Budgets and Taxes

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (328+ words) And here is the uncomfortable truth Los Angeles politicians seem unwilling to acknowledge. People are not getting out of their cars anytime soon. The problem isn't that Los Angeles has decided to build bike lanes. The problem is the assumption…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (475+ words) Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) initially wanted to raise the threshold for approving city borrowing from a simple majority, or 26 votes, to a two-thirds majority, or 34 votes. That would have allowed 17 Council members to block future borrowing. But Quinn lowered the bar…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1018+ words) Council members are on deck to approve a roughly $5.66 billion budget on Wednesday, closing out a tough budget season at Dallas City Hall. They will also be voting to authorize a property tax rate of 69.78 cents per $100 of assessed value,…...

3+ day, 36+ min ago   (438+ words) LAST UPDATE | 12 Sep TÁNAISTE SIMON HARRIS has said potential new income tax cuts in the upcoming budget will make a real difference to families across the country. But just how much money will people actually get back in their pockets?...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (297+ words) As California voters prepare for the November election, Reform California Chairman and State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio is sounding the alarm after Reform California identified 328 local tax hikes were identified on ballots across California. Many of these tax hikes are buried…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (222+ words) starlocalmedia.com Cities across Denton and Collin County have begun to pass their latest annual budgets, dolling out funds to departments and setting the new tax rates for property owners. While these regions are some of the fastest growing in…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (422+ words) by: Kristi Smith, The North Platte Bulletin - Sep. 10, 2026 No one spoke Wednesday at the city council’s public hearing on the proposed budget that would collect more property-tax revenue and also lower the city levy for property taxes. The proposed budget…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (361+ words) I’ve lost count of how many times San Rafael officials have asked voters for “just one more tax” to protect essential services. Measure W on the November ballot is the latest, and it’s not a small tax: It would increase…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1693+ words) Background: Voters in 2018 approved a 1.5% sales tax increase — dubbed Measure X. The tax is set to decrease to 1% in 2029 before going away by 2039. The city is asking voters to make the tax permanent to avoid deeper cuts to city services…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (701+ words) Voters in November will decide whether to make a sales tax increase, geared toward funding public safety, maintenance and youth programs, permanent. In 2018, voters approved a 1.5% sales tax increase — dubbed Measure X. That rate was designed to decrease to 1% in…...