Budget

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has released his $63 billion budget plan for the state. The spending plan unveiled Friday outlines education and transportation as priorities amid a large budget surplus while maintaining an ample Rainy Day Fund to be prepared for an economic downturn. Moore, a Democrat, described his budget plan as being “bold without being reckless.” The budget maintains...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is making preliminary budget recommendations to incoming Gov.-elect Wes Moore at a time when the state has a big budget surplus. Hogan, a term-limited Republican, outlined highlights in his budget proposal Thursday to the incoming Democratic governor. The state has roughly $2.5 billion in budget surplus. Maryland also has about $3 billion in its Rainy Day...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is laying out his proposed changes to the two-year budget, asking lawmakers to enact another $1 billion in tax relief. Youngkin signed around $4 billion in tax cuts into law earlier this year. He now wants to do more, including enacting a corporate tax rate cut. He also wants other changes his office says would save...

Randy Clarke said Metro is putting more police officers on the rails, but the bigger safety issue is America’s gun problem. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

The Metro Board of Directors and Metro General Manager Randy Clarke met Thursday to discuss a proposed budget for the new year — amid two shootings on Metro station platforms within 24 hours.

The new budget could mean a change in fares for many riders. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Metro’s new General Manager is out with his first-ever budget proposal. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration is on track to reduce the national deficit by $1.5 trillion in 2022, allowing the feds to pay down the national debt for the first time in six years.

President Joe Biden on Monday announced details of his 2023 budget proposal, which includes an income tax hike for billionaires.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill providing Ukraine with $13.6 billion in additional military and humanitarian aid as part of a $1.5 trillion measure funding the U.S. government for the year

Prince George’s County police are investigating after some students say they were threatened and told not to testify before the county’s board of education. County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports it surrounds a heated fight to save two alternative high schools from possible closure.

Prince George’s County police are investigating after some students say they were threatened and told not to testify before the county’s board of education. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports it all surrounds a heated fight to save two alternative high schools from possible closure.

President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022

House Democrats have added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill

President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is now half its original size and being pulled apart and reconfigured as Democrats edge closer to satisfying their most reluctant lawmakers

President Joe Biden says he feels “very positive about reaching a deal on his big domestic policy bill.

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill

President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress have edged close to a deal on their big package of social services and climate change strategies.

The Democrats’ social spending and climate change bill would put the United States back on a path to reducing its persistent pool of uninsured people

President Joe Biden appears unable to strike swift agreement with two wavering Democratic senators over his big $3.5 trillion government overhaul.