(Bloomberg) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s personal approval rating climbed and support for his government improved after last week’s budget, even as economists warned the spending measures could exacerbate inflationary pressures. Most Read from Bloomberg Support for Albanese’s center-left Labor government edged up to 52% on a two-party preferred basis, while the opposition Liberal-National […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest teachers union on Friday turned up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, announcing a public campaign aimed at blocking part of his plan to balance the budget because they say it “would wreak havoc on funding for our schools.” Newsom says his plan — a complex accounting maneuver — […]
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City budget talks are often a recap of a community’s status quo, achievements, and priority projects for the coming year. However, the ink isn’t dry on multiple big items that arose in discussions over goals and the 2024-25 year budget for Port Huron City Council members this week. The following are three key takeaways from […]
May 17—NEW LONDON — What was expected to be a routine City Council vote next week to approve the proposed 2024-25 city and school budgets has gotten more complicated with the loss of $800,000 in expected state education aid. The council is slated on Monday to hold its third and final reading on the $57.13 […]
May 17—TURNER — Voters approved Maine School Administrative Unit 52’s almost $35 million budget Thursday during the budget validation vote. Residents in the three-town district — Turner, Leeds and Greene — passed the budget collectively by a tally of 157 to 112. Turner residents voted in favor of the budget 71-28. Leeds residents approved the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) gesticulating in the Federal Chancellery during the visit of the President of the Republic of Moldova. Fabian Sommer/dpa German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not expect the new lower tax income estimate to have any serious impact on the deliberations on the next federal budget. “As far as the issue of […]
LANSING — Funding for three local parks projects is included in the recommended budget for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund for fiscal year 2025. Senate Bill 817, passed by the Michigan Senate on May 2 and the Michigan House of Representatives May 8, includes more than $27 million in funding for 53 […]
May 16—WALES — The Regional School Unit 4 board of directors held a public meeting Wednesday night at Oak Hill High School in the first part of a two-step process to approve the district’s budget for the 2024-25 school year. The total budget approved is $23.37 million, an increase of 8.4% from last year’s approved […]
May 16—An early May meeting of the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research came in the nick of time, as its updated economic forecast provided additional wiggle room in the proposed fiscal year 2025 Albuquerque city budget. The City Council has until May 31 to adopt the administration’s proposed budget, which […]
May 16—The Monongalia County Board of Education has quickly moved on after the overwhelming defeat of the Renaissance Academy bond measure during Tuesday’s primary election. Meeting in regular session that following evening, BOE members approved proposed rates for the district’s $176.8 operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25. In contrast, the bond call for the academy, […]
UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham returned from the ACC’s annual spring meeting in Florida prepared to address the UNC Board of Trustees’ concerns. But mere minutes after the board motioned to go into a closed session on Thursday — a session in which Chairman John Preyer previously indicated they would discuss the athletics budget — […]