The mostly balanced budget is similar to the House’s spending plan. The bigger fights between lawmakers are expected to be on policy differences.

A recent court ruling could be a potential “disaster” and “emergency” for over 20,000 students, the governor said.

The Partners Clubs for the rival schools faced off for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, on the same night as an annual fundraiser to benefit gynecological cancer research.

Counter-demonstrators threw traffic cones and chairs, released pepper spray and tore down barriers at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus.