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Here’s how the state budget will impact Southern Californians
From Medi-Cal and transportation to Hollywood and funding for firefighters, the budget impacts a range of areas.
Mass. lawmakers are on precipice of outlawing mandatory tenant-paid broker’s fees in $61 billion budget
Acknowledging a precarious financial moment, legislative leaders on Sunday released a spending plan that clocks in about a ...
Pennsylvania’s state budget will be late. Here’s what that means.
State lawmakers say they’re still far apart on reaching a budget deal as the clock ticks ever closer to their deadline of the start of a new fiscal year on Tuesday. Still, the true impact of that ...
California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big ‘structural’ deficit
Were a private corporation to cook its books like the state government does, its executives could wind up in jail for fraud.
"When is cancer political?" Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin's layoffs, budget cuts
Scientists conducting medical research are facing an existential crisis: Layoffs and budget cuts pushed by President Trump ...
Pentagon unveils $961B budget request: Fund for Golden Dome, missiles and drones, fewer F-35 jets
Trump administration unveils $961 billion Pentagon budget with $848.3 billion in discretionary funding, featuring cuts to ...
California budget breakdown: How it impacts your life, from Medi-Cal and education to fires
The state's fiscal year begins July 1. As California faces a shortfall in the billions, here's a look at what the budget ...
The President’s Defense Budget Misses the Mark
NATO members pledged this week to spend 5% of GDP. The U.S. is lagging behind substantially.
Proposed federal budget would limit access to student loans
The latest version of the Senate's federal budget reconciliation bill would limit the availability of student loans for ...
Alzheimer’s research in peril. Will Trump budget cuts set progress back by decades?
With promising drugs in the pipeline, we are on the cusp of "turning the tide" against Alzheimer's. But President Trump's ...