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Democrats have pushed a $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill strengthening social safety net and climate programs through the House Budget Committee

Top congressional Democrats say they and the White House have agreed to a framework of tax options to pay for their emerging $3.5 trillion social and environment bill

The House has approved legislation to fund the government, suspend its borrowing limit and provide federal disaster and refugee aid

Democratic congressional leaders backed by the White House have announced they will push ahead with a vote to fund the government and suspend the debt limit

House Democratic leaders are trying to muscle President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is conceding that Democrats face a tough pathway to delivering a $3.5 trillion package for family, health and environment programs to President Joe Biden’s desk

Democrats have started pushing their $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate

Environmental groups hailed a sweeping $3.5 trillion domestic spending plan announced by Democrats, saying it would make “transformational investments” in clean energy and put the nation on a path to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 50% by 2030.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council members announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement on the city’s $98.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 — a spending plan that officials hope will drive the Big Apple’s economic comeback following the impact of the pandemic. The budget — dubbed by the Mayor’s Office as the “Recovery Budget” — has five…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a record $46.4 billion budget, sending out checks of up to $500 to 760,000 families, making an almost $7 billion pension payment and boosting overall spending by 15% over last year.

Public records show New Jersey has racked up $2.3 billion in COVID-19-related costs

New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a record $46.4 billion budget, a 15% increase over last year.

New Jersey will carry a $10.1 billion surplus into the new fiscal year that starts July 1, a stark turnaround from last year when Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy sought to borrow almost $10 billion because of a revenue downturn.

As New Jersey ended its public health emergency that had been in place for more than a year, it is also lifting some final restrictions on indoor events. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

As people continue to struggle with job loss and budgets get tighter, a lot of Americans are really concerned about putting food on the table. Grocery prices across the country have risen since the start of the pandemic — and with many of us still homebound due to COVID-19 and cooking more often, many Americans are spending more on groceries...

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Reporter John Chandler provides an update regarding Mayor de Blasio’s plan to fulfill economic deficits as a result of COVID 19.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $92.28 billion preliminary budget for New York City for the fiscal year 2022, presented during a press briefing Thursday, focuses on a path to recovery and closing a substantial budget gap, all while addressing the disparity brought on by the ongoing pandemic. The pandemic has brought $5.9 billion of unexpected costs as unemployment skyrocketed to 20…

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New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday passed a $32.7 billion budget, hiking taxes on millionaires and businesses and authorizing borrowing of up to $4.5 billion to avoid painful cuts stemming from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The budget passed the Democrat-led Senate and Assembly and heads next to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it after recently announcing…