The Pennsylvania Capitol at night. (Photo by Peter Hall/Capital-Star) The state Senate passed a new $47.9 billion budget proposal Tuesday as Democrats warned of the consequences of not fully funding ...

TALLAHASSEE — In his final budget proposal, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday rolled out a $117.36 billion plan for the 2026-2027 fiscal year that includes increased money for teachers and ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday proposed a $79 billion operating budget that avoids general tax increases but cuts or delays an array of state services while tapping the state rainy day fund and ...

The school board unanimously voted down the district’s dire budget plan last month. It’s back anyway — and principals are in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...

Pittsburgh’s controller and several City Council members on Wednesday skewered parts of Mayor Ed Gainey’s budget proposal for next year, with one councilman calling it “unprofessional” and “sloppy.” ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson made a splash Tuesday, Dec. 23, with his full-throated endorsement of taxing the earnings of millionaires. The surprise declaration from the first-term Democratic governor ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, even as Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last-ditch effort to reintroduce ...

Back-and-forth budget talks between Mayor Brandon Johnson's office and his opponents on the City Council continued Wednesday afternoon at Chicago City Hall with no resolution in sight. The City ...

Renegade Chicago aldermen battling with Mayor Brandon Johnson over competing 2026 budgets announced tweaks to their proposal Monday, but withheld critical details as a negotiation meeting between the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on. Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor ...