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 ...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration on Tuesday proposed a penny-pinching budget that avoids a tax increase for 2026. Gainey’s $680 million operating budget — which funds basic city functions, ...

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 ...

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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.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee on Thursday asked lawmakers to slap a new 3% surtax on Rhode Island millionaires and scale back renewable energy mandates as part of an election-year budget ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The City Council's budget standoff with Mayor Brandon Johnson moved another step closer to a vote as their plan faced scrutiny in an important committee Wednesday. Members of the ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, even as Mayor Brandon Johnson made a last-ditch effort to reintroduce ...

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 ...

I’M BRIAN ROCHE AND I’M LORI BURKHOLDER. BEFORE COMMISSIONERS VOTED YESTERDAY OVER THAT PROPOSED $340 MILLION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A 10% PROPERTY OR 10% PROPERTY TAX HIKE. DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER ...

The deadline is coming quickly to hash out Chicago's city budget, and now, more than half of the members of the City Council are laying the pressure on thick to finalize a deal. Specifically, they ...