Page 29 - State Budgets News Today

Governor says state agencies are well-positioned to deliver services. Unions disagree.

New Jersey’s Democratic-led Legislature has teed up a vote on a record budget of over $50 billion that boosts spending 9% over last year, sets aside $2 billion for property-tax

The taxpayer refunds captured the most attention, but the final budget also includes a multi-year $47 billion infrastructure package.

Back-to-school shoppers will get a break on New Jersey’s sales tax later this summer. Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow Democrats in the Legislature announced an agreement on Wednesday to implement

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most California taxpayers would get hundreds of dollars in cash to help offset the high price of fuel and other goods under a tentative budget compromise being discussed by legislative leaders and Gov.

California officials are considering sending hundreds of dollars to taxpayers to help offset the high price of fuel. A budget proposal announced Friday would return a portion of Californias record-setting

Most large states are using pandemic aid for revenue replacement and this will be an issue in the future, an academic says.

Republicans in the Arizona House have approved a massive expansion of the state’s private school voucher program. They voted Wednesday to allow all 1.1 million public school students to use

The state made "unprecedented additions" to its reserves, protecting its triple-A bond rating, said state Sen. Janet Howell, Finance and Appropriations Committee Chair.

The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature has started hearings on a long-delayed state budget plan. But the GOP budget deal was immediately panned by some Democrats and public school advocates for failing