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NATO’s troubling new addiction to defense spending gimmicks
Too many NATO member states are using budgetary gimmicks to boost their top line defense budgets. NATO needs boosted burden ...
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House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families
The House-passed Republican reconciliation plan would cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...
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NC House budget reduces HHS positions, tweaks Medicaid funding
The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a budget plan on May 22 for the next two fiscal years that would cut ...
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Trump plan could offload hundreds of national park sites to states
The National Park Service manages 433 units around the country, including many smaller parks aimed at preserving places of ...
Lost Coast Outpost1d
California Lawmakers Reject Hundreds of Bills in Rapid-Fire Hearings
Those are among the hundreds of proposals California lawmakers swiftly rejected Friday under the banner of cost savings, as ...
Proposed fishing and hunting license fee increases still alive in state budget negotiations
As Gov. Tony Evers and GOP leaders work on details of the 2025-26 Wisconsin budget, a proposal to increase resident fishing ...
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Lynnwood looks to make up multi-million dollar shortfall in expected revenue
While the Lynnwood budget falls $3 million short, the city council explores solutions to address the financial gap and ensure ...
The Columbian2d
Parties offer varying tax estimates of what families will pay under Washington’s new budget
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law Washington’s operating budget, which will be funded with billions of dollars in taxes.
Fact check: Would GOP bill strip Medicaid, health care from 13 million Americans?
"Republicans just unveiled their 'big, beautiful bill,' which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million ...
With the state budget signed, how much more taxes should WA families expect to pay?
Senate Republicans based their projection off Democrats’ state tax package, including legislation boosting business and ...
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225 six-figure earners on Ann Arbor’s growing city hall payroll, records show
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s payroll at city hall continues to grow and so does the number of six-figure earners. There were 225 employees in city government with total pay topping $100,000 in 2024, up ...
Fiscal hawks confronted by ‘staggering’ price tag of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
A fresh analysis from the Congressional Budget Office projects the proposal would pile on some $3 trillion over the next decade to the national debt ...