Mayor
L.A. mayor’s deficit-closing budget includes steep department cuts
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has proposed $293 million of departmental cuts in her fiscal 2024-25 budget as well as the elimination of thousands of vacant city positions to close a budget gap after revenues failed to meet expectations. The mayor’s proposed $12.8 billion spending plan would close a $467 million deficit by eliminating 2,139 […]
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Alabama
Fiscal conservatism doesn’t always mean tax cuts | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Credit one veteran conservative Republican legislator for understanding what real fiscal responsibility means. Chris Pringle, just elected speaker pro tem of the Alabama House of Representatives, offered a word of warning to fellow lawmakers besotted with large but temporary state government surpluses. Rather than rush into tax cuts or find excuses to spend money, Pringle […]
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