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Chicago Board Approves Budget That Assumes $150 Million From State and Prompts Short-Term Payroll Borrowing

Removing planned layoffs left CPS with an unbalanced budget requiring costly short-term payroll borrowing, raising the risk of midyear cuts.

Kansas Voters Decide Whether to Elect State Supreme Court Justices

New Jersey Requires Takeout Utensils Only When Customers Ask

California Sets Statewide Minimum Wage at $17.40 for 2027

Georgia Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud

Prison Board Denies Medical Release for Ex‑Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey

Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Law Eliminating Three New Orleans Judgeships

First Circuit Hears Challenge to Maine’s $5,000 Cap on Super PAC Donations

Appeals Court Reinstates Act 10, Sending Challenge to Wisconsin Supreme Court

Billionaire Tax on California Ballot Draws Major Opposition and Union Split

Troy Jackson Linked to Anonymous ‘Canadians for LePage’ Comment Account

Judge Hears Challenges to Florida’s Amendment 3 Ballot Language

Illinois Enacts Statewide Bell-to-Bell Phone Ban as Nationwide Restrictions Grow

Sonoma State to Reinstate Division II Athletics for Fall 2027

Gorman Family Turns Killing Into Fight Over New York Limits on Police-ICE Cooperation

New Jersey Bans Surveillance Pricing With Fair Price Protection Act

Federal Panel Allows Tennessee Map That Splits Majority-Black Memphis District

North Carolina Names Monty Sullivan Acting President of Community College System

Midland ISD Sues Texas Over Recapture School-Funding Rules

Mass. Democratic Party Chair Admits Sufficient Facts in OUI Case