Senate budget language trimmed or removed money for Career Pathways and Reach Out and Read, and EEC officials are pushing negotiators to restore the grants before a final budget vote. Advocates warn the cuts would hit teacher training and clinic‑based literacy programs.

Mayor Donna Deegan plans to veto a City Council measure that shifts appointment power for the Kids Hope Alliance and Jacksonville Public Library to the council president.

Dozens attended Habersham County's UDO open house to press officials over data centers, quarry blasts and proposed zoning changes.

City Council cleared roughly $2.3M to buy two new center‑hung LED scoreboards for the Alamodome to limit downtime from repeated reconfigurations.

California’s attorney general and secretary of state asked an appellate court to block Shasta County’s Measure B, arguing it conflicts with state election law and could disenfranchise mail voters. The petition seeks expedited relief before the changes can take effect.

Illinois distributed nearly $25M to 434 independent pharmacies under a new PBM‑fee fund, giving roughly $56,900 per eligible store to shore up rural and underserved pharmacies.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a tentative agreement with the Public Employees Federation; the union has posted a 2026–31 tentative agreement and will mail materials to members for a ratification vote.

A new law will fold Jean Lafitte’s independent levee board into the West Bank flood authority, shifting project control, appointments and liability ahead of an Aug. 1 takeover.

A Cole County judge tossed Megan Green's challenge to HB 495; Green's lawyer says she'll appeal as the city and police board remain locked in a budget-and-control fight.

Glossy campaign mailers are flooding Denver before the June 30 primary — but tracing who paid for them is tangled in pass‑through groups and slow filings.

White Sands folded the Test Center into the range command in a June ceremony, with leaders saying consolidation will streamline testing and keep operations running.

A D.C. disciplinary board recommended a six‑month suspension for a former federal prosecutor over edited Project Veritas videos that undercut J20 prosecutions. The recommendation now heads to the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Jay Jorgensen told senators he would not automatically recuse from cases involving the LDS Church, drawing scrutiny as Utah weighs confirmation of two new Supreme Court nominees.