As elementary suspensions rise and counseling resources shrink, the district weighs a seven-year funding opportunity that has divided school board members over parental rights and state requirements. For more than a century the state’s K-12 system has been fragmented between…
According to the Riverside County Transportation Commission, the renewal would continue the existing half-cent sales tax rate without any increase, and is projected to generate about $280 million a... Explore Our Cities & Metro Areas (A-Z) Riverside County Voters Face Early Call on…
Declining enrollment and millions in cuts led the school district that serves communities along the western corridor of Contra Costa County to place a measure on November's ballot that would continue a parcel tax that voters have agreed to three…
ROY — After 12 people removed their signatures from petitions calling for a vote on the 34.25% property tax hike approved by Roy leaders in August, the initiative, deemed successful last week, has failed, according to a city memo. The upshot is that…
A proposal for a new sales tax, Measure B, will appear on the ballot for Merced voters this year — and residents are showing mixed perspectives on it. If approved, Measure B would increase the sales tax by 1% – in effect until…
FRESNO COUNTY – Voters throughout Fresno County are being asked to weigh in on two different taxes this election: Measure S, the transportation sales tax that has been at the center of political debate for the last year and a half,…
An Albany Common Council resolution seeking the state Legislature's approval for the city to institute an earnings tax on nonresidents who commute to and work in the city appears dead before its introduction on Monday evening. Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs…
Rancho Palos Verdes will spend an estimated $75 million by June in land movement-related expenses since the first heavy rains hit in winter 2022-23, according to city estimates. In an effort to fund some of those efforts, the City Council approved placing…
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Rensselaer County Democrats representing the City of Troy said that they support GOP Mayor Carmella Mantello’s efforts to renegotiate its sales tax revenue agreement with Republican County Executive Steve McLaughlin. Mantello said that she planned the renegotiations in…
Back by popular demand, Fresnoland and the Maddy Institute at Fresno State are hosting Ballots and Brews — an event designed to help you demystify what’s on your ballot and why it matters, in lively conversation with leaders across the political…
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