With the passage of Senate Bill 1 by the Texas House of Representatives, the $337 billion Texas state budget for the 2026-27 biennium now moves into Conference Committee negotiations, the final hurdle before becoming law. After nearly 15 hours of debate on April 11,...
Diana Ramirez County Administrator, Harris County Your public career highlights and education. My first job after graduating from The University of Texas at Austin was with Health and Human Services in Brownsville as a food stamp eligibility specialist. That job is...
Brad White Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Transportation My career highlights and education: I have had the pleasure to serve as a chief of staff four times—once for a governor, twice for U.S. senators and once for the Mississippi Department of Audit....
New York has opened the application period for nearly $644 million in funding for projects to expand access to broadband across the state. Applications are due by May 5. The funding will be available through the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD)...
Counties and cities across Wisconsin are set to receive more than $108 million for transportation infrastructure maintenance and improvements in the second quarter, Gov. Tony Evers said. Local governments in Wisconsin are slated to receive more than $540 million in...