During the pandemic, federal money flooded into state and local coffers. Once that funding ended, government spending didn't adjust downward.

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Lorain County Commissioners unanimously approved $700,000 in emergency funding for the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office to help ...

The full Chicago City Council will soon consider an alternative budget plan, in opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan.

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The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday after a narrow vote by policymakers, but it signalled that the already ...

His wife, Jackie, a 33-year-old stay-at-home mother of four in North Dakota, told him she had secretly spent between $5,000 ...

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