For at least the last couple of budget cycles, the City of Ottumwa has tried to soften the blow when it came to tough decisions, knowing those would come at some point. They're here now.

During Thursday evening’s School Committee meeting, Superintendent Molly Cohen presented the FY27 budget report and outlined a detailed strategic process for her team moving forward. She began by ...

Over the past year or so we’ve noted that the decision to tie the status of marijuana and skills games to the budget was unfair and counterproductive. The concerns we editorialized about were simple: ...

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," said Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke. Likewise, when the annual budget process transitions to execution, it’s already out of date. The ...

CLAYSBURG — The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board kicked off the budgeting process for the 2025-26 school year during a Monday night meeting rife with uncertainty over future federal funding. Business ...

If you made a list of all the reasons why federal borrowing has spiraled out of control in recent years, the utter failure of Congress to pass a true budget would certainly rank near, or at, the very ...

Superintendent Terry Brenner said he believes the process was transparent and thorough, but looks back at what the district could have done differently.

Phoenix residents can help decide how the city spends millions of dollars each year by participating in the budget process. Local communities can voice their priorities and let city leaders know how ...

The time of the year to talk about certified school budgets has come. During the regular Monday meeting of the Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) Board of Education, Executive Director of ...

Several former leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees criticized the current state of the congressional budget process on Wednesday in the wake of Congress’s repeated failure to adopt ...

After a delayed start thanks to Winter Storm Fern, the Kentucky legislature was back in Frankfort and the budget process took ...