SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The city of Santa Barbara is a renowned tourist destination, but that doesn't make it immune from budget challenges. "We are projecting anywhere from a $7-to-10 million deficit in our general fund which funds our four core city services like police, fire, parks and recreation an library," said finance director Keith DeMartini "it
For months, Burlington officials have forecasted a $9 million deficit heading into the next fiscal year. On Thursday, that number grew to $13.1 million. Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak delivered the bad news at a press conference Thursday at city hall, where she was flanked by department heads. Higher-than-anticipated insurance costs and a calculation error are to blame for the $4 million difference, she said. The spending squeeze is the first major challenge for the newly elected mayor and...
WESLACO — Unlike most Texas school districts scrambling to balance their deficit budgets for next year, Weslaco ISD is expecting a balanced budget with multiple projects, additional teachers and raises.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –- The non-profit that supports the BioPark is sounding the alarm after saying the city's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 leaves out key funding for the facility to feed animals and keep its new Asia exhibit open. "When it was published, we looked at it and said this seems a little light," []
The project was set to go through the Arctic National Park and Preserve, a major piece of protected land in the northern half of the state
California is facing a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that will require lawmakers and the governor to make painful decisions. Nobody wants less funding for their child’s school, road maintenance, environmental progress or other essential services. There is one area, however, where spending can and should be cut: prisons. Thousands of California prison beds are not in use. Simply consolidating and closing some facilities could ultimately save the state hundreds of millions of dollars. This...
California's Tax Revenue Projections Weakening As Newsom's Budget Revision Deadline Looms Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With the state facing a record-high budget deficit, tax collections are failing to meet California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal projections, which could put further pressure on the state’s finances. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles on Jan. 3, 2024. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times) As of April 25, the...
Health minister Robin Swann warned the budget would cause ‘serious and potentially irreparable damage’ to health services.
Minister McGrath noted that the surplus is ‘heavily dependent on volatile “windfall” corporate tax receipts’.
CHELMSFORD — Town Meeting representatives filed into the Chelmsford Senior Center Monday evening for the first night of the annual Spring Town Meeting, where the voting body approved a level-funded budget for fiscal 2025.
Monrovia — Liberia’s economic future is at a critical juncture, with the Government facing serious budget deficits and revenue challenges even ahead of the passage of the 2024 Draft National Budget. By Lennart Dodoo FrontPageAfrica has seen a memo addressed to the House and Senate Committees on Ways, Means and Finance by Gbarpolu County Senator []
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