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Republicans push tax and spending cut bill, risking food aid for Washington's vulnerable
With a final House vote possible on Wednesday, Republicans are closing in on getting their tax and spending cut bill through ...
Despite DOGE, Pentagon escapes Donald Trump's budget cuts unscathed
The Government Accountability Office estimated in June that the full cost of developing and deploying the Sentinel ICBM, ...
Republican budget bill dismantles climate law passed by Democrats
The sprawling Republican budget bill approved by the Senate Tuesday removes a proposed tax on solar and wind energy projects ...
‘Potentially catastrophic’: While Congress cuts safety net, Mass. lawmakers pass budget short on cash for SNAP caseworkers
The state budget for fiscal year 2026, which lawmakers sent for Governor Maura Healey’s signature, slashed more than $40 ...
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Imagination Library gets one year reprieve as Washington’s public schools agency to fund literacy program
The state schools superintendent announced last week his agency will fund a program that provides free books to young children locally and statewide for one year, after the Legislature cut the funding ...
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GOP Budget Bill: One Big Betrayal
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” turns on his own voters, Zohran Mamdani topples Cuomo in New York, and the Iran strike may ...
With budget uncertainty, lawmakers were right to limit spending
As House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz said Monday on the House floor, it’s a time of “deep uncertainty” for budget ...
The GOP’s budget would make summers hotter and your AC pricier
The nation recently suffered through its first heat waves of the summer season, a prolonged stretch of extreme temperature ...