Here's your local news for Monday, June 23, 2025:

• We explain why Senate Republicans stripped funding allocations last week from a handful of bipartisan bills,
• Discuss the state budget with a pair of veteran journalists,
• Share the local government's calendar for the week ahead,
• Celebrate a trailblazing author's birthday,
• Teach you how to make a summertime cocktail,
• Review two very different films,
• And much more.