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Maryland Association of Counties says hardship continues from state budget cuts
Yes, Maryland lawmakers successfully eliminated a $3 billion deficit in the state’s fiscal 2026 budget, but what is left in ...
Minnesota lawmakers strike a deal on state budget, Gov. Tim Walz calls Monday special session
Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota’s narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul ...
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How the Minnesota Legislature’s struggle to complete a state budget measures up: Exceptional, terrible, or neither?
Budget delays have been common across the country amid lousy economic forecasts, federal uncertainty and other factors.
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2% state employee raises on the way in state budget
The state budget for fiscal year 2025-26 will include an across-the-board 2% pay raise for state employees, according to ...
State budget rolls through Republican-led Senate
It took four hours of debate over 20 amendments, but a $15.4 billion two-year state budget proposal easily cleared the state Senate Thursday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman James Gray, R-Rochester, ...