To break this cycle, the report urges lawmakers to: Refrain from spending one-time money on ongoing programs. Start new programs only with sustainable funding, and importantly, budget within ...

An uncertain economic forecast has led to what Town Manager Paul Cohen called a “challenging budget year” as the town begins ...

“These are both of a magnitude that we’ve not seen in the state budgeting process before,” said ... a nonprofit and nonpartisan public policy research group. Last session, even though ...