Apr. 15—AUGUSTA — A legislative committee on Monday advanced a new supplemental state budget proposal that includes significant investments in housing, education and child care — and withdraws controversial changes that had proposed taking money out of Maine’s highway fund and rolling back income tax relief for pensioners. The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voted […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday did not indicate that he would put the Senate-passed supplemental package on foreign aid on the floor this week, despite mounting pressure from Democrats and some GOP lawmakers to do so after Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel. During an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Johnson noted […]
Mar. 6—OLYMPIA — Medical Lake fire recovery support, expansion of a behavioral health treatment center and new boilers for an aluminum factory are a few of the projects the state has decided to fund this year in Eastern Washington. In the last week of the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers ironed out how to spend their […]
The Washington State House of Representatives passed a supplemental transportation budget of $14.3 billion this week. Most of the increase is for the Department of Transportation. The increase is made possible by cap-and-invest auction revenues, federal funding, and Move Ahead Washington spending from available balances. “This budget shows our commitment to maintaining promises to major […]
The White House is going on the offensive with a new talking point to convince House members they need to pass the national security supplemental: failing to greenlight the bill means helping Iran. According to a talking points memo and messaging memo obtained by POLITICO, the administration is arguing that Iran has sided with Russia […]
About 41% of Original Medicare beneficiaries had Medicare Supplement Insurance, or Medigap, in 2021, according to a February 2023 report summarizing enrollment data from AHIP, a national health insurance trade association. For the other 59%, Medicare has some “gaps” that could be costly. “There are many gaps in Medicare that a beneficiary has to pay […]