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The House and Senate will need to negotiate a final tax deal in the state budget. Here’s what they want to do.
Republicans say the 'big beautiful bill' will reduce the deficit, but economists say making the tax cuts permanent will do ...
Several GOP lawmakers have said they’ll buck the president’s request as Congress faces a Sept. 30 government shutdown cliff.
The Trump administration on Friday unveiled more details of the president’s vision for how to fund the government in fiscal year 2026, expanding on its request earlier this month for steep ...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) dismissed concerns that planned Republican cuts to health care for vulnerable Americans will lead to ...
Elon Musk is exiting the White House with little to show for his cost-cutting push and a list of frustrations from his time ...
The Trump administration is about to embark on the next phase of its plans to downsize the federal government, submitting a ...
The clock is ticking toward the end of the state legislative session. On Friday lawmakers gave an update on the state’s next ...
Lawmakers were supposed to finish their work earlier in early May, but they were forced to extend due to their budget disagreement.
Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday finally passed a $7.1 billion state budget to fund government agencies, but it wasn’t a master class in legislative statesmanship.
Last week, the House passed President Trump’s “one, big, beautiful” spending bill — but starting next week, it’s up to Senate ...
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House's budget bill at a town hall in her home ...