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 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has released a $117 billion budget proposal. Here's what Floridians need to know about what comes next. Gov. Ron DeSantis has released a $117 billion budget proposal. It's around $2 ...

As promised by Gov. Bob Ferguson earlier this month, the Democratic leader’s supplemental budget proposal focused heavily on spending reductions — not new taxes — to tackle the state’s $2.3 billion ...

French lawmakers passed a special law on Tuesday to avoid a shutdown until a budget is adopted. Negotiations will resume in January. By Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris The French Parliament ...

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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 ...

Nassau's state-appointed, fiscal monitoring panel approved the county's $4.4 billion operating budget for 2026 on Thursday night, on the condition that the Blakeman administration provides a ...

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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 ...