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Senate gives $1 billion tax cut to wealthy Ohioans in state budget
Ohio now has three different plans to fund K-12 education, pay for a Cleveland Browns stadium, and give property tax relief.
State budget rolls through Republican-led Senate
It took four hours of debate over 20 amendments, but a $15.4 billion two-year state budget proposal easily cleared the state Senate Thursday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman James Gray, R-Rochester, ...
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How the Minnesota Legislature’s struggle to complete a state budget measures up: Exceptional, terrible, or neither?
Budget delays have been common across the country amid lousy economic forecasts, federal uncertainty and other factors.
Budget would expand state oversight following college closures
Budget would require colleges to submit financial notifications and student record plans to the state chancellor as ...
State leaders, lawmakers react to $55.2B state budget that passed just before midnight deadline
WATCH: WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joined Sunday’s WGN Weekend Morning News to discuss the $55.2 billion state budget ...
Cleveland County approves budget despite sheriff's funding request
Cleveland County leaders passed a $61 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, despite the sheriff's request for ...
What will happen to AP, IB, AICE in Palm Beach County schools as state budget stalls?
Florida's state budget delays are impacting the Palm Beach County School District's ability to finalize its own budget.
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2% state employee raises on the way in state budget
The state budget for fiscal year 2025-26 will include an across-the-board 2% pay raise for state employees, according to ...
Florida state budget talks resume with $2.25B tax cut 'framework' in place
Armed with a new ‘framework’ for a budget deal, House and Senate negotiators held formal meetings June 3 to resolve ...
Key takeaways from the sprawling $15.9b New Hampshire state budget plan
While Republican senators tout the proposal as a balanced response to leaner times, Democrats say it doesn’t do enough to ...
Illinois rental assistance program sees funding cut for 2026 budget in another blow to state, city housing programs
Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords will stop accepting ...
California state workers push back against July 1 return to office, budget cuts
Hundreds of state workers showed up to protest at the California State Capitol on Thursday, fighting to continue working from ...