When hiring budgets are tight, losing existing talent becomes devastating. In 2024, Gallup estimated that replacing talent ...

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California’s budgetary woes are worse than expected, forcing state lawmakers to grapple with a nearly $18 billion shortfall ...

Finances might feel tight now, and that is unlikely to change in 2026 with signs of inflation remaining high and new tariffs potentially increasing costs.

Audience members at the first Miami-Dade County budget hearing silently cheer comments in the packed chambers, where applause is banned. The hearing began Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 but stretched well ...

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LANSING, Mich. – In the midst of a state budget impasse, Republican House Speaker Matt Hall used a press conference in Lansing on Thursday morning to push back against what he claims are Democratic ...

Whitefish City Council on Monday is set to approve a $59.6 million budget that calls for an increase in spending over the prior year. The fiscal year 2026 budget includes a bump in spending of $6.4 ...

GLOVERSVILLE — Rising costs for employee medical and retirement benefits are contributing to a more than $3 million deficit as Gloversville lawmakers begin the process of hammering out a budget for ...

Howard Herring, president and CEO of the New World Symphony, top right, listens as fellows rehearse at the New World Center on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla. Photo by Matias J. Ocner ...

Lansing — Michigan lawmakers approved a state budget early Friday morning that pours $1.1 billion more annually into road and bridge improvements, gives public schools a slight boost in funding and ...

TUPELO — Tupelo officials have locked in their initial budget for the coming fiscal year ahead of the October deadline. The Tupelo City Council voted unanimously among present members to approve its ...