Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

L.A. City Council OKs more pay cuts to help offset budget shortfall

Nov. 4, 2009
Still facing a $100-million budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City Council has given the go-ahead to cut the pay of an additional 800 employees, imposing a 5% reduction for city workers who do not belong to a union.
Related Stories from UPI.com

U.S. capital city budget gap swells

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Washington Mayor-elect Adrian M. Fenty will confront a budget gap of more than $300 million when he takes office Jan. 2.

Texas governor urges fiscal responsibility

AUSTIN, Texas, April 14 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry Monday urged legislators to "hold the line" as the Texas House began debate on a proposed $117 billion budget. The proposed budget would cut health insurance to 250,000 poor children in an effort to close a $9.9 billion budget shortfall.

Deficit-fixing ideas debated

BOSTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Connecticut and Massachusetts were taking different approaches Wednesday as to how to address budget deficits. In Rhode Island, meanwhile, the gove

Texas leaders call fo zero-based budget

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Gov. Rick Perry and two other key state leaders Friday called for a zero-based budget and a re-examination of all state spending. The state comptroller has forecast a $9.9 billion revenue shortfall in the next two-year budget cycle.

Texas faces $9.9 billion budget shortfall

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn said Monday Texas faces a $9.9-billion shortfall in the next 2-year budget cycle, nearly twice the previous estimate. Gov. R

Wash's Locke seeks $2 billion budget cut

OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 17 (UPI) --

California pegs shortfall at $23.6 billion

SACRAMENTO, May 14 (UPI) --

NY budget faces $7 billion shortfall

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 22 (UPI) --

Warner: Virginia's shortfall could top $5B

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- In his first address to a joint session of Virginia's General Assembly on Monday, Gov. Mark Warner warned that the state's budget shortfall could reach $5 billion over the next four and a half years.

Va. gov. releases budget proposals

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 19 (UPI) --
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler