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Zaydee Sanchez/CalMattersPresident Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have cut funding to Medicaid, which pays for many services for students with disabilities. Trump also gutted the Office of Civil Rights, which helps enforce disability law. -
Semantha Norris/CalMattersCalifornia’s $17.5 billion prison system is over budget, contributing to a projected state deficit. Some groups want him to close more prisons.
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The program has been put to the test with the recent government shutdown and an earlier fight over the federal budget. -
Oregon has two reserve funds meant to ensure state agencies and services remain whole and public school budgets aren’t throttled. -
A group of financial stakeholders is meeting regularly to advise the governor on how to prepare for reduced federal funding for Medicaid. The program is funded by taxpayers and insures one in three Oregonians. -
Potential cuts across state agencies could mean service reductions for Oregonians and more work for current employees. -
California lawmakers faced a difficult budget year, but they still managed to put hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks in the state budget to benefit their districts — and help them get re-elected. -
Republicans say they’ll insist voters get a say on new taxes in the Oregon transportation bill. -
Oregon education leaders face looming financial crunch, lobby for more time and money from the stateSchool districts across Oregon are already preparing for multimillion-dollar budget deficits next year. Rare mid-year reductions fueled by federal policy changes could add to that pain. -
Even some Democrats are objecting as Kotek runs down the clock on the bill’s opponents. -
Each day Kotek waits gives opponents less time to send tax hikes to voters. -
This year’s star-crossed special legislative session was the longest — and priciest — in more than a decade. -
Oregon’s Democratic members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voted against a short-term federal spending package. -
The proposal from Gov. Tina Kotek will hike gas taxes, registration fees and more.
