Roanoke City Council hears concerns over budget, real estate taxes | #citycouncil
ROANOKE, Va. – More than a dozen people spoke at a public hearing before Roanoke City Council over the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget. A number of items were discussed when it came to talking about funding for next year. The two common topics were Roanoke City Public Schools and the Mill Mountain Zoo. 10 […]
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Mayor Adams’ new budget plan doesn’t fully reverse $58M cut to NYC libraries: sources
Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar funding reduction for the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service cuts at library branches across the five boroughs. The executive budget bid for the 2025 fiscal year, which Adams is […]
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Compare and contrast: Alaska Senate pension bill peters out, Illinois has worst unfunded pension in U.S. | #alaska | #politics
MUST READ ALASKA | THE CENTER SQUARE The Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 88, legislation that would revive a pension plan that was retired by the Legislature in 2006, when it became clear that such pensions were unsustainable for the State budget. Newer hires in public employee jobs were put into 401(k) contribution plans that […]
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City Council to delegate millions in construction project funding, setting special election | Local | #citycouncil
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House passes operating budget early, with Permanent Fund dividend at $2,273 | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska House of Representatives passed the Operating and Mental Health budgets, HB 268 and HB 270 on Thursday, with unanimous support from House Majority members. The vote was 23-17. The consolidated efforts in HB 268 and HB 270, total $12.3 billion from all fund sources, including state and federal, plus Permanent Fund earnings. HB 268, […]
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Legislature fails to override governor on education mega-bill | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska Legislature, in a joint session on Monday voted 39-20, but it was one vote short of what was needed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education bill, Senate Bill 140, that started out as an internet bill for rural Alaska, but turned into the dream of the National Education Association Alaska […]
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Legislature only lets Dunleavy cut four advisory boards, keeps eight in place | #alaska | #politics
Democrat Rep. Andy Josephson speaks in favor of denying the governor his executive order #134 The Alaska Legislature met in joint session on Tuesday to vote on resolutions denying Gov. Mike Dunleavy several executive orders that would have dismantled some bureaucratic layers of government. Dunleavy made 12 executive orders, listed here, in January. They went […]
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NYC spending $387 per migrant each day as Mayor Eric Adams tries to slash spending
Metro By Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane Published March 12, 2024, 3:12 p.m. ET New York City is forking out an average of $387 per day to put up a single migrant household in taxpayer-funded shelters, the latest data from City Hall show. That number — known as the “cumulative per diem” — is the […]
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Candidates for Mandeville mayor spar over budget
Candidates for Mandeville mayor spar over budget Updated: 10:35 PM CST Mar 8, 2024 BUT 2.5 MILLION EVERY YEAR YOU’RE BASICALLY MISLEADING THE TAXPAYERS WHEN YOU DO THAT. THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY REDUCED. SO SO WHAT WE DID WAS, IS, UM, WE HAD HURRICANE IDA IN MY FIRST YEAR. HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE CITY […]
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Lowell City Council looks forward | #citycouncil
LOWELL — Old and new Lowell was on the agenda during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, with business ranging from signs to solar panels and from energy rates to sustainability. Historic landmarks were on the minds of Councilors Corey Robinson and Rita Mercier, who asked City Manager Tom Golden for updates on the potential restoration of The […]
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