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Housing Market Appears Balanced but Is Splitting Into Two Distinct Tracks

Seller price cuts with a retreat of price-sensitive shoppers have narrowed headline gaps without restoring broad affordability

City Council Approves 18.2% Pay Increase for New York Elected Officials

Hinojosa Proposes $1,500 Check for Every Texas Household From Rainy Day Fund

Florida Legislature Approves $114.5 Billion Budget and Tax Package

Redrawn California Districts Reshape Primaries as Early Voting Begins

Progressives Unveil $25 Federal Minimum Wage Plan With Phased Rollout

ACA Enrollment Falls After Subsidies Lapse With Big Drops in Arizona and Utah

Education Department Halts Involuntary Student-Loan Collections as McMahon Signals Restart Soon

Newsom Escalates Fight Against California’s Proposed Billionaire Wealth Tax

Braun’s State of the State Puts Affordability First, Targets Utility Rates

Trump Names Vince Haley to Lead Planned D.C. Triumphal Arch Near Lincoln Memorial

Hochul Drafts Phased Universal Child Care as Mamdani Prepares NYC Plan

Newsom Wraps COP30 With New Climate Pacts as California Stands In for U.S. Presence

City Council Moves to Override Adams’s Veto of Grocery Courier Wage Bills