Fairfax county Board of Supervisors approves tentative plan to fix budget woes at social agency
22 May 2012, 6:21 pm
The Fairfax county Board of Supervisors gave approval Tuesday to a tentative plan by the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board to address an $8 million funding gap that threatens to reduce social services for some of the county’s most vulnerable people. Read full article >>

Alabama's Jefferson county votes to skip bond payment
22 May 2012, 5:13 pm
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - county legislators for Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson county voted unanimously on Tuesday to skip a $15 million payment due October 1 on about $200 million of Jefferson county general obligation warrants. The cash-strapped county declared bankruptcy in November with slightly more than $4 billion in debt, which is the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history ...

Could rainy day fund help meet Knox county Schools budget proposal?
22 May 2012, 4:34 pm
county Commission Chairman Mike Hammond says he believes Knox county Schools could help fund its budget proposal, which is at the heart of a disagreement between the superintendent and the mayor.

Fairfax county Board of Supervisors to set $30 million referendum on flood control for Huntington
22 May 2012, 2:50 pm
The Fairfax county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to set up a referendum for voters this fall on whether to issue a $30 million bond for a long-awaited flood protection project in Huntington. Less than a year after a devastating flood swept through the county, the board voted 6 to 3 to add the proposed levee bond to a $155 million bond package for parks, libraries and public safety projects ...

county to consider $67K purchase of parks vehicles
22 May 2012, 2:05 pm
The Shawnee county Parks and Recreation Department needs five utility vehicles - and more than $67,000 to buy them - to transport employees and equipment around the county's larger parks.

Clackamas county partners with GenerationOne to use mobile technology to improve community health
22 May 2012, 6:06 am
CLACKAMAS county, Ore., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In August 2011, Clackamas county Health, Housing, and Human Services (H3S) launched an innovative new program to help improve physical and mental health ...

county want Parade deal by Friday
22 May 2012, 1:48 am
Newport county chairman Chris Blight hopes they can seal a future at Rodney Parade by the end of the week.

county Commissioners Ok Budget, Say Salaries Must Be Better Controlled
21 May 2012, 8:45 pm
Clark county commissioners, while approving a spending plan for next year, said Monday the county has to stop living this way. Commissioners approved a $1.326 billion general fund budget for fiscal year 2013, down about $24.6 million from this year's budget

Maricopa county budget gets tentative OK
21 May 2012, 2:36 pm
The Maricopa county Board of Supervisors on Monday approved a tentative $2.3 billion budget for fiscal 2013 with a projected $52.5 million decrease in property tax revenues because of lower assessed home values.

county cleared in Cummings' slaying
21 May 2012, 11:55 am
county caseworkers never entered the home of Laura Cummings before she was killed at the hands of her mother, even though they had received complaints of abuse in the months before the disabled woman's torture and killing, attorneys allege.