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Jujuy
Finance Minister Federico Cardozo faces demands from teachers, retired police officers and other public employees while the province advances the Route 9 urban corridor, budgeted at more than 125 billion pesos. The debate pits fiscal balance, income recovery and visible investment against each other before an election year.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The education policy assigns students, teachers, school leaders and families roles in caring for shared spaces. Parent associations argue that the plan transfers state responsibilities, while the City Government presents it as an initiative for coexistence and community engagement.
National
Two motions received 133 votes, above the 129 needed for quorum but short of the threshold required to set aside the rules. Opposition blocs want to debate the disability emergency and household debt, although they must still secure actual attendance.
National
Factory output fell 4.9% year on year and 5% from June in July; construction dropped 4.5% from 2025 and 4.6% monthly. Twelve of sixteen industrial divisions contracted, while private August indicators confirmed that a recovery remains postponed.
Jujuy
The union representing Jujuy municipal workers challenged the staggered increase, arguing that it would leave some 24,000 families without another wage discussion until February. It demands a ARS 1.6 million floor, a Provincial Municipal Employment Council meeting, and improvements for day labourers and contract staff.
San Juan
The provincial government is preparing an infrastructure bond and may combine international and Argentine investors. Interest gathered in the United States and London supports the deal, although country risk near 500 basis points raises its cost. Housing, roads, water and sanitation are among the possible uses.
Santa Fe
The former provincial lawmaker will decide between October and November whether to seek the mayoralty in 2027. His group is talking with more than ten sectors, ranging from Peronist organisations to unions, social movements and centre-left forces, as the local PJ begins to shape an unsettled primary.
Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires governor completed a twelve-hour visit, signed agreements on security, productive development and agriculture, and toured technology and yerba mate institutions. His meeting with Hugo Passalacqua added a new image to Kicillof's federal outreach and revealed shared criticism of national economic policy.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The package received final approval and now only awaits publication. Boca Juniors, Sportivo Barracas, two foundations, the Archbishopric and a recreation centre obtained precarious, free-use permits, several lasting twenty years. The vote combined Peronist, governing-party and Radical proposals while leaving unresolved urban questions.
National
The opposition secured quorum and forced a committee timetable for two sensitive issues. Immediate consideration failed to obtain the special majority, but informational hearings and September deadlines for committee reports were agreed. Governors contacted by the government did not withdraw their deputies, and floor debate could follow in October.
La Rioja
Lucas de la Fuente said the organisation is developing proposals with legal advice to protect indebted people from late-night calls, repeated messages and contacts with relatives or employers. The initiative is still being drafted and seeks to regulate abusive practices without blocking legitimate collection or denying existing obligations.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
The 85 layoffs accumulated during the year and were concentrated in Río Grande and Tolhuin. The union cited reports of another 50 dismissals, but the company has not confirmed that figure or any branch closure.
Misiones
The employees had up to 25 years of service and say they did not receive the first of twelve agreed severance installments. Posadas branches are undergoing an internal reorganization, but no additional layoffs have been confirmed.
Corrientes
Severance payments reached employees on the Litoral corridor at General Belgrano Bridge, Riachuelo and Ituzaingó. The new contracts provide for greater automation, but private concessionaires have not said how many current workers they will hire.
National
The state-owned aircraft manufacturer projects liabilities of ARS 152.003,8 million for 2026 after nearly two years of reduced activity. No court-supervised restructuring proceeding has been opened and no collective lawsuit has been filed.
Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires governor brought together business owners, industry chambers and unions to challenge the national economic programme. Verónica Magario pointed to high costs, imports and falling consumption, while Augusto Costa reported 1,597 company closures and more than 46,000 industrial jobs lost.
