Opposing reductions in education funding they say will put “children’s futures at risk,” Connecticut’s largest teachers union and three communities asked a court Wednesday to enjoin the governor.
Read moreHighlighting unprecedented pitfalls that the U.S. Census Bureau faces for its 2020 count, the NAACP brought a federal complaint Thursday to access records on the bureau’s preparations.
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House Democrats on Thursday asked for a federal investigation into Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s spending $25,000 on a soundproof booth for his office.
Read moreThe House Thursday passed a $4.1 trillion budget plan that’s a critical step for the party’s drive to rewrite the tax code later this year.
Read moreAttorneys for Ohio and a Cleveland abortion clinic argued Tuesday before the state’s high court over whether the clinic has standing to challenge abortion restrictions that were tacked on to the state budget.
Read moreCiting rising uncertainty in insurance markets, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday it expects premiums to increase by 15 percent next year under the federal health care law’s benchmark plan.
Read moreSeeking new recruitment tools to stem declining enrollment, California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a measure to give full-time students a tuition-free year of community college.
Read moreThe House has passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion spending bill for the Pentagon, domestic agencies, and foreign aid that GOP leaders are calling a winner for conservatives — even though it reversed many of the spending cuts sought by President Donald Trump this spring.
Read moreWhile all eyes have been on hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the West has been burning – with many states having their worst fire seasons in decades.
Read moreThe House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $15 billion package that provides disaster relief for areas recovering from Hurricane Harvey, along with a short-term agreement to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling.
Read moreThe Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging bill that will fund the government into December, raise the debt ceiling and provide $15.3 billion in disaster relief to areas hit by Hurricane Harvey.
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A bill to criminally charge and fine state employees who willfully mislead the California auditor unanimously passed the state Senate on Thursday and now awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature.
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President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president’s border wall.
Read moreLike a poison pill in the corporate world, a Florida Republican introduced a legislative amendment to sink Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
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Deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal investigation unit have accompanied a steep reduction in the number of new criminal cases filed against polluters and other violators of environmental laws according to a new report.
Read moreState auditors blasted University of California President Janet Napolitano’s office again on Thursday, with a finding that a university information technology project is years behind schedule and its costs have ballooned to nearly $1 billion.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s pledge to end billions in federal insurance subsidies will worsen the federal deficit, and spike health insurance premiums, the Congressional Budget Office warned Tuesday.
Read moreThree years of declining revenues from coal mining in eastern Montana have left the state budget in tough shape, and budget officials said state agencies would have to find ways to trim some $93 million from their budgets.
Read moreChicago parents sued the Illinois Board of Education on Thursday over the ongoing school funding crisis, as state lawmakers face another showdown with Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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