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Taxation & Budget
Revenue policy, spending bills, deficits/surpluses, and public finance at all levels.
- Sacramento's Measure O would turn to taxpayers to improve Metro Fire equipment and infrastructure
Updated on: October 22, 2024 / 10:00 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento SACRAMENTO — Turning to taxpayers for much-needed improvements to equipment and infrastructure — that's what Measure O is all about on the ballot in Sacramento. Parker Wilbourn…
- Unpacking "Measure O": What 2 very different ballot measures mean for West Sacramento, Sacramento taxpayers
Updated on: October 25, 2024 / 4:55 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento WEST SACRAMENTO -- Two weeks out from the 2024 general election, there are two Sacramento-area municipalities with a Measure O on the November ballot. Depending on where you live…
- LA’s overspending nightmare laid bare as Nithya Raman prepares to inherit budget mess
Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman will inherit a city facing nearly $322 million in projected overspending when she takes office next month — leaving her to tackle mounting financial problems while preparing her first budget. A November…
- State Department's push to cancel hundreds of contracts left behind a trail of mistakes, watchdog finds
The State Department terminated nearly 400 contracts in roughly the first half of 2025. J. David Ake / Getty Images An effort by the State Department to save money by scrutinizing contracts could have resulted in wasted funds and exposed…
- Freeze on fuel duty and tax cut on pints agreed
Income tax allowances will go up by the level of inflation, fuel duty will be frozen and tax on a pint at the pub will be cut in 2027 as the States of Guernsey agreed a budget of more than £716m in spending. Policy & Resources (P&R) had…
- O'Dowd accuses UK government of refusing to fund Stormont fairly
John O'Dowd said a sustainable and fair package is needed The Finance Minister, John O'Dowd, has accused the secretary of state of seeking to tax "workers, families and businesses" in Northern Ireland because the government "refuses to…
- More budget talks due as O'Dowd warns 'crunch point' looming
Executive parties are due to hold further talks with the Northern Ireland secretary on Thursday in another attempt to break the budget deadlock. Seven months into this financial year the Northern Ireland Executive has still not agreed a…
- Dad hails 'breakthrough' Child Trust Fund change
A promised law change making it easier for young disabled people's families to access their savings in Child Trust Funds is a "breakthrough moment", one father says. The families of some people with learning disabilities have had to go…
- California voters approve Prop. 2, doubling state’s rainy-day fund cap
California’s massive state budget will have more financial backup — and more leeway for misspending, critics argue — under a ballot measure approved by voters on Tuesday. “This good government reform will strengthen our rainy day fund and…
- Camden County voters approve tax hike to pay for flood mitigation, stormwater infrastructure upgrades
November 4, 2026 / 11:46 AM EST / CBS Philadelphia Camden County voters have approved a tax hike that would help fund a $400 million infrastructure plan to improve water quality and prevent millions of gallons of sewage from entering the…
- California voters lock in permanent tax on high earners to bankroll schools with Prop 3
California’s Proposition 3 drew strong support, with 58.7% voting yes (4.4 million votes) compared with 41.3% voting no (3.1 million), according to Associated Press figures released early Wednesday morning. The measure, a constitutional…
- West London council faces £45m budget black hole despite £175m government bailout
A west London council is facing a £45 million budget black hole despite securing almost £175 million in emergency government support to avert financial collapse. Chiefs at Hillingdon Council have warned the west London authority still…
- Cashing in with credit-card processing software
August 24, 2018, 6:34 am CDT In prior columns I have covered time-tracking software and legal billing software with the promise that I’d eventually focus on payment processing software for law firms. Well that time has come, and in this…
- Officials OK $2 million in ARPA funds for One Monument Square
TROY, N.Y. — Nearly $2 million in American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funding will be used to continue the redevelopment of One Monument Square, Mayor Carmella Mantello and the Troy Local Development Corporation announced. The funding intends to…
- /C A N C E L L E D --Media advisory -Secretary of State Long to highlight affordability measures from Budget 2026/
MONCTON, NB, Nov. 6, 2026 /CNW/ -- The Honourable Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions), will be in Moncton to highlight affordability measures from Budget 2026 which will lower costs for…
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