A year of smaller payments to providers and a new early education program for 4-year-olds are part of the deal in the budget.

Senate Republicans’ tax bill raises the ‘SALT’ deduction cap to $40,000. Here’s who could benefit from the change.

Democratic State Sen. LaTonya Johnson says Senate Democrats are "not willing to be picked off one by one" as several critical ...

Late Saturday the Senate voted to proceed to debate on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the opposite of beautiful: ...

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At some 940 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

“We have been successful in removing parts of this bill that hurt families and workers, but the process is not over, and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to have pivoted away from salary freezes proposed last month in favor of leave programs that increase California’s future liabilities.

Revised legislation released June 25 by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman would slightly modify several of the ...

It’s not uncommon for state lawmakers to miss the June 30 budget deadline before coming to a consensus in the following weeks ...

The proposal had alarmed many Louisiana health care leaders, who feared it could slash budgets for rural hospitals.

In the middle of a round table discussion on potential Medicaid cuts with hospital heads, a nursing home director, nonprofit leaders and a congressman, Carlos Zuniga unpacked bottles of prescription ...