A new tentative four-year contract for Milwaukee police, raising pay by 14.25% overall, advanced from the Finance Committee.

Council previously voted in July 2022 to increase the city auditor’s salary through an emergency ordinance. At that time, the ...

The latest audit has Danbury's unassigned fund balance at 18.86% and general fund revenues at $2.3 million above budgeted.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he hopes members of Parliament will think carefully about their votes on the budget. Champagne says now isn’t the time for ‘political games.’ ...

Evanston’s Finance and Budget Committee voted 6-1 to recommend an increase in prices for waste services on Tuesday night. The city is looking to move food and yard waste collection to a year-round ...

With $165 billion in combined savings at the end of fiscal year 2025, states could run government operations on rainy day funds alone for a median of 46.9 days. After years of growth, states’ rainy ...

As Andy Williams famously sang about the holiday season, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." But the end-of-year period can also wreak havoc on your wallet. In January, when credit card bills ...

The city of Aurora’s recently-proposed 2026 budget includes millions of dollars in funding cuts and nearly 140 less positions but still has a $2.5 million deficit. In total, the budget proposed for ...

NOW. AND WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFICIT FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THIS, AS THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR NOW BELIEVES THAT THE CITY IS IN THE RED BY $160 ...

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KILLION WDSU INVESTIGATES ALL THE CITY’S FINANCES ARE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AS 2026 BUDGET HEARINGS GET UNDERWAY AT CITY HALL AND WITH A MAJOR DEFICIT LOOMING, LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CUT COSTS ...