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Some observers of Puerto Rico politics are concerned its government continues to avoid fiscal responsibility, ignoring past mistakes that led to the bankruptcy.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is spending $11 million on education programs promoting wider use of “red flag” laws that are designed to temporarily take guns away from people who are deemed at risk of harming themselves or others, Gov.

Virginia’s divided General Assembly has passed a compromise state budget that would offer nearly $4 billion in tax relief, increase pay for teachers and other public employees, boost K-12 education

Already reeling from skyrocketing national inflation, Connecticut consumers face a one-two punch beginning July 1 that threatens to make groceries and

Rating agencies like Gov. Gavin Newsom's focus on one-time spending, but warn that the Legislature could upset the applecart by creating ongoing programs.

The state's two-year capital budget includes incentives for Intel's $20 billion chip production plants and spending on local and state construction projects.

Signs of robust economic recovery in New Jersey added an additional $4.5 billion in revenue to the state's fiscal 2022 tax revenue estimates.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia legislative leaders are proposing a new criminal misdemeanor in state law for possession of more than four ounces of marijuana in public. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the proposal is included in a new two-year state budget plan, which became publicly available online Sunday evening.

The December 2020 supplemental aid package provided $9.8 billion directly to state departments of transportation, the only direct stimulus that DOTs received.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One of the Pennsylvania Legislature’s most powerful Republicans lost a primary race and another was in real danger Wednesday of going down to defeat, both targeted by challengers from the right.