The Republican budget bill proposed by the House of Representatives could enforce major changes to Medicaid and SNAP, but there are also significant updates to federal student loans included in the bill.

Bond yields have spiked this week on investor concern over the tax bill swelling the US deficit. Here's why markets are worried.

We cannot find effective solutions to the homelessness and behavioral health crisis if the state eliminates vital resources,” said San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.

The outcome caps an intense time on Capitol Hill, with days of private negotiations and public committee hearings.

After scheduling a 1 a.m. committee hearing to continue advancing President Trump's desired "big, beautiful" budget bill, Democrats are slamming the move as an effort to avoid criticism.

The GOP’s partisan budget will cut Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance programs, like SNAP, to pay for a tax-cut for the ultra-wealthy…,” the delegation said.

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Republicans in the General Assembly want to make some county school board elections partisan, adding two new counties to the roster this week. The Senate revised House Bill 116, which would enact the change in Columbus County, as well as Johnston and Gaston counties. T. Keung Hui has the story.

Arizona's Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they'll fight a Republican bill that would cut Medicaid funding.

The North Carolina House’s state budget proposal makes plain differences on taxes, salaries and job cuts between Republicans who control both General Assembly chambers.

I’m looking at this budget making some hard decisions and hard cuts, because that’s what governing is, and that’s what being an adult is,” the Democratic leader said.