#state-budget

#state-budget

Intoxicating hemp products like delta-8-THC would be banned in Illinois under a proposal in Springfield - prompting hemp companies to fight for their survival."Big Cannabis has no interest in regulations for hemp companies like mine," Charles Wu, CEO of Nexem hemp grower and Chi'tiva stores that sell delta-8, told the Tribune.

The MTA is set to increase service frequency on 12 subway lines starting this summer, after being allotted $35 million to expand service in the recently-enacted $229 billion state budget.The transit agency will begin rolling out the additional service in July, boosting the frequency of weekend service on the G, J, and M lines.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said that $1 billion approved in the state budget for reimbursing the Big Apple's migrant crisis spending won't be enough to reverse recent wide-ranging cuts he's made to city agency budgets in anticipation of the influx's projected cost.The $1 billion reimbursement, which will cover 29% of the city's cost for sheltering the migrants over this fiscal year and the next, is part of the $229 billion state budget deal being passed this week, after being proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this year.

The state budget will be late this year due to tough negotiations between Governor Kathy Hochul and Albany lawmakers over her bail reform rollback proposal and housing plan, the governor, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced separately Thursday.

As the debate around whether to make even more changes to New York's reformed bail laws heats up in the final days of state budget negotiations, a group of over 100 law professors penned a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders urging them to leave the statutes as they are.In the missive, the law professors, who hail from law schools across the state including Columbia University and CUNY, blasted Hochul's push to excise from state law the least restrictive standard which compels judges to use the least onerous means for bringing defendants back to court.

Sometimes not often, but sometimes one person can have a life-changing impact on the wellbeing of millions of people.Marion Joseph, who died nearly a year ago at age 95, was one of those people.She impacted millions of California schoolchildren present and future who struggle with reading comprehension, the vital skill that underlies all of education.

Each year, the State budget has the power to shape the lives of hundreds of thousands of CUNY students and tens of thousands of dedicated faculty and staff.Through 46 years of teaching at CUNY, I've been here for periods where CUNY was fully funded and the promise of public higher education was a reality for tens of thousands of New Yorkers.

The Norwegian government has agreed on a budget for 2023 and plans to introduce tuition fees for foreign students from next year remain unchanged, The Labour Party has confirmed to The Local.Published: 30 November 2022 10:37 CET The Norwegian government has taken another step towards introducing tuition fees for foreign students in Norway.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker started his budget address on Wednesday with a passel of numbers meant to get our attention.During his first term, the state has eliminated a $17 billion backlog of unpaid bills, built a rainy day fund of $2.3 billion and repaid several billions of dollars worth of debt.The list went on.

Illinois saw record recreational cannabis sales of $1.55 billion in 2022, a jump of 12% from the previous year - despite delays in opening new stores and some signs the market had reached a plateau.Monthly sales had flattened out recently around $130 million until the annual holiday increase saw a record of nearly $144 million in December, state records showed.

Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke with reporters (including Susan Slusser and Tim Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle) today about several topics, including the Athletics' ongoing plans to build a new ballpark in Las Vegas and move the franchise from Oakland.Over the last two days, the planned move seemingly took a notable step forward, as the A's and Nevada state officials reached a tentative agreement on a plan to provide $380MM of public money towards the construction of a new ballpark (worth roughly $1.5 billion) on the site of the Tropicana hotel in Vegas.

Missouri Republicans' proposal may violate the state constitution.Kilito Chan / Moment / Getty Images Missouri's Republican-led House of Representatives has given initial approval to a state budget that would strip libraries of state funding in what appears to be retaliation for a lawsuit filed by librarians seeking to overturn a law expanding book bans in schools.

In this 2022 image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M.AP SANTA FE, N.M.A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.

The Boston Globe The famed historian lives in a condo in the city and hangs out with illustrious pals at the 'Quin, as she works on a different kind of book.As she steps out of a cab at The 'Quin House, Doris Kearns Goodwin is already smiling, anticipating the doorman's usual greeting."First Lady!" he hollers, right on cue.

Local With the help of this funding, all 11 organizations can either continue or begin to offer abortion services and support to anyone seeking to receive abortion care.The Baker-Politio administration announced Wednesday that it will award $4.1 million in grants to 11 local organizations and health care providers in an effort to improve reproductive health care access across Massachusetts.

A year ago, Ukraine's economy was on a strong footing, with a debt-to-GDP of less than 50% and a budget deficit of 3.5%.Then came Feb. 24, and with it a full-scale war.We were in a new reality, with very different financial needs.Funds that should have been directed toward environmental, social, and corporate-governance goals, sustainable development, and strengthening the country's competitiveness were re-directed to defense, humanitarian purposes, and support for people affected by the war.

What's happening?Germany's population is ageing  fast.This year, there will be more older people requiring some sort of care than people under the age of 30.Overall, the country's ageing population means there are fewer and fewer people working in Germany relative to the number of retirees taking money out of state pension funds.

What's happening?Germany's population is ageing  fast.This year, there will be more older people requiring some sort of care than people under the age of 30.Overall, the country's ageing population means there are fewer and fewer people working in Germany relative to the number of retirees taking money out of state pension funds.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to supporters at a campaign stop in Marietta, Ga., on Nov. 3.Kemp emphasized how he kept businesses open during the pandemic despite criticism from Democrats and health experts."Who was fighting for you then when the political winds were blowing a different way?" he said.