government budgets

Alabama

Biden White House warns against ‘disastrous consequences’ as Congress barrels toward government funding deadline | #elections | #alabama

CNN  —  With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, President Joe Biden and top White House officials now face a government funding deadline – all as House Republicans are promising to deliver partisan warfare in the next Congress with their new majority. And the clock is ticking. With a government funding expiration deadline now […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas governor recommends school funding increase

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday recommended that lawmakers increase public school funding by $550 million over the next two years to raise teacher pay, as the Republican prepares to leave office in January. Hutchinson presented his budget recommendations to a legislative panel days after Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected […]

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Alaska

Biden signs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine | Politics | #alaska | #politics

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Alabama

Congress moves closer to funding government after Manchin drops plan following GOP backlash | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN  —  Senate Democrats on Tuesday cleared the way for a key vote to take up a government funding extension to succeed after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin dropped a request to include in the stop-gap bill a controversial proposal on permitting reform that had come under sharp criticism from Republicans and liberals. The vote […]

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Alabama

Republicans signal early support for $12 billion in Ukraine aid while other Biden priorities expected to drop from funding bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Washington CNN  —  Republican senators signaled tentative support for additional Ukraine aid that the Biden administration has requested following a classified briefing on Monday night, though senators are expected to nix other top White House priorities from the upcoming stop-gap bill to keep the government open. The Biden administration has asked for $12 billion in […]

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Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt-and-politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, a Republican who faces reelection this year, vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed […]

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Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | National Politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, a Republican who faces reelection this year, vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed […]

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Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt. & Politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, who faces reelection this year, called the spending plan responsible. He vetoed hundreds of millions […]

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Alaska

Alaska lawmakers pass budget package to end session | Govt. & Politics | #alaska | #politics

By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature in the waning hours of a four-month session approved a state spending package that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. The approved amount would […]

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Alaska

Alaska lawmakers OK payments to residents of about $3,200 | Govt-and-politics | #alaska | #politics

By BECKY BOHRER – Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature approved a state spending package late Wednesday that would pay residents about $3,200 this year after a vote that would have boosted the payout to about $3,850 narrowly failed in the House. A tentative budget agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators […]

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