Tag: State budgets

States drawing up big wish lists for the COVID relief money

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State governments will get a big influx of federal money from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that could suddenly enable them to undertake...

School boards push back against Indiana voucher expansions

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INDIANAPOLIS — Local school leaders across Indiana are lining up against a Republican-backed school funding plan over concerns it wold give private schools a...

Cuomo impeachment talk grows in New York Legislature

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ALBANY, N.Y. — As he’s reeled from twin scandals over his treatment of women and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew...

Indiana lawmakers face school voucher, virus action debates

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INDIANAPOLIS — Republicans who dominate Indiana’s Legislature have several debates to settle among themselves after the first half of this year’s session, including how...

Kraken trying to help revive hockey at Alaska Anchorage

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SEATTLE — Even before playing their first game as a franchise, the Seattle Kraken are trying to help revive a college hockey program more...

Kansas tax-cut fight revives memories of past GOP experiment

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas are struggling to contain their impulses to slash state income taxes, conjuring memories of a past, nationally...