Jun. 3—Regional School District 11's budget proposal for 2021-22 failed in two towns, but passed on the strength of votes from the third town in the district during the second budget vote Wednesday. The passage marked the end of a contentious budget process, one in which all three towns featured flyers both for and against a spending plan with a tiny increase. Parish Hill Middle/ High School's .
US Executive Branch schedule for June 1 includes commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, will speak on the coronavirus response and economy later in the week.
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President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal for 2022 notably excludes the Hyde Amendment, a law that has for decades blocked federal funding for abortions under Medicaid, unless the unwanted pregnancy endangers the mother's life or was the result of incest or rape.
The blueprint released by the White House ties together three major spending proposals already announced by Biden: the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan and $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2022.
Combined with mandatory spending programs, the 2022 budget would spend $6 trillion, about $300 billion more than current projections for the year, with much of the spending going toward education, health, science research and infrastructure.
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“The country had been weakened by decades of underinvestment in these areas, squeezed by budget caps,” acting Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said Friday.
Nondefense spending would increase by 16 percent in 2022, with defense budgets expanding by 1.7 percent.