• Egypt Increases Allocations for Healthcare in Next Year’s Fiscal Budget

    To strengthen the healthcare sector in Egypt, the Egyptian government announced on Sunday 14 April an increase in funding for healthcare in the upcoming fiscal year, starting in July 2024. Finance Minister Mohamed Maait revealed that allocations for the health sector will rise by 25 percent, reaching EGP 495.6 billion (USD 10.4 billion). This commitment aligns with Egypt’s Vision 2030, which prioritizes the improvement of medical services for its citizens. In addition to healthcare, the...

  • Budget committee recommends 2024-25 tax increase for Reading School District

    A recommended 4% tax increase for the Reading School District would bring the rate to 18.65 from 17.93 mills. That would mean a homeowner with a property assessed at $100,000 would pay a tax bill of $1,865.

  • Analysis | Trump's increasing court outbursts come with increasing risks — for all

    Donald Trump’s interjections have featured in every one of his major legal cases, and they show no sign of abating. But a scene Tuesday indicates how the stakes are increasing.

  • Retail vacancy increasing as shops buckle under Covid debts, increased costs

    Retail vacancy is increasing in the Netherlands’ 40 largest city centers. In the first quarter, 2,500 stores stood empty, 8.3 percent of the total. Many have been empty for over a year, according to a report by Colliers. Shops are buckling under rising costs and coronavirus debts that are coming due, the real estate adviser said.

  • Former congressional budget leaders slam ‘absolutely broke’ budget process

    Several former leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees criticized the current state of the congressional budget process on Wednesday in the wake of Congress's repeated failure to adopt concurrent budget resolutions in recent years. “The budget process is absolutely broke, and it needs to be repaired,” said former Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who

  • Clouds Increase Friday

    Forecast: Tonight: Increasing clouds. Lows: Low to mid 50s. Friday: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers are possible, but most of us will stay dry. Highs: Near 70. Saturday: Partly sunny. Highs: Mid to upper 70s. Sunday: The warm up begins with highs near 80 degrees. Next Week: Very warm! Mid to upper 80s through the week. Have a great evening! Kaitlin

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    The NYS Budget and Climate

    This Earth Week, Liz Moran, policy advocate for Earthjustice's Northeast office, talks about the ways the new New York State budget does, and does not, address climate change.

  • State Budget Passed in NY

    Legislative leaders pass a record 237-Billion-dollar state budget. Along with record spending for education and initiative to build new housing, the budget deal also gives the Governor the go-ahead to close up to 5 more State Prisons, which is a major concern for North Country Assemblyman Billy Jones and State Senator Dan Stec.

  • Lluc archive budget doubled

    The Consell de Mallorca has doubled the budget allocated to the Sanctuary of Lluc for the conservation and digitisation of its historic archive, from €35,000 to €70,000 euros. President of the Consell, Llorenç Galmés said this increase on 23 April was “to help maintain the more than 10,000 parchments, sheets and documents recounting centuries of […]

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    New York's New Budget

    WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.

  • Broken promises, broken budgets

    In December 2021, Anthony Albanese announced his ‘plan’ to reduce electricity prices by $275 per household by 2025. He said…What to read next: The broken water politics of the Murray Darling Basin | Albanese’s Net Zero protectionism | JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test | Misdiagnosed problems and misguided solutions