Mayor Donna Deegan has presented a proposed $2.03 billion general-fund budget for Jacksonville’s 2026-27 fiscal year. City Council Finance Committee hearings are scheduled to begin Aug. 13.
Visit San Antonio announced The Monarch San Antonio as a new luxury hotel development in the city’s urban core, with a reported project value of $185 million.
Gov. Phil Scott signed an executive order July 8 starting the first phase of a statewide health-insurance affordability initiative. The administration can pursue some work through executive and regulatory authority, while additional changes will require legislative approval.
Candidates seeking Little Rock’s mayoral office or six Board of Directors seats have until noon Aug. 5 to file for the Nov. 3, 2026, municipal election.
Cleveland City Councilman Brian Kazy submitted a three-page letter to OMB Director Russell Vought raising concerns about what the Council described as a potential political takeover of federal grantmaking.
Jersey City’s proposed Canal Crossing redevelopment near the Garfield Avenue light-rail station has passed first reading on its financial agreement, but a final council action was not established in the available record.
San Antonio is accepting public comment through Aug. 12 on a proposed $41,637 transfer of federal Community Development Block Grant money from housing-support public services to financial education. City Council consideration is scheduled for Aug. 13.
Kansas Senate Bill 454, introduced in the 2025-26 session, would create the proposed Crush Transnational Repression in Kansas Act and define the foreign governments and entities covered by the measure.
The Cole County Circuit Court dismissed with prejudice legal challenges to Missouri’s MOScholars program, according to the State Treasurer’s Office, allowing scholarship distributions to continue as the state prepares for 2026–27.
Baton Rouge residents have through Aug. 8 to comment on a proposed 2026 action plan that would allocate $7.49 million across four federal housing and community-development programs.