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGood news for transit riders, Medicaid providers and public school students, all of whom stand to...
Editorial: A balanced state budget. But hardly Springfield Democrats’ finest hour.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoHere’s the good news: Illinois lawmakers under Gov. J.B. Pritzker passed a balanced budget for the sixth straight year, protecting the state’s credit rating and continuing ...
2024 Louisiana legislative session: Chipping away at sunshine
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA year after lawmakers passed the state budget in a frenzied final few minutes before their...
Democrats declare ‘Illinois is on the right track’ as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $53.1 billion budget
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHICAGO — Fending off critics of the largest budget in Illinois history, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the...
Americans fret over whether they can count on receiving Medicare, Social Security benefits
CBS Austin· 17 hours agoAmericans are increasingly worried that entitlement programs that generations of people have been...
Congestion pricing paused, business tax proposed: What's next?
WNYW via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoGovernor Kathy Hochul put an indefinite pause on the implementation of congestion pricing and is proposing another tax on New York City businesses to replace it.
Does Gov. Hochul, a Buffalo Native, Really Get New York City?
New York Times· 7 hours agoGovernor Hochul is more of an outsider to New York City than most of her predecessors. Critics say...
Despite lackluster response to his Springfield agenda, Mayor Brandon Johnson vows: ‘We keep...
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoWhen Brandon Johnson visited the Illinois State Capitol as mayor-elect, he emphatically rejected the...
Democrats tap gaming cash cow to help fill state budget gap
Quincy Herald-Whig· 2 days agoIn order to boost infrastructure spending and avoid a projected fiscal cliff facing the state in the...