Public health improvements aren’t a priority for Berks County amid budget crunch, officials say
This has been a repeated refrain over my 30 years — why doesn’t Berks County have a public health department, or why doesn’t ...
Trump budget cuts threaten Alabama program for those with mental health challenges, advocates say
"I tend to just hope that rational conversations are going to eventually happen and that things will kind of sort themselves ...
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‘We can do better’: Petaluma City Schools board to revisit budget cuts after feedback
The Petaluma City Schools Board of Trustees, tasked with chopping $2 million from next year’s budget, heard recommendations ...
Senate GOP pushes ahead with budget bill that funds Trump’s mass deportations and border wall
Senate Republicans have pushed ahead on a scaled-back budget bill. On a party-line vote late Tuesday, 50-47, they agreed to ...
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Health not priority for Berks
When COVID-19 shut down the global economy in 2020, Berks County didn’t have a local public health department to lead the ...
Senate GOP ready to advance slimmer budget blueprint
The Senate took its first procedural step Tuesday towards passage of a filibuster-proof border security, defense and energy ...
What would dismantling the Department of Education mean for Southern California schools?
What exactly would be cut from the department — and exactly how it could be dismantled — is still unclear. But already, ...
Millions earmarked to keep rural hospitals open, recruit health care providers in Shapiro’s $51.4B budget proposal
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s spending plan also invests in rural communities by promoting agriculture advancements and ...
DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts
Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of ...
DOGE says it found nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for $4.7T in payments
DOGE identified a nearly untraceable code linking payments to the U.S. Treasury to a budget line item, accounting for nearly ...
Skyrocketing healthcare budget for illegal immigrants haunts blue state taxpayers
A California budget official revealed this week that taxpayers in the deep blue state are paying billions of dollars more on healthcare for illegal immigrants than previously known.
Austin school district enacts spending, hiring freezes amid growing $110M budget deficit
Additional spending requests and less revenue led the district's deficit to grow from $92M to $110M, prompting a hiring and ...