California Democrats reject budget cuts proposed by Newsom as new fiscal year approaches
In the Golden State, Democrats in the legislature are pushing forward with their ways to cut the budget after rejecting proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), even as discussions continue. California lawmakers have been in a race to pass a balanced budget ahead of the new fiscal year to avoid a shutdown. However, which cuts […]
Gavin Newsom’s Budget Slashes Public Safety Funding, Expands Climate Programs Amid Massive Budget Deficit
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California proposed cutting from the state’s public safety budget to address a $27.6 billion fiscal deficit while also expanding climate-related programs. Newsom proposed revisions to the 2024-25 fiscal budget in May which cut $80 million from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and $15 million from Department of Justice […]
London Breed’s budget proposal could put nonprofit groups on chopping block
San Francisco nonprofit groups are sounding the alarm after Democratic Mayor London Breed’s newest budget proposal threatens to leave many of them out in the cold. Breed’s plan, which was released last week, attempts to close a nearly $800 million two-year deficit while making good on campaign promises to beef up the city’s police department, […]
Immigration surge could add to Social Security coffers, budget chief tells lawmakers
“We project that the immigration surge from 2021 to 2026 will generate roughly $1 trillion in additional revenue over 10 years,” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Philip Swagel told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Social Security convened to examine the current financial status and projections […]
Pritzker says budget passed early morning because ‘everybody wanted to go home’
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is heralding a budget that Republicans say was crammed down taxpayers throats in the dead of night. After the Senate approved the state budget package late in the evening Sunday, the House took the measure up in the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure spends $53.1 billion […]
Major Shift In Wisconsin Court Could Allow Unions to Wreak Havoc On State’s Budget Once Again, Experts Say
Experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the lawsuit could overturn longstanding state laws that have successfully balanced Wisconsin’s budget at the expense of reining in public employee unions. Member of Parliament passed it In 2011, Wisconsin passed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Act (also known as Act 10) to reduce the state’s budget deficit, […]
California seeks to delay $25 health-care minimum wage to ward off budget crisis
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking to delay a healthcare worker minimum wage increase that will cost the state $4 billion this year alone as the state faces a budget crisis. Among Newsom’s proposals to cut the deficit from $73 billion to $7 billion are tying the state’s healthcare minimum wage increases, which would hike the […]
Why DeSantis’s budget could mean fewer public school options for Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) school choice program has led to significant enrollment declines in public schools, prompting the possibility of campus closures as more families opt for private schools, charter schools, or homeschooling. DeSantis is expected to sign the state budget sometime in early June, before fiscal 2025 begins on July 1. In his “Focus on […]
Newsom’s latest budget proposal falls $7 billion short, LAO says
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget proposal still falls $7 billion short of a balanced budget for fiscal year 2024-2025, according to the state-funded, non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office. This new budget, called the May Revision, is a marked improvement from earlier assessments from the LAO that said the 2024-2025 deficit could be […]
Biden’s $320M Gaza pier: Over budget and under constant threat, a ‘purely political’ misadventure
The temporary piers, installed under President Biden’s orders, have gone way over budget and have caused some problems since USAID began delivering them, leading some lawmakers to question the value of the undertaking. “At the end of the day, this is putting the American people at unnecessary risk. It’s costing a lot of money. It’s […]