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
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Matt Geisel, Rio Rancho's city manager, has sent the recommended fiscal year 2025 budget to the mayor and city council. The recommendation suggests investing in city personnel. "To ensure we maintain the ground we have gained in the current labor market through past adjustments and to keep up with competitors, I am []
According to Seattle City Light crews are responding to about 12,000 outages.The areas expeierncing the current outage are in the Burien and South Seatttle are
The Iowa City City Council discussed the possibility of becoming a Sister City with another international city at its April 2 meeting. Deputy City Manager Redmond Jones II gave a presentation during the work session portion of the meeting and answered the councilors’ questions about the logistics and benefits a sister city would bring to
The Canadian government has announced measures in its latest budget "to help get nuclear projects built in a timely, predictable, and responsible fashion".
Four members of the Lansing City Council late Monday night sent a photographed of a letter to Mayor Andy Schor announcing their intentions to reject a proposal to reject a bid to purchase the former Masonic Temple and turn it into a new city hall.
(The Center Square) – It’s been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees to work from home, and yet downtown Seattle is still seeing less than 60% of pre-pandemic worker foot traffic. Nevertheless, some Seattle organizations are optimistic about the city's future. The Downtown Seattle Association tracks the area’s monthly worker foot traffic, hotel demand, occupied apartments, and visitors and compared it to the same time period in 2019. According to its latest...
The Slovak capital ranks high in the ranking of the most boring cities.
JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — March was the busiest month ever for marijuana sales in the state - totaling more than 124 million dollars. "The sales would be somewhere around $2 million. So far a month on average," said Leslie Haase, Joplin City Finance Dir. Sales of recreational marijuana in the city of Joplin, based on []
A recent study by Omio, a travel website from Germany, looked at how much a pint of beer costs in different European cities. As summer approaches, people notice how expensive it can be to enjoy a drink outside in various places. They found some capital cities in Europe where you can get a pint of […]
The moments you might have missed as Manchester City took on Real Madrid in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at the Etihad.
(The Center Square) – Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson has introduced legislation to add onto the city’s continued attempts to improve staffing levels at the Seattle Police Department. Nelson’s proposed ordinance would transfer positions from the Seattle Department of Human Resources to the Seattle Police Department and create a recruitment and retention program within the police department. More specifically, it would transfer $310,000 and three recruitment...