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Apr 23 2024
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Ideological divide threatens Anoka-Hennepin schools budget
The Anoka-Hennepin school board is at risk of a budget impasse that could shut down the state's largest district, and students of color and LGBTQ students are caught in the middle of the debate. So, they marched this week and appeared before board members in a two-hour-plus public comment session Monday during which Ishmael Kamara, 17, a leader of the Black Student Union at Blaine High School
Star TribuneApr 24 2024
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Mayor Adams Walks Back Budget Cuts, but No Reprieve for Libraries
“We’re pleased with the restorations, but we maintain blunt cuts weren’t necessary in the first place,” said Justin Brannan, a councilman who represents southern Brooklyn and is the chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee. “The chaos and stress those proposed cuts caused were very real.” Mr. Adams saw things differently, praising his administration’s fiscal prudence in light of the influx
New York Times (News)Apr 23 2024
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Burr Ridge Village Board approves FY 2025 budget
After several months of hammering out minor details, the Burr Ridge Village Board of Trustees passed its Fiscal Year 2025 budget Monday. The budget will result in a $5,564,966 million fund balance at the end of the fiscal year which is down about $200,000 from the FY 2024 budget fund balance, due to the lack of grocery tax revenue. The expenses are projected to total $12,194,874 while revenue
Chicago TribuneApr 19 2024
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Brownsville ISD pursues spending cuts to reduce budget
As Brownsville ISD lays plans to cut $20 million from a $450 million operating budget, it also should lock in spending for major maintenance and technology replacement, Superintendent Jesus H. Chavez said at a budget meeting this week. The meeting on Wednesday was the third leading up to the June 30 deadline for BISD to adopt its 2024-2025 budget. The amount of expenditures the district is
MyRGVNewsApr 22 2024
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Milei Trumpets Quarterly Budget Surplus in Argentina TV Address
President Javier Milei announced Argentina’s first quarterly fiscal surplus since 2008 during a televised speech, promising his commitment to eliminating deficits wouldn’t waver throughout his term.
“The fiscal surplus is the cornerstone from which we are building a new era of prosperity in Argentina,” Milei said Monday night, flanked by his economic team at the presidential palace in
BloombergApr 21 2024
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Money to hire more city employees in draft Oceanside budget
Oceanside got its first look at its 2024-25 budget Wednesday, and there’s plenty of black ink. The city has money to hire as many as nine additional employees to oversee programs such as services for the homeless, environmental sustainability, transportation coordination, and maintenance of the municipal vehicle fleet, Financial Services Director Jill Moya told the Oceanside City Council. “We
San Diego Union-TribuneApr 20 2024
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A Keanu Reeves Big Budget Dud Is Coming To Netflix In May
A Keanu Reeves box office disappointment from 2021 is coming to Netflix in May. Netflix is advertising on its platform that Reeves’ fourth Matrix film — The Matrix Resurrections — will begin streaming May 1, joining the first three films in the franchise on the streamer. The timing of the debut of The Matrix Resurrections on Netflix is curious considering that Warner Bros. surprisingly
ForbesApr 23 2024
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North Carolina legislators return to adjust the budget and consider other issues
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly six months after it wrapped up a landmark session in 2023. The House and Senate planned to gavel in daily floor meetings at midday Wednesday. The last time most legislators were together in Raleigh was in late October, when redistricting maps were debated and enacted. Odd-numbered-year sessions begin in January, but those in even-
Associated PressApr 20 2024
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See what’s in Iowa’s $9 billion budget for coming year
DES MOINES — Iowa’s budget for next year, just shy of $9 billion, was finalized by state lawmakers early Saturday morning and passed on to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk. The $8.9 billion figure represents a 4.7 percent spending increase from the current budget year. Among the new initiatives in next year’s budget are increased salaries for judges, funding for a new state Division of Special
Cedar Rapids GazetteApr 16 2024
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Alabama House approves $9.3 billion education budget
House lawmakers approved a state education budget that would add up to $11 billion and includes a big raise for new teachers, a new health sciences high school in Demopolis, and more money for assistant principals and principals. The House approved budget package includes a $9.3 billion regular budget (HB145). That is a 6.25% increase - the largest amount allowed by law - over the current year
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