Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Dec. 19 discusses his budget plan to invest $3 billion in highway preservation, bridge maintenance and ferry building in the next decade at a news conference at the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago City Council committee approved an alternative budget plan brought by a group of alderpersons on Tuesday. A group of alderpersons presented the plan, which more than half of ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday proposed a $79 billion operating budget that avoids general tax increases but cuts or delays an array of state services while tapping the state rainy day fund and ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson's $16.6 billion spending plan for 2026 was dealt a major blow on Monday, as a key City Council committee voted down his plan for roughly $600 million in new taxes. The Finance ...

Renegade Chicago aldermen battling with Mayor Brandon Johnson over competing 2026 budgets announced tweaks to their proposal Monday, but withheld critical details as a negotiation meeting between the ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee on Thursday asked lawmakers to slap a new 3% surtax on Rhode Island millionaires and scale back renewable energy mandates as part of an election-year budget ...