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Chandler Police budget request is $101M

5/3/2024
​The city of Chandler’s daylong April 26 budget briefing didn’t produce many new revelations about needs, expenses or planned purchases or projects. However, it did include some …

Maricopa County shuffling ARPA money around

4/26/2024
Maricopa County has allocated or spent most of its funding from the American Rescue Plan Act — financial backing from the federal government to help communities during the pandemic. The …

Peoria Unified plans for $120 million bond on November …

4/26/2024
The Peoria Unified governing board has taken a big step in placing a $120 million bond on the Nov. 5 general election ballot that will fund capital needs at schools throughout the district.

Scottsdale City Council to review next year’s budget

4/11/2024
Scottsdale’s property tax rate should go down about 6% next year, according to the fiscal year 2024-25 budget proposed by city staff. The city staff has proposed a $2.29 billion budget for …

With bond off table, Gilbert Public Schools considers …

3/29/2024
Gilbert Public Schools will forgo an attempt to acquire a bond this fall to address its capital needs, but the district will ask voters for permission to sell two plots of land it owns.   …

Chandler not on same page re: crime lab as its …

3/27/2024
Are city of Chandler leaders on the same page as neighboring Gilbert on how far discussions of a joint police crime lab construction project have gone? Not exactly, according to what was said in …

Chandler mayor, council lean toward lower property tax …

3/22/2024
​Chandler’s City Council weighed in, for the first time this year, on property tax levies for next year at a March 18 budget work session. The general consensus from the seven …

Glendale council wades through confusing CIP plan

3/9/2024
The second Glendale City Council budget workshop for fiscal year 2025 Tuesday morning dealt primarily with capital improvements and confusion. Enterprise funds account for the largest chunk of …

SUSD classroom spending above state average

3/8/2024
Scottsdale Unified School District fared well in an annual spending report measuring 2023 levels recently published by the Arizona Auditor General’s office. The district beat the state …

Report: Total per student spending up from last year …

3/8/2024
Total per student spending went up about 6.5% at Peoria Unified School District, increasing from $10,660 in fiscal year 2022 to $11,349 in fiscal year 2023, according to a new report from the Arizona Auditor General.

Chandler council crunches FY25 budget numbers

2/23/2024
While one-time COVID-19 state and federal dollars might still be a small part of Arizona city Fiscal 2025 budgets, that pool of money is becoming less and less. But with inflation and, in the …

Recommended raises would start Chandler teachers at …

2/16/2024
A unanimous decision by the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board at its Feb. 14 meeting would give teachers and other CUSD staff raises next year — if everything falls into place. …