State Budget

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In State of the Commonwealth, Beshear Unveils Two-Year Budget With Universal Pre-K, Full Medicaid Funding and Housing Investment

Republican leaders stressed their constitutional control over spending.

Hochul Unveils Plan to Crack Down on 3D-Printed Guns With File Ban and First-in-the-Nation Printer Rules

Newsom Presses Congress in D.C. for $34 Billion L.A. Wildfire Recovery Package as FEMA Spurns Meeting

California Fast Food Council Hasn’t Met in 2025 as Chair Vacancy Stretches Past Six Months

Pennsylvania Budget Deal Ends State’s Participation in RGGI

Newsom Links Palisades Rebuild Delays to Climate Change as Critics Allege Mismanagement

Pennsylvania Enacts $50 Billion Budget After 135-Day Stalemate

California Lawmakers Steer $415 Million in Earmarks Into 2025 Budget Despite Deficit

Illinois Transit Rescue Clears Legislature as RTA Restores Disability Ride-Share, Scraps 2026 Fare Hikes

Healey Floats $10K Buyouts, $20K Retirement Incentives to Trim State Workforce

New Mexico Governor Signs $162 Million Emergency Package to Cushion Federal Cuts

California Redistricting Fight Intensifies as Marin Backs Prop. 50 and 37 Sheriffs Oppose

Funding Lapse Shutters Two Wisconsin Veterans Transitional Housing Facilities

Maryland to Close Jessup’s MCI-J by June 2026

North Carolina to Cut Medicaid Payments Next Week as Budget Standoff Persists

Maryland Universities Sound Alarm on Federal Grant Cancellations as Hopkins Extends Hiring Freeze

North Carolina Senate Passes Bill to Remove Planned Parenthood From Medicaid and Require Price Transparency

Ohio Launches Child Care Cred With 40/40/20 Cost Split and $10 Million State Funding

SEPTA to Begin Sunday Service Cuts After Funding Talks Stall

California Sets 2026 Closure for Norco State Prison