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Benjamin Weiss WASHINGTON (CN) — The House on Tuesday gave its final approval to a package of spending bills to fully fund government programs for the rest of the 2026 fiscal year, ending a partial government shutdown that ran through the weekend. A...

The agreement buys Congress time to hammer out a plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security — Democrats have demanded reforms to the agency after federal agents killed U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

Idaho’s projected state budget deficit for the current fiscal year 2026 has increased to $58.3 million, according to the state’s latest revenue forecasts and budget documents released this week.

The latest budget documents released by the state show Idaho is projected to end the current fiscal year in June with an unconstitutional state budget deficit of $56.6 million.

Democratic leadership said they will only support a short-term stopgap if Republicans agree to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

Calling it a good budget in lean times, the Missoula City Council on Monday unanimously adopted the municipal budget for the new fiscal year, holding to a 3.39% tax increase that largely covers cost-of-living increases.

The assessed value of new properties in Missoula came in below what city officials had anticipated this week, though they're not expected to have a significant impact on the proposed FY 26 budget.

The budget proposes a 3.5% tax increase and roughly $4.4 million in new spending. Most of that will go toward inflationary increases and wages.

Sneed Collard writes, "Trump’s new budget contains breathtaking provisions to put more wealth into the hands of the few while leaving the rest of us in the dust economically."

Treasury has $384 billion cash on hand while Republicans race to include debt limit in tax package.