The House Committee on Ways and Means advanced a new version of SB 1, which allows local governments to raise their own income taxes.

Section 70302 of the plan raises questions Protesters expressed concern about Section 70302 of the House spending plan.

The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness.

In the proposed budget, President Trump's administration is looking to not only cut funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but eliminate the program altogether.

Those two-story houses, built on part of the former school parking lot and playground, were added to the development at the insistence of Alderman Robert Bauman, whose district then included the site.

Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

The White House also plans to dismantle a key office in the housing agency that helps communities recover from deadly natural disasters, a move that could slow much-needed emergency aid.