The latest projections show Seattle taking in $240 million less than expected, extending the city's budget problem.

State lawmakers are spending this spring’s legislative session debating how to solve a $771 million funding gap the Chicago ...

City officials kicked off the 2025–26 budget season Thursday with a sobering message: Auburn is facing a projected $8.6 million general fund deficit, and for the first time in years, there’s no ...

Lawmakers gave their final stamp of approval on a budget plan that raises more than $1.6 billion in taxes and fees while slashing about $2 billion to close the largest budget gap since the Great ...

In California, there are reports that some areas will be paying as much as 11% or MORE with a new sales tax rate. According to NBC TV in San Diego, Calinfornia, "In Los Angeles County, for example, ...

Officials in Ocean County’s largest school district may have found a novel way of closing a budget deficit. The K-12 Toms River Regional district has offered to sell its three-story ...

Give Democrats in the state Legislature credit for seeking to turn crisis into opportunity; by proposing a slate of tax changes and increases that in addition to avoiding substantial cuts in order to ...

Auburn City Manager Jeff Dygert described it as "a significant budget gap." City Comptroller Mary Beth Leeson noted that it includes a 2% tax levy increase, which will generate $550,000 more in ...

"When consumers start watching their budget, the middle shrinks ... murals and upbeat country tunes.Texas Roadhouse's sales at restaurants open for at least a year increased 7.7% last quarter."There's ...

But they could see cuts to city services or staffing as soon as next year to close a projected budget gap the ballot question ... were to revisit its tabled sales tax conversation, funds from ...