Newsom, Democrats announce $321 billion California budget deal
California leaders reached a tentative agreement on the state budget Tuesday night. This falls on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request that Congress pass a proposal for housing reform. The 11-hour negotiations on spending plans, which took effect on July 1, speak to the political challenge of overhauling years of environmental regulations to speed up home construction […]
Looming raises for L.A. County employees could cost $2 billion, CEO says
The looming agreement with Los Angeles County’s largest union is expected to be just over $2 billion over three years. The cost estimates provided by the county chief executive to the Times on Monday will require more belt stitching for a government that lacks notch. A deadly January wildfire is expected to cost the county […]
Trump Admin Freezes Additional $1 Billion In NIH Grants To Harvard University
The Trump administration has suspended more than 500 grants worth an additional $1 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Harvard University, a senior HHS official told the Daily Caller. Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told the caller that the decision to suspend funds was because the agency […]
Tennessee legislature approves $59.8 billion budget
House Finance Chair Gary Hicks, far right, is packed with House Republican leadership members, including House majority leader William Lamberth, back to camera, and Hicks’ Cameron Sexton speakers. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Tennessee legislators approved a $59.8 billion budget Wednesday for the upcoming fiscal year, but the House members were engrossed in the last minute […]
L.A. County faces $2 billion in fire recovery costs, straining budget
The LA County government is facing a budget cut of about $89 million, being added with a fire recovery cost of about $2 billion and the biggest sexual abuse settlement in US history. To fill the budget gap, the county will have to fill hundreds of vacant locations, but layoffs are not expected, county chief […]
Over $1 Billion In Federal Funding Cut From Prestigious Universities Amid ‘Ongoing’ Investigations
The Trump administration has suspended Cornell University’s federal funds and Northwestern University’s more than $790 million in funding due to concerns over the university’s handling of anti-Semitism. both University After a wave of anti-Israeli protesters flooded campuses across the country, it was placed on the federal government’s radar, and the Ministry of Education (ED) began […]
In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion
Los Angeles County is set to pay $4 billion to resolve roughly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse that allegedly occurred within juvenile facilities, and warns the largest sexual abuse settlement in US history. Mammoth settlement that must be approved by both counties Request Committee County supervisors are $1 billion more than county officials had. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Asks Transportation Sec To Hand Over List Of $1 Billion Projects That Are Way Behind Schedule
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst asked Department of Transport Secretary Shawn Duffy to provide a list of Department of Transport’s “Billion Dollar Bundogle” projects on Tuesday that were either over budget or behind schedule. In a letter sent Tuesday, Ernst requested that the list be made that projects that are delayed in schedules of more […]
ED Might Pull $8.7 Billion In Federal Funds To Harvard Over Antisemitism
The Department of Education (ED) began a review of Harvard’s federal funds on Monday following concerns that schools are not properly addressing anti-Semitism on campus. Ed, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the General Services Agency (GSA) said it will review more than $255.6 million contracts between the university and the federal […]
Feds Spent Roughly $1 Billion To Conduct Survey That Could’ve Been Done For $10,000, Musk Says
Office of Government Efficiency (Doge’s) Elon Musk said on Thursday in Fox News that the group discovered that the federal government spent about $1 billion on a survey that cost thousands of dollars. After President Donald Trump took office in January, his administration pushed Musk and Doge to procure combs through government spending and identify […]
