As St. Tammany Parish continues to grow, local leaders say funding for public safety isn’t keeping pace. Their solution? Redirecting a portion of an existing sales tax to support law enforcement and ...
Government funding is set to expire on March 14, meaning lawmakers will need to pass – and the President will need to sign – appropriations bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 or enact a continuing ...
Lawmakers on Tuesday discussed House Bill 2, which would raise schools’ base funding per student by $220 — a figure that ...
The Hawaii Foodbank is hoping for the best but preparing for the worst if it takes a hit from federal budget cuts possibly ...
More than a billion dollars in federal funding is headed to Maui County for fire recovery. As HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol ...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are proposing to increase the program's funding from $8 million to $14 million per two-year ...
Key Republicans are questioning whether an “adequacy” supplement targeted at underfunded schools is inherently unfair.
The county commissioners sent a letter to state legislators and the governor requesting more money to address the growing ...
John Bryant, a Dallas Democrat, asked district officials how much of an increase to schools’ base funding they would need to address their challenges. “That's a very hard question,” said Joe ...