Budget & Appropriations

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (878+ words) Published 10:46 am Monday, September 14, 2026 By Damian Mann and Steve Mitchell/Ashland.news Ashland City Manager Sabrina Cotta sharply criticized what she characterized as dysfunction in the Ashland City Council and personal attacks amplified by councilors in the media in a…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (451+ words) Cadiz City Council convened in special session Friday afternoon and passed a resolution and an ordinance, each related to growth and development in the community. For several reasons, however, neither measure was unanimous. In a second reading, council members voted…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (380+ words) (The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic lawmakers steered nearly $100 million in pork barrel spending to handpicked pet projects and initiatives in the first six months of 2026, according to a report released Monday by a fiscal watchdog…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (453+ words) SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The San Angelo City Council is set to potentially vote on whether to adopt a right-of-way fee tied to utility billing after the ordinance narrowly advanced following its first reading and public hearing. The…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago   (314+ words) The Conroe City Council adopted its $389.9 million budget last week, which includes a $4.3 million deficit, after allocating reserve funds for several capital improvement projects. The council approved the budget in a 4-2 vote Sept. 10. REACH FOR THE STARS: Can Conroe compete…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (439+ words) Plymouth City Council approved its fiscal year 2026-2027 budget at its latest meeting on Thursday, September 10 alongside a list of items for city staff to reconcile and return to council at a future city council meeting. After previous delays tied to…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (315+ words) ROCKPORT — The Aransas County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a new property tax rate and budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year during its regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 14. The tax rate and budget adoptions come after roughly three months of work by…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (883+ words) Commissioners questioned the planned $27 million rebuild of Key West Fire Station #3, which opened in 1972. The city commission on Thursday evening unanimously passed the tentative $331,385,560 budget for the Fiscal Year 2027. Some of the major discussion points among commissioners for the second…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (552+ words) The commission has held budget discussions for several months, and public hearings during their Sept. 1 meeting. City staff members are proposing a final budget with a mill levy, or property tax rate, of 35.178. That’s an increase of 1.466 mills over the…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (808+ words) By Jemi Chew, The Edge Madison County leaders have announced plans to implement a schools-based opioid abuse prevention program. The Fiscal Court also advanced two more land-use changes and heard this year’s property tax rates from various special-purpose governmental entities,…...