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Apr 08 2024
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Mississippi anticipates slight budget growth in coming year
Budget writers in the Mississippi Legislature will have slightly more money to spend during the coming year than they did in the current one. Top members of the House and Senate met Friday and set a revenue estimate of $7.6 billion for the year that begins July 1. That is an increase of 1% from the current year. The estimate is experts' best guess of how much money the state will collect,
Fox News (Online News)Apr 17 2024
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Carrboro Town Council hears presentation on 2024-25 budget in work session
During its Tuesday night work session, the Carrboro Town Council heard from the Town's finance director Bret Greene about the state of the 2024-25 fiscal year budget. • Greene budget review for the 2024-25 fiscal year. • “The goal of tonight is to be sure, as staff is preparing their budgets and we are aggregating that information, for you all to formally go line by line and see the numbers
The Daily Tar HeelApr 17 2024
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Youngkin, Va. lawmakers agree to seek new state budget, avert crisis
RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers and Gov. Glenn Youngkin have reached a deal aimed at averting a nasty confrontation over the state budget, agreeing to set aside the current plan and work toward a new budget document sometime next month, according to two people close to the arrangements. Youngkin (R) met with Democratic and Republican leaders of the General Assembly on Tuesday afternoon and
Washington PostApr 03 2024
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Map shows NATO members with military conscription
Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine has prompted a slew of difficult questions for a NATO alliance long confident of economic and military superiority over its historical eastern adversary. European Union and NATO efforts to fund and arm Ukraine are unprecedented in their scale, speed, and complexity, but have proved stuttering and inadequate in meeting the demands of a major modern war on
NewsweekApr 07 2024
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Israeli military pulls troops from southern Gaza
The Israeli military says it has reduced the number of ground troops in the southern Gaza Strip following the conclusion of its monthslong operation in the city of Khan Younis, raising questions about the future of its offensive in the enclave amid pressure from the U.S. to reduce the war’s humanitarian toll.
In a statement on Sunday, the IDF said it was pulling its 98th commando
NBC News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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Democrat Mayor Cuts Police Budget by $8 Million to Fund Illegal Aliens
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D-Colo.) has announced a new spending package that will fund the hordes of illegal aliens flooding into the state, including cutting the city police department’s budget by $8 million in order to support illegals. As Fox News reports, Johnston’s $45.9 million proposition will go towards funding “newcomers” in the year 2024, on top of the $44 million that has already
American GreatnessApr 14 2024
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Real World Economics: Econ 101 explains district budgeting dilemmas
The St. Paul Public School District’s need to close a projected $100 million deficit for the coming year, discussed in recent weeks, is not unique. Similar situations prevail for school districts large and small across the state. Moreover, the same underlying problem is hitting many other institutions, including churches, scout troops and American Legion posts. The phenomenon is more than
Pioneer PressApr 16 2024
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‘Fiscal discipline’: City of Austin’s financial forecast points to tighter budget process
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council members were briefed on the city’s financial forecast Tuesday. It points to the need for a more conservative budget over the next few years, city staff said. “It’s a very different forecast from what we had last year,” Interim City Manager Jesús Garza said at the beginning of the presentation. “This change in the fiscal environment requires us to have fiscal
KXAN NewsApr 06 2024
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Colorado Springs area military events starting April 7
Angel Gala — To benefit Angels of America’s Fallen, 5:30 p.m. The Broadmoor International Center, 21 Lake Ave., $200. Tickets: aoafallen.org/angel-gala. Placing of Flags on all Veteran's Graves — Hosted by American Legion Post 1980 and VFW Post 6051, 10 a.m., Woodland Park Cemetery, 650 Short Ave., Woodland Park; 719-332-7260, agcsret@hotmail.com. Memorial Day Ceremony — With the American
Colorado Springs GazetteApr 13 2024
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Iran has launched drone attacks at Israel, IDF military says
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks at the coffins of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Iran on Saturday launched attacks against Israel, according to the Israel Defense
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