New Jersey lawmakers reportedly reach deal on budget, to vote Monday night

New Jersey legislators plan to vote on a compromise budget plan on Monday night, NBC New York reported citing one lawmaker. Democrats and Republicans had been locked in a standoff for three days over the state’s budget, shutting down state parks and nonessential...

Call From California: President Trump, Where Are You?

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MICHAEL D. SHEAR July 3, 2017 LOS ANGELES — Was it something we said? In the six months since President Trump took office, he has visited Iowa. Ohio. Florida. New York. South Carolina. Wisconsin. Georgia....

Caught in Budget Tugs of War, States Teeter on the Brink

By JESS BIDGOOD, JULIE BOSMAN and ALEXANDER BURNS July 3, 2017 AUGUSTA, Me. — Government workers marched outside the State House here chanting, “Do your job!” on Monday as Maine kept children’s caseworkers at home and...