French lawmakers passed a special law on Tuesday to avoid a shutdown until a budget is adopted. Negotiations will resume in January. By Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris The French Parliament ...

Aldermen passed the final part of a counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget on Saturday, in a historic meeting that redraws the political lines at City Hall and further imperils his ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget during a rare and tension-filled Saturday session, a budget that does not include Mayor Brandon Johnson’s controversial corporate ...

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Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday proposed a $79 billion operating budget that avoids general tax increases but cuts or delays an array of state services while tapping the state rainy day fund and ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson released his proposed 2026 supplemental budget on Tuesday. He remained candid about the financial challenges the state faces, including a continued deficit and steep ...

PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - France faces emergency stopgap legislation to avoid a government shutdown after lawmakers abandoned 2026 budget talks on Friday, failing to agree on a compromise bill.

Nassau's state-appointed, fiscal monitoring panel approved the county's $4.4 billion operating budget for 2026 on Thursday night, on the condition that the Blakeman administration provides a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday morning said he would move forward with the alternate budget passed by Chicago City Council on Saturday. Johnson said he would not sign the ...

Chicago is one step closer to avoiding a government shutdown after the City Council held a final vote on a budget plan following an hours-long session on Saturday, but the city is not out of the woods ...

For many Pittsburgh City Council members, the budget battle for 2026 was hardly a joy to work out. "I don't think anybody is happy, right? You got to do what you got to do," Councilperson Deb Gross ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he won't veto an alternative budget plan passed by City Council over the weekend, but he also isn't signing it. Amid concerns that he would veto the ...