The federal government will shut down at least through Monday after the Senate on Friday voted to fully fund all but Homeland ...

Childcare workers and advocacy groups on Thursday called on New Mexico Senate lawmakers to ensure raises for early childhood ...

Acting state Treasurer Aaron Binder says Gov. Mikie Sherrill has taken tax hikes off the table in New Jersey as she prepares ...

Reaction from area lawmakers to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s $53.2 billion budget address was swift following the address Tuesday to ...

Term-sharing joke now concrete plan for 1st female Senate chief What started out as a joke among the majority bloc is now ...

Almost exactly a year ago, Gov. Josh Shapiro rolled out a $51.5 billion budget proposal that was praised by Democrats as ...

The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban student phone use during the school day — roughly four hours after Gov. Josh Shapiro advocated for a ban in his budget address. Shapiro endorsed a ...

Congress now has two weeks to negotiate new funding limits for ICE before DHS is shut down again.

The governor’s final budget spends heavily on education and health care, while Republican Senate Leader Trey Stewart ...

Virginia lawmakers are moving closer to raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, but the proposal is not final yet.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate is poised to vote on a series of ...

The Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee chair says greater federal scrutiny of state government spending will not change ...