A new budget proposed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee calls for increasing taxes and spending more on orca and salmon recovery than on the issue voters said is their top priority.
'The Trump Administration plans to implement a rule change to close loopholes that states have been using to exempt large portions of healthy, younger food stamp recipients from work requirements.'
Since Michigan’s right-to-work law went into effect, growing numbers of public employees have exercised their right to opt out of paying union dues and fees.
The FCC’s Inspector General discovered that improper payments in the Lifeline program rose from $40.65 million in Fiscal 2016 to $336.39 million in 2017.
'There’s been a lot of talk the last few years in Tallahassee about criminal justice reform, but little substantive action with a bevy of bills that would revise sentencing guidelines, address substance abuse and boost spending for diversion and transition programs stalling on the brink of adoption.'