Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.1 billion budget package on Wednesday, ending a near five-month legislative stalemate with a compromise that includes more dollars for schools, an earned income tax ...
SANTA FE — With the 60-day legislative session entering its final days, lawmakers signed off Thursday on a $10.8 billion spending plan and a $1.2 billion package of public works projects. But a ...
WILKES-BARRE — Sen. Lisa Baker on Wednesday said as part of budget negotiations, the Senate passed Senate Bill 160 to provide funding at the levels included in the final budget for the 2024-25 fiscal ...
A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...
ST. THOMAS — The Committee on Rules and Judiciary advanced the first set of budget bills for Fiscal Year 2026 on Monday, sending 31 measures through to the full Senate for consideration at the next ...
Octopus Energy boss Greg Jackson has hailed the cuts to energy bills announced in today’s Budget, as the Chancellor slashed multiple renewable levies. Jackson welcomed the energy bill cuts as a ...
House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, takes questions from reporters on the House floor Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. State House and Senate leaders say this week's legislative session on ...
Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an $81 billion state spending plan and a new 24% tax on marijuana into law, behind closed doors Tuesday, after months of contentious negotiations in Michigan's ...
In Pennsylvania, missing the state budget deadline has gone from an exception to a near-expectation. The cost of lawmakers’ habitual tardiness isn’t just political; it’s personal for those who rely on ...