If Congress doesn’t pass a federal spending bill by Oct. 1, agency closures will disrupt numerous routine functions for ...

The benefits of pension reform over time outweigh any upfront monetary or political cost. Surely the governor can make that ...

AT THE TABLE: The Chicago mayor’s office has been talking regularly, including this week, to Springfield lawmakers about how the Illinois ... the budget and possible avenues for the state ...

Illinois on Thursday, July 20, 2023. On Sept. 14, the House of Representatives passed the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act to block state attempts to eliminate the sale of gas-powered cars.

The same goes for other plans, such as the reamortization of pension debt proposed by the Center for Tax and Budget ... a ...

The assembly passes amendments to the state’s two-year budget every odd year, but this year, the House and Senate continued debating the budget past the July 1 deadline, the start of the fiscal ...

The North Carolina House ... budget. Berger said he thought the votes to pass the budget would be there if it were put on the floor. The budget is expected to include raises for teachers and state ...

though the state government is funded at last year's levels and remains open. Lawmakers had hoped to have a budget by July 4. Both the House and Senate have passed their own budgets and have ...

Already two months late, final negotiations on the North Carolina budget are happening this weekend between the most powerful politicians in the state. By Monday afternoon, Republican legislators ...

Virginia lawmakers have passed ... the state's politically divided government. The state's Democratic-controlled state Senate and GOP-led House of Delegates failed to agree on a budget at the ...

Republican legislative leaders have ditched their efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state.

An Illinois ... The victim passed out again and when she regained consciousness, she noticed smoke coming in to the bathroom from under the door. She opened the door and saw the house engulfed ...