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Speaker McCarthy eyes new commission to tackle nation's debt, but many Democrats are wary
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is studying the history books and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders as he lays the groundwork for a new commission to tackle the nation's growing debt. McCarthy is fresh off his biggest political...
Louisiana lawmakers pass budget and adjourn the 2023 Legislative Session
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the final half an hour of Louisiana's legislative session, lawmakers on Thursday hastily passed an approximately $45 billion budget plan but were given little explanation for budget amendments crafted behind closed doors by a six-member committee. The...
Wisconsin GOP gives licensing agency fraction of workers governor asked for to improve performance
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled finance committee voted Thursday to give the state's embattled professional licensing agency a fraction of the new positions that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers requested to improve application turnaround times. Evers had included...
South Carolina Senate and House reach budget deal 1 day after tense meeting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina House members and senators reached an agreement on the state's $13 billion budget Thursday, barely 24 hours after a tense meeting where both sides appeared to be out of patience. Thursday's meeting was all smiles and jokes. The key sticking...
New Hampshire budget passes after rare bipartisan, bicameral cooperation
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For the first time in decades, New Hampshire lawmakers have sent the governor a two-year budget without having House and Senate negotiators craft a compromise between the two chambers. The House on Thursday quickly concurred with the $15.2 billion plan approved...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
The Advocate. June 7, 2023. Editorial: Plenty of revenue, but less money for children In theory, everybody is in favor of early childhood education. This year, not enough. Louisiana is losing short-term federal funding for about 16,000...
New Hampshire Senate passes bipartisan budget back to House
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Senate passed a $15.2 billion, two-year state budget with bipartisan support Wednesday, sending the pared-down proposal back to the House for further consideration. The Republican-led Senate unanimously and quickly approved the operating...
Louisiana lawmakers near deadline to pass state's operating budget
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — During the second to last day of Louisiana's legislative session, lawmakers cleared a major hurdle in crafting the state's fiscal plan — voting to breach the constitutional expenditure limit — but as the clock ticks down to adjournment, legislators still need to pass a...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget with key investments in education
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state's $50.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year into law Wednesday, hailing it for being balanced and what he called its “transformative investments” in early childhood, K-12 and higher education. Pritzker, flanked by...
House and Senate budget dispute over 1st veterinary school in South Carolina erupts into public
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The $100 million deadlock in South Carolina's $13 billion budget erupted into public view Wednesday as the highest ranking House Democrat accused the Senate's budget leader of “putting pets over people” for insisting on money for the state's first veterinary school. ...
