The downgrade renewed calls from some on the City Council to strip out borrowing included in Johnson's budget and to make a larger advance pension payment.

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut legislation would effectively transfer wealth from younger Americans to older generations, nonpartisan analysts say.

As Republican state lawmakers weigh taking back the $500 million in state funds behind NCInnovation, the group's boss says his plans to leave aren't related to the funding fight. Public schools, ...

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Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration on Tuesday proposed a penny-pinching budget that avoids a tax increase for 2026. Gainey’s $680 million operating budget — which funds basic city functions, ...

SUPERDOME. DARRYL FORGES WDSU NEWS MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL KICKED OFF HER 2026 BUDGET ADDRESS WITH A FIRE EXCHANGE AND BLAME OVER LOOMING CITY CUTBACKS. WDSU INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CASSIE SCHERM LIVE IN ...

LANSING — A budget approved Tuesday, Aug. 26, by the Republican-controlled House would cut spending across state government, including cuts to the Michigan State Police and payments to local ...

State lawmakers plan to wrap up their session this week without a full budget agreement. That impasse prompted the state Senate and House to propose scaled-back spending bills — but so far they can't ...

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