The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on a budget dispute between the Democratic governor and state Republicans, taking up a lawsuit filed by a conservative advocacy group challenging the practice of partial vetoes.
Read morePresident Donald Trump signed off Friday on a $2.7 trillion budget deal that passed the Senate a day earlier, despite GOP pushback over new spending that the budget ushers in.
Read moreThe Senate approved a $2.7 trillion budget deal Thursday that lifts caps on discretionary spending over the next two years and limits how much debt the government can take on.
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A hard-won, warts-and-all budget pact between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Trump is facing a key vote in the Senate, with many Republicans torn between supporting the president and risking their political brand with an unpopular vote to add $2 trillion or more to the government’s debt.
Read moreThe House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $2.7 trillion budget agreement that raises caps on discretionary spending over the next two years and lifts the limit on how much debt the federal government can take on.
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Monday afternoon that his administration and lawmakers in Congress have agreed to a budget deal that raises the debt ceiling for two years.
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Washington negotiators are closing in on a budget and debt deal that would stave off the chance of a government shutdown this fall and allow Congress to pass legislation to increase the government’s borrowing cap.
Read moreMore than just forests are burning in Alaska right now, after Governor Mike Dunleavy used his veto pen to slash and burn $444 million from the state budget, including essential services to education, arts and senior citizens, and the Legislature failed Wednesday to come up with the 45 votes needed to override.
Read moreHours before the midnight deadline, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s operating budget of $214.8 billion on Thursday evening, a plan that increases spending on public education, expands health care, and addresses the state’s homelessness crisis.
Read moreThe House passed a $383 billion spending package Tuesday, including funds for the 2020 census provided a citizenship question does not appear on the form.
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When an endangered orca named Tahlequeah lost her calf last summer, the entire pod swam 1,000 miles with the grieving mother as she carried the young whale’s body for 17 days through the Salish Sea.
Read moreThe warming of the planet and related effects of climate change will impact the finances of American citizens, the U.S. economy and the federal budget, experts told the House Budget Committee on Tuesday.
Read moreDuring a fraught Oakland City Council meeting Monday night, residents angry with Mayor Libby Schaaf’s eleventh-hour bid to torpedo a budget proposal promising more services for low-income and homeless people in the Bay Area city chastised the mayor as a “bully” and a figurehead for Oakland’s rich.
Read moreA government watchdog group reported Thursday that NASA’s major space projects are over budget and falling behind schedule.
Read moreUrging a federal judge to freeze funds earmarked for a wall at the Southern border, a lawyer for the House of Representatives argued Thursday that the president’s reallocation of money in the defense budget violated congressional authority.
Read moreYears of lobbying for new judgeships have yielded results with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose revised May budget released Thursday offers $30 million for 25 new judges.
Read moreTaking a cue from his predecessor Jerry Brown, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that despite exploding tax collections and billions in reserves, his administration is preparing for “uncertain economic headwinds” by stashing cash in his proposed budget.
Read moreProgressing causes that female lawmakers have been pushing for years, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he wants to extend paid family leave and eliminate sales tax on diapers and female hygiene products in his upcoming budget proposal.
Read moreUndercutting a promise from the Trump administration that the move will save taxpayers money, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday that Americans will pay $177 billion over the next 10 years to reduce how much Medicare beneficiaries spend on prescription drugs.
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