Tag: Government budgets
Alaska faces shutdown threat amid budget, dividend dispute
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska faces the prospect of a partial government shutdown next week amid an ongoing fight over how much to pay residents...
States grapple with closing youth detention centers
CONCORD, N.H. — As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility...
German Cabinet OKs 2022 budget plan with more new debt
BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved plans for a 2022 budget that foresee an increase in new debt as spending on health and...
Arizona GOP advances wish list on race, taxes, elections
PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate passed a $12.8 billion budget for the coming fiscal year early Wednesday that contains massive income tax cuts after...
Biden and Congress face a summer grind to create legislation
WASHINGTON — Until recently, the act of governing seemed to happen at the speed of presidential tweets. But now President Joe Biden is settling...
Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win
WASHINGTON — With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above...
Governor: GOP pick for public broadcasting brings ‘balance’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is defending his appointment of a Republican Party operative to a public broadcasting oversight board, saying...
Dems eye $6T plan on infrastructure, Medicare, immigration
WASHINGTON — Democrats are eyeing a $6 trillion infrastructure investment plan that goes far beyond roads and bridges to include core party priorities, from...
Cash payments take center stage in Newsom’s 1st recall ad
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As both summer and the scheduling of a recall election date loom, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make sure Californians know...
Impatient Democrats prepare to go-it-alone on infrastructure
WASHINGTON — Patience running thin, Democratic leaders are laying the groundwork for a go-it-alone approach on President Joe Biden's big jobs and families infrastructure...