The Rancho Santiago Community College District is one of the fastest growing among California’s 73 community college districts; last year it served approximately 106,000 students. To meet the needs of the growing number of students, the district’s leaders manage the increases and decreases in the state budget by being fiscally conservative and agile. This hasn’t … Read more
Michigan is spending money at an unsustainable rate, and the state’s latest state budget shows why this can’t go on. The state-funds budget for fiscal year 2024-25 is $46.8 billion, a 0.4% decline from the previous year. While this amount is below the Sustainable Michigan Budget level, it hides deeper problems threatening the state’s economic … Read more
Whatever your financial situation, it’s safe to say that the last few years have been challenging economically. From the cost of living crisis to rising interest rates, there’s no hiding from the fact that life has become more expensive so it’s no surprise if your financial goals have felt more out of reach. Regardless of … Read more
New Soap Lake School District Superintendent Angela Rolfe said she and her administration are focused on responsible budgeting and she’s glad to be back in the district. “The Soap Lake School District has really always felt like home to me, so I was really excited to be able to come back,” Rolfe said. Rolfe replaces … Read more
Dave, Recently, I began running my farm operation debt-free. I have 350 acres, and all the varying expenses often makes it difficult to budget correctly. I also have about $240,000 in debt from bad financial decisions in the past. Do you have any suggestions for budgeting in a volatile industry like mine? Thomas Thomas, First, … Read more
Council District 6 to pilot program where residents are directly involved in how public money is utilized. PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PILOT PROGRAM ALBUQUERQUE – PBABQ Albuquerque residents have long been out of the conversation when it comes to their communities budgeting priorities. Participatory Budgeting changes all that and gets our residents and constituents involved in deciding … Read more
Several major forces — including an increase in staffing costs and falling birth rates — are combining with the federal funding cliff to squeeze district budgets. The K-12 sector will face a tightening operating environment in the next few years that will challenge school systems, according to a recently released Moody’s Rating report. That marks … Read more
B2B CMOs and other marketing leaders will need to make their budgets go further next year. Does that sound familiar? It should. B2B marketing budget growth has been slowing since 2023, and we anticipate minimal increases again in 2025. According to Forrester’s Budget Planning Survey, 2024, only 35% of B2B marketing decision-makers say they are … Read more
Minneapolis — For Lauren Pradhan, squeezing in a workout means waking up earlier than everyone else in her family and surely not having time to go to an actual gym. Her home in Edina would have to suffice. So during the pandemic, Pradhan invested in a Peloton bike, a stationary bike with a touch screen … Read more
Somerset County area school districts adopted their general budgets in June for the 2024-2025 school year. Property tax rates in Pennsylvania are referred to as millage rates, and they are figured in mills. One mill is equal to 1/1,000 of a dollar. As used in relation to property tax, 1 mill is equal to $1 in … Read more