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5 Midday Must-Reads: A Price Tag for Trump’s Birthday Party, a Budget Vote Goes Bust and a ‘Hunger Games’ for Immigrants?
A presidential birthday parade, a reality show for citizenship and deep cuts to Medicaid are all under consideration in ...
Budget office with 'fundamentally progressive roots' used by Dems as latest tool in anti-Trump resistance
While Democrats labeled the scorekeeper’s report as proof that Republican policies would lead to “catastrophic" Medicaid cuts ...
Cannabis products in Minnesota would see a tax hike from 10% to 15% under budget agreement
The bipartisan budget deal approved by Minnesota lawmakers includes a tax increase from 10% to 15% on cannabis products sold ...
US budget surplus surges to $258 billion in April, year-to-date deficit tops $1 trillion
The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, ...
Budget fight may delay state’s payments to child care providers
Lawmakers have yet to get a deal on $756 million supplemental budget that includes $189 million to help families pay for ...
Camden schools chief approves budget for 2025-2026 school year that will cut nearly 300 positions
Camden School Superintendent Katrina T. McCombs says she was forced by the state to make deep cuts to balance the district's ...
GOP budget battle erupts over Medicaid
A surprise holdout by ultraconservative members of the House Budget Committee Thursday forced Speaker Mike Johnson to ...
Prison closure, Ozempic limit, cap-and-what? 5 takeaways from Gavin Newsom’s budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday outlined his administration’s latest version of the 2025-26 budget plan, better known as the ...