KING5

Gov. Ferguson's proposed budget includes further cuts to state agencies, higher education

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 ...
Seattle Times

Ferguson’s WA budget plan redirects climate money, taps rainy day fund

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 ...
Chicago Sun-Times

City Council sends alternate budget to Mayor Brandon Johnson — will he veto it?

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Chicago Tribune

Aldermen pass 2026 budget in historic revolt against Mayor Brandon Johnson

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 ...
WGN-TV

Chicago City Council passes 2026 budget without corporate head tax, veto still possible from Mayor Brandon Johnson

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 ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago City Council passes alternative budget plan without head tax, but Mayor Johnson can veto it

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago City Council passed a 2026 city budget plan Saturday, but Mayor Brandon Johnson has the ability to veto it. The $16.6 billion budget, which does not include the mayor's ...
Newsday

Nassau's state-backed financial watchdog approves county's $4.4B budget with condition

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 ...
Orlando Sentinel

Florida CFO pitches standardizing budgets of cities and counties

Months into his statewide barnstorming tour blasting local spending, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said Thursday he wants lawmakers to establish standard practices for city and ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Revised $16.6B budget advances to full City Council, without Mayor Johnson’s corporate head tax

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The Virginian-Pilot

Youngkin’s last budget constricted by mandatory spending to Medicaid and education

RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin presented his final budget plan to the General Assembly’s money committee’s Wednesday. It’s a less ambitious proposal than in years past, which historically included the ...
The Conversation

The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck

John Hawkins was formerly a senior economist with Treasury and the Reserve Bank. Stephen Bartos does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...