The Republican-led Pennsylvania Senate sent a $47.9 billion spending plan to the state House on Tuesday, but the proposal was dead on arrival and deemed “unserious” in the Democratic-controlled chamber,

The nation's second-longest government shutdown continues after Senate Democrats rejected a continuing resolution to reopen the federal government on Wednesday.

Lawmakers did agree to pass two so-called mini budget bills, one in July and one in September, that included minor spending including authorizing step increases. Hise said the new bill would give the Office of State Budget and Management funds needed for those step increases in some state agency jobs.

State House and Senate leaders say this week's legislative session on redistricting likely marks their final votes of 2025 — which would end the year with no agreements on Medicaid funding or a full state budget.

Senate Republicans passed another flat-funded budget Tuesday, virtually identical to the one passed in August that was shot down by Democrats.

Republicans state lawmakers were able to reach a deal on a new congressional map but remain deeply divided over how to run North Carolina, with a new budget deal still far out of reach.

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate offered a full-throated denial Thursday that county sheriffs gave them a heads-up on multi-million-dollar budget overruns.

The party line vote came on the 113th day after the June 30 deadline. Democrats criticized the plan as “unserious” and a failure to compromise.