People listen to the agenda during a school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at Fayette County Public Schools Central Office in Lexington, Ky. (Christian Kantosky/ckantosky@herald-leader.com) ...

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FBI Director Kash Patel changed his tune Thursday on a White House proposal to cut his agency’s budget, giving his “full support” to a request that, a day before, he said he was working to avoid ...

FORT SMITH -- The city will have a balanced operational budget in 2026 after the Board of Directors voted Tuesday to cut more than 70 vacant staff positions -- including police and fire jobs. The city ...

Budget Director Laura Larsen said Wednesday that it’s too early to determine the impact that the new income tax brackets adopted by Maryland’s General Assembly and signed by Gov. Wes Moore will have ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday, leaders at the state capitol were briefed on the state budget outlook after the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” was signed into law. Folks working closely on the budget say ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel broke with the Trump administration Wednesday over a budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau, telling lawmakers, “We need more ...

Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday he will nominate his departing budget director, Jeffrey Beckham of Tolland, to become a Connecticut Superior Court judge. Lamont, who praised Beckham for restoring ...

Budget director Dan Haug presented the $3.3 billion supplemental budget for FY 2026 after apologizing for a budget mistake.

When State Budget Director Jen Flood celebrated her first state budget to cross the finish line with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature in 2024, she did so with an injury. "I told Flood, break a leg on ...

With the abrupt withdrawal of the US, the World Health Organization is grappling with a brutal funding shortfall, leaving the United Nations health agency to slash top leadership and run global ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has announced that his budget director, Jeff Beckham, is stepping down next month to become a Superior Court judge. “You’ve delivered multiple honestly balanced budgets ...