Year: 2024

The Space Force needs more money to tackle its growing mission and support the joint force—but the Pentagon can’t raid the Air Force’s budget to pay that bill, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said Dec. 19.  With one month left in his tenure before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Kendall repeatedly pressed for more…

DENVER, CO – Democratic members of the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) today released the following statements after the Legislative Council Staff and the Office of State Planning and Budgeting delivered the December quarterly economic and revenue forecasts. “Today’s economic forecast shows relatively good news for Colorado and for families’ budgets as increasing wages and easing…

As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office in January, his administration’s legacy of surging inflation has delivered another year of increased Christmas food prices for Americans. Various Christmas meal staples will be costlier this year, according to an end-of-year report from Expana, the world’s largest IOSCO-assured agrifood price reporting agency. Expana’s Main Meal Index,…

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The Montgomery County Commissioners’ final meeting of 2024 featured the final approval of the 2025 General Fund budget by a 2 to 1 vote with commissioner Thomas DiBello opposed. By unanimous votes, the commissioners approved 8 non-General Fund budgets for 2025 and the 2025 capital fund budget. County chief financial officer, Dean…

Anne Arundel County earned recognition for excellence in budgeting for the sixth consecutive year. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) praised the county for its commitment to governmental budgeting and its adherence to the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and effectiveness. The award highlights the county’s compliance with nationally recognized guidelines that evaluate a budget’s…

By CHLOE LAING Staff Writer On Dec. 10, 2024, the Brazos River Authority received notice it has been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 14th year. In addition to this award, the BRA also received special recognition for the organization’s Long-Range Operating Financial Plan. According to the GFCA, only…

The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience, BuildStrong America, the Federation of American Scientists, Megafire Action, and Taxpayers for Common Sense have established a set of key principles to guide congressional action on wildfire funding transparency and accountability. As wildfires become increasingly frequent and destructive, the costs associated with them are also rising—putting…

The Francestown library, cemetery commission, Police Department, Fire Department and Recreation Department all have all recently presented their estimated 2025 budgets to the Budget Committee and the Select Board. John Ludlam, chair of the trustees of George Holmes Memorial Bixby Library, said that circulation and attendance are way up at the library, and credited the new library…

Note: This article fully updates the older Documentary articles “A (Revised!) Introduction to Documentary Budgeting”(2019) and “Don’t Fudge on Your Budget”(2008). A free, fully updated Google Sheets/Excel budget/schedule template accompanies this article and can be accessed here. All dollar amounts in this article and in the budget template are in USD (U.S. dollars). In 2008 and 2019,…

Finance apps From budgeting to investing, finance apps have become an integral part in the way in which we manage our everyday finances. From budgeting to investing, finance apps have become an integral part in the way in which we manage our everyday finances. But with a vast array of personal finance apps to choose…