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Balance the Budget (In Three Years) in Five (Not-so-Easy) Steps
It will take both unpleasant tax hikes and spending cuts to balance the city budget -- and not until 2006
"...According to City Manager Toby Futrell and her budget staff, we haven't yet seen the worst of the..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

The Budget Process
"...leading up to the final vote on the 1999 budget. Council must approve the budget by Sept. 16, with..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

AISD Board Attempts to Stanch Bleeding From Budget
But teacher retention remains the highest priority
"...district, even though the raises could blow up the budget. Now, calculations show that the district will run significant..."

June 19, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

AISD Seeks Dream Leader Amid Budget Nightmare
New superintendent likely to take reins of a district in fiscal crisis
"...district – hiring a new superintendent and constructing the budget for the upcoming year – dominated the agenda...."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

County Approves Budget That Allocates for New Jail
$6.6 million going toward facility preconstruction
"...building, voting unanimously to approve a $1.09 billion county budget that includes $6.6 million in certificates of obligation for..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Dear Glutton: Fancy Dining on a Sizzler Budget
In the pursuit of affordable eats, try the tasting menu
"...in graduate school and we're on a pretty restricted budget. Where are some good places in town to have..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Budget Imbalance, Yet Again
House and Senate spending proposals yet more slice and dice
"...Senate have their work cut out: Putting together new budgets when infrastructure and institutions are crumbling, and the far..."

Jan. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD's New Budget OK'd
Board also reinstates historic property tax exemptions
"...On Aug. 22, the board adopted a $974 million budget for the 2011-12 school year and set a new..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Budget Meetings
Departmental budget presentations continue
"...Departmental budget presentations continue this week at the following meetings of..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature

Lege Land: Budget Imbalancing Act
Texas faces $4.3 billion revenue shortfall
"...Constitution instructs the state Legislature to pass a balanced budget. So now that State Comptroller Susan Combs has announced..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Return to Budget Mountain
"...are three studies used in the research for "Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy."..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature

Cap Metro Not Budging on Budget
Board hears earful on inaccessible bus stops
"...Monday's public hearing on Capital Metro's proposed FY 2010 budget boiled down to two issues: accessibility for people with..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

City Brokers Peace Accord With Budget Lodge
City settles lawsuit filed against the crime-magnet motel
"...The city of Austin and North Austin Budget Lodge owner Larry Hall have agreed to terms that..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Congratulations, It's a Biennial Budget
Conference committee approves $182 billion for 2010-11, now heads to floor
"...Amid the hubbub, you may have missed that the Budget Conference Committee voted out their final draft (collapsing economy..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Please Don't Cut Public-Safety Budget
"...more reason to not make cuts in the public-safety budget. Hard times lead to hard crimes, and with a..."

Dec. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Public Safety Likely to Avoid Big Budget Cuts
Local public-safety agencies will be asked to trim, rather than hack, their respective budgets
"...will have to cut 2% from their next year's budget. Rather, he said, the chiefs of Austin's EMS, Police..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Healthcare District Budget, New Clinic Get Green Light
County commissioners sign off on building new Braker Lane clinic, despite neighborhood opposition
"...facility as part of the Travis County Healthcare District's budget for the upcoming year...."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Budget's Done
End to the city's annual budget season – or is it?
"...anti-climactic end to adoption of the 2008-09 fiscal year budget (or as City Council member Sheryl Cole likes to..."

Sept. 8, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Budget Woes at AISD
Doesn't look like AISD will be cutting property tax rates any time soon
"...bills. But as public discussions begin for the 2009 budget, the district finds itself squeezed between increasing student demands,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Barney Builds a Budget
Bush explaining his National Park Service budget using the magic of puppies.
"...so much that he's has requested a $2.363 billion budget for the National Park Service. But that mean old..."

Dec. 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget Cuts Hurt Weakest and Most Defenseless
"...2) in The Austin Chronicle. I have seen the budget cuts the Republican-controlled Legislature did in the last session..."

April 8, 2004 Postmarks

Austin ISD Budget Shortfall Could Put School Closures on the Table
Desperate times may lead to desperate measures
"...on May 9, when she learned that Austin ISD’s budget deficit had ballooned from $60 million to $89 million,..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin ISD Reduces Budget Deficit by Half
Meanwhile, special ed students are still struggling
"...that the district has trimmed $26 million from the budget by leaving open positions unfilled, reducing overtime, and dropping..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Will School Funding Take a Beating From a Pandemic-Pressed Budget?
Pandemic-pressed budget puts 2019's funding gains at risk
"...and with the Legislature now facing a $1 billion budget shortfall, AISD and other districts fear their gains may..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Police Budget Poem
"...Dear Editor, On the Proposal to Cut the Police Budget by One-Third of One Percent There’s a giant lawnmower..."

July 18, 2020 Postmarks

City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget
4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked
"...median home in Austin. The proposed fiscal year 2020 budget includes $17 million in new one-time funds to address..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Week in the Life of Budget Deliberations
Divvying up the pot
"...on the $5.5 million or so from the proposed budget in currently uncommitted General Funds. Working from an abruptly..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

BREAKING: Council Adopts 2013-14 Budget
City Council holds line on tax rate, juggles many line items
"...hard wrestling, City Council managed to adopt the new budget, add some late-breaking services, and hold the official line..."

Sept. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Budget: The Kirk's Notes Version
Watson secures 48 hours for reviewing budget changes
"...the drafting of the conference committee's version of the budget and the Senate vote on it. The wait is..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Space Invaders on a Shoestring Budget
Monsters is the best monster movie of the millennium (so far)
"...film out of the gate) and producerial luck (rumored budget: $15,000!). Add to that the fact that it's not..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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