Politics

Budget Negotiations Stall as Senate Recess Looms

Senior appropriators say a continuing resolution is the most likely outcome after talks collapsed Thursday evening. Partisan friction over discretionary spending caps and emergency supplementals left negotiators without a path to a full-year deal.

Politics

State Supreme Court Sends Redistricting Map Back to Legislature

The ruling, issued in a 4–3 decision, found that the existing district boundaries violated the state constitution's compactness requirements. Lawmakers now have sixty days to submit a remedial plan.