Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation’s drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked for the opioid epidemic to help growing numbers of people struggling with meth and cocaine.
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Eyeing a generous infusion of cash from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, the Judicial Council of California is pushing to modernize the courts with tech innovations that should make navigating the justice system a little easier.
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A federal watchdog concluded Thursday that the White House broke the law by allowing President Donald Trump to freeze U.S. aid to Ukraine so that he could put his own policy priorities before congressional ones.
Read moreAfter a decade of turbulent financial troubles, Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly urged lawmakers in Topeka to continue the state’s economic upturn in her State of the State Address Wednesday evening.
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With homelessness reaching crisis levels in California, a California congressman is proposing legislation that would let the president declare a homelessness emergency and unleash an array of federal assistance to help get people off the streets.
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The European Union plans to dedicate a quarter of its budget to tackling climate change and to help shift $1.1 trillion in investment towards making the economy more environmentally friendly over the next 10 years.
Read moreSanta Ana, California sued Orange County, Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano in federal court, claiming it’s bearing a disproportionate share of the costs of services for the homeless in Orange County.
Read moreThe Trump administration changed rules on how the government funds programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but the law requires that money to go to evidence-based programs – a hurdle, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, that abstinence-only programs don’t clear.
Read moreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom rolled out an ambitious $222 billion spending plan for 2020-21 that expands the state’s role in attacking a number of vexing issues, including wildfires, the housing shortage, and the ever-escalating homelessness crisis.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit on Wednesday lifted a lower court’s order that blocked the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction money for a wall on the Mexican border.
Read moreA new federal report released Wednesday shows the IRS struggled to send refunds to American taxpayers in 2019 as budget cuts and workload increases burdened the agency.
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The leader of Mississippi’s underfunded prison system was pleading with lawmakers for money to hire more guards and pay them better in 2012 when he warned, “I see trouble down the road.”
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One day ahead of a deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the Senate on Thursday approved a $1.4 trillion spending deal that will fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year.
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a $1.4 trillion spending package, putting Congress on track to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year ahead of an end-of-week deadline.
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House leaders Monday unveiled a $1.4 trillion federal spending package that’s carrying an unusually large load of unrelated provisions catching a ride on the last train out of Congress this year.
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Senior lawmakers announced a tentative agreement Thursday on an almost $1.4 trillion government-wide spending bill that would stave off a federal shutdown next weekend and split the differences on a number of contentious issues.
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The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed a 2020 defense spending bill that formally establishes the Space Force, the sixth and newest division of the U.S. military.
Read moreThe Navajo Nation sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming he cut funding for the nation’s Judicial Branch from $17 million each calendar year from 2014 to 2018 to less than $1.5 million this year.
Read moreDespite pleas to set aside bickering over military spending so the issue doesn’t dominate a third NATO summit in a row, the United States is almost certain to demand again this week that its 28 NATO partners respect their pledges to boost defense budgets.
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