CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered a public message Monday to aldermen who are threatening an imminent vote on their own 2026 budget plan: Bring it on. Speaking at a City Hall news conference, the mayor ...

On the first day of school after winter break, San Francisco public school principals were greeted by a baffling email from district Superintendent Maria Su. School principals and members of the San ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing a $53.26 billion state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that increases spending for schools and the most vulnerable, but also exceeds projected revenues by ...

Chicago is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the City Council held a final vote on a budget plan following an hours-long session on Saturday, but the city is not out of the woods ...

SUPERDOME. DARRYL FORGES WDSU NEWS MAYOR LATOYA CANTRELL KICKED OFF HER 2026 BUDGET ADDRESS WITH A FIRE EXCHANGE AND BLAME OVER LOOMING CITY CUTBACKS. WDSU INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CASSIE SCHERM LIVE IN ...

Renegade Chicago aldermen battling with Mayor Brandon Johnson over competing 2026 budgets announced tweaks to their proposal Monday, but withheld critical details as a negotiation meeting between the ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday proposed a $79 billion operating budget that avoids general tax increases but cuts or delays an array of state services while tapping the state rainy day fund and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers the State of the State address to the Legislature. (Governor's Office photo) Newsom advancing ag and water policy through bonds and targeted spending. New funding for a ...

The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan Saturday, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has the ability to veto it. The $16.6 billion budget, which does not include the mayor's controversial ...

WASTE OF THE COUNCIL’S TIME TO READ FEDERAL LEGISLATION. TO THE STATE CAPITOL NOW. IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT.