NYC Mayor Adams avoids deep budget cuts in record-breaking $114.5B election year spending plan
Mayor Eric Adams announced a record $114.5 billion spending plan Thursday, achieving his first city budget without painful spending cuts in an election year. The fiscal year 2026 spending plan is about $2 billion more than New York City's last enacted budget and includes investments in mental health, parks and quality of life programs. “By […]
Democrats grill Trump budget pick
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‘Put Dutch First’ Says Wilders Ahead of Budget Row Over Ukraine Spend
Populist leader Geert Wilders says the Dutch must be a top priority for the Dutch government, with locked-in spending on Ukraine and, as he wants, putting more money in voters' pockets. Blame the climate for potentially hindering tax cuts. “Ultimately we want to put the Netherlands first,” populist leader Geert Wilders, the powerful man behind […]
Equity urges Bristol city council to drop cuts to arts and culture budget | Bristol
The country's largest performing arts and entertainment union has called on Bristol City Council to scrap plans that would cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from the arts and culture budget, including the closure of a number of museums. shareholder wrote on The city council has warned that the cuts will cause significant damage to […]
Dems blame LA fire on ‘climate change’ despite city cutting fire department budget
Democratic lawmakers have argued that the severity of the Los Angeles wildfires is a result of climate change, but the Palisades fire gutted thousands of homes and weeks before many more were destroyed. 15,000 acres, despite reports that hydrant water had run dry and fire department budgets had been cut. Multiple fires broke out in […]
Gavin Newsom cut fire budget while pouring billions into climate change : critics
Left-handed California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pumping tens of billions of dollars into “Don Quixote” Green New Deal benefits while undercutting the state's critical fire prevention programs, some environmentalists and others say. critics point out. Governor's new budget in trouble reduced state firefighting efforts; In June, it increased by $101 million to just $2.6 billion. […]
L.A. Mayor Rewarded City Workers Before Cutting Fire Budget
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) reportedly gave major pay increases to government workers before cutting the city's fire department budget. “Mayor Karen Bass's budget cuts to the City Fire Department, enacted just a few months ago amid warnings of the city's fiscal deterioration, stand out as a glaring example of misplaced priorities.” The Journal […]
Karen Bass LA Fires backlash is over race not LAFD budget cuts, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kym Whitley
The two LA-based actresses were forced to leave the United States as embattled Mayor Karen Bass forced drastic cuts to the fire department and the start of historic, deadly wildfires. Instead, he claimed he was only facing backlash because of his race. “Act Your Age” co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Kim Whitley defended Bass as […]
Gavin Newsom Cut $100M from Fire Prevention Budget in 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom (Democrat) cut Before wildfires hit residents in the Los Angeles area, $100 million was taken out of the state's fire protection budget in 2024. newsweek Reported. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) has cut about $20 million from the city's fire budget for this fiscal year, Breitbart News reported Wednesday. newsweekHis […]
‘We Need to Be Fully Funded,’ Budget Cuts Hurt the Fire Fight
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley said Friday on CNN's “The Lead” that massive budget cuts will “absolutely negatively impact the department's ability to fight Southern California's devastating wildfires.” “It was,” he said. Host Jake Tapper said: “There are a lot of questions in the public's mind about whether the decision to cut […]