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Largest state budget in Illinois history signed despite bipartisan calls for cuts
The Center Square· 4 hours agoApproved by the House last week, and the Senate the week before that, the budget spends $53.1...
Here's why the minimum wage and some tax breaks don't budge despite inflation
CNBC· 5 days agoWhat is and isn't inflation-indexed largely depends on lawmakers' whims when they drafted respective...
5 potential solutions to keep Social Security from going broke
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThe...between future program costs and available income. Lawmakers have a little over a decade to...
Five water projects in Western states to receive $242M from feds
Washington State Standard via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe money, part of the president’s domestic infrastructure and manufacturing agenda and funded...
Medicare Watchdog Seats Have Gone Unfilled for Nearly a Decade
MedPage Today· 18 hours agoLast month, as happens every spring, the Medicare and Social Security trustees' annual reports came...
Michigan Senate passes bill allowing home placement of medically frail prisoners
The Center Square· 6 hours agoThe Michigan Senate recently passed a bill that would allow some medically incapacitated prisoners...
Can Sen. Jack Reed get RI funds for the Washington Bridge? Here's what he's brought back so far.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAnd a recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center found that members of the appropriations...
How opioid treatment centers can overcome bipartisan NIMBYism to build local support
Philly.com· 4 days agoNews of the shelter’s expansion came just a week before the high-profile closing of an encampment of...
“Why now?”: Biden’s new immigration policy to limit asylum seekers faces quick criticism in Texas
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 3 hours agoSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the...
Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad -...
The Boston Globe· 15 minutes agoWhite House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said aboard Air Force One on the way to France...