Gov. Josh Stein sits for an interview and records an Under the Dome podcast with News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the North Carolina ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson released his proposed 2026 supplemental budget on Tuesday. He remained candid about the financial challenges the state faces, including a continued deficit and steep ...

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 ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he will not veto the 2026 budget passed by aldermen, conceding a historic struggle that reached the brink of a government shutdown and burned his goodwill with ...

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Aldermen passed the final part of a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget on Saturday, in a historic meeting that redraws the political lines at City Hall and further imperils his ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare and tension-filled Saturday session, a budget that does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan Saturday, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has the ability to veto it. The $16.6 billion budget, which does not include the mayor's ...

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RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin presented his final budget plan to the General Assembly’s money committee’s Wednesday. It’s a less ambitious proposal than in years past, which historically included the ...

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 ...

An alternative budget proposal without a head tax is moving forward, as the stalemate continues at City Hall. Members of the City Council got creative in how they made up for the revenue lost by ...