Latest Government budgets News

Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

Mar. 18, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action. Six months into...

Official revenue estimates tick up slightly as Delaware lawmakers eye governor's proposed budget

Mar. 18, 2024 17:20 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s official government revenue forecast for the current fiscal year has grown by more than $70 million since December, but officials still expect total general fund revenue to be slightly lower than last year. Meeting for the first time this year, the...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

Mar. 18, 2024 12:29 PM EDT

Detroit News. March 16, 2024. Editorial: Auditor General’s office should be fully funded Gov. Gretchen Whitmer carved out a clear position on government transparency by proposing to slash the budget for the one office in Lansing that holds lawmakers to account. ...

Maryland House pushes higher taxes, online gambling in $1.3B plan for education and transportation

Mar. 15, 2024 14:57 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A budget showdown at the Maryland General Assembly is brewing, with top House leaders outlining on Friday a $1.3 billion plan for new state revenues to pay future education and transportation costs that Senate leaders think is too hefty now and unsuitable for the state’s...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he won't support recently passed budget that includes tax hike

Mar. 14, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The budget the Democratic-led Virginia General Assembly passed last week is a “broken” plan that would impose a $2.6 billion tax hike over two years, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday, announcing he had asked lawmakers to work with him on revisions. ...

Maryland Senate approves $63B budget legislation for next fiscal year

Mar. 14, 2024 18:40 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Despite recent fiscal challenges, Gov. Wes Moore's $63 billion budget plan remains largely intact under legislation approved unanimously Thursday in the Maryland Senate. The measure makes reserves available if needed to cover a miscalculation in Medicaid costs...

Spain approves amnesty for Catalan separatists, but adiós to hopes it would bolster weak government

Mar. 14, 2024 13:46 PM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has kept his part of a bargain struck last year with Catalonia’s separatists to keep him in power by pushing through a divisive amnesty bill. The legislation aims to clear hundreds of secession supporters for their roles in an...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Mar. 14, 2024 07:14 AM EDT

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 7, 2024. Editorial: Lawmakers continue blowing holes in WV budget Gov. Jim Justice and Republican leaders who have supermajority control of the West Virginia Legislature have been trying to slash taxes over the years. This culminated...

Catalonia calls an early regional election that could add to Spain’s political uncertainty

Mar. 13, 2024 17:35 PM EDT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The regional president of Catalonia has called an early election for May 12 after his minority government failed to pass a budget for Spain's wealthy northeast region that includes Barcelona. The move by Pere Aragonès on Wednesday came on the eve of a vote...

Republican senators reveal their version of Kentucky's next two-year budget

Mar. 13, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Senate Republicans revealed their version of the state's next two-year budget Wednesday, proposing more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula and doubling the amount of performance-based funding that goes to public universities. The...