SPENDING AT A RATE THAT OUTPACES INFLATION. GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY, DEFENDING HER MULTIBILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN, SAYING SHE’S TRYING TO LOWER COSTS, SAVING MONEY FOR PEOPLE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ...

Gov. Maura Healey filed her reelection year budget plan Wednesday, sending the Legislature a $63.36 billion proposal that would increase spending by 3.8% compared to the budget she signed last summer ...

This story has been updated with additional comments and information from a Jan. 28 committee meeting. FRANKFORT, Ky. — State lawmakers have filed their proposed two-year Kentucky budget, a ...

Gov. Wes Moore released a $70.8 billion budget proposal on Wednesday for fiscal year 2027 that makes nearly $1.8 billion in program cuts and fund transfers to eliminate a projected $1.4 billion ...

SOME SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CUTS HERE. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. SO SHE GAVE HER PRESENTATION EARLIER TONIGHT. AND THAT PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES SEVERAL COST SAVING MEASURES, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A SLIGHT ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday declared President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a “message to the world” in its reestablishment of the U.S.’s military might. Speaking to ...

JEFFERSON CITY — As Missouri’s general revenue surplus depletes, Gov. Mike Kehoe’s proposed budget aims to tighten the belt on state spending. Kehoe’s proposed $54.5 billion state budget, released ...

North Carolina could remain without a new budget until at least April. Lawmakers had scheduled their first session of 2026 this week but aren't planning to hold any votes. North Carolina is the only ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday released his annual budget proposal to close the state’s projected $2.9 billion shortfall — significantly less than the $18 billion deficit initially estimated — that seeks ...

ALERTS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. WELL, TODAY WE’RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE PROJECTIONS FOR THE BUDGET FOR CALIFORNIA. AND THERE IS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE BUDGET DEFICIT. TODAY, ...

Erin D. Dumbacher is the Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael C. Horowitz is a senior fellow for technology and innovation at the Council and director of ...

Gov. Josh Stein sits for an interview and records an Under the Dome podcast with News & Observer Capitol bureau chief Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the North Carolina ...