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State Audit Finds EDD Paid $4.6 Million for Unused Cellphones and Hotspots

Auditors relied on carrier invoices to verify years of nonuse prompting a new 90‑day rule to cut off inactive lines.

Dallas Pension Board Narrowly Backs $11 Billion, 30-Year Plan, Settling Fight With City

Salt Lake County Approves 2026 Budget With Near-15% Tax Hike, Sets May Closure of County Day Cares

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Votes to Close Dove and Bransford Elementary Schools

Boston Delays White Stadium Cost Update to 2026 as City Council Demands Figures

Pittsburgh Council Weighs 30% Property-Tax Hike as Controller Cites 2% Limit

Paxton Launches Statewide Review of Nearly 1,000 Texas Cities Under New Audit Law

Florida Lawmakers Order Audit of Daytona Beach Finances as Mayor Pledges Cooperation

Broward School Board Backs Closing 7 Campuses as Budget Gap Deepens

SFUSD Touts Path to Fiscal Stability, Plans $102 Million in Cuts as Strike Threat Grows

KEF Draft Lowers Proposed German TV Fee Increase to €18.64 From 2027

Chatham Commissioners Disavow Chair’s CAT Exit Letter as Transit Agency Rebuts $4 Million Claim

Daytona Beach Opens Probe Into Alleged Misuse of City Card After Travel Audit

Delaware County Proposes 19% Property Tax Hike for 2026 at First Budget Reading

Saudi Arabia Approves 2026 Budget With $350 Billion Spending and a Planned $44 Billion Deficit

N.H. Settles for $9.9 Million to Restart Secure Psychiatric Unit After Design Error

Aldermen Unveil Head-Tax Alternative as Johnson Vows Veto of Garbage-Fee Hike

Inspector General Blames Leadership for Brockton Schools’ $18 Million Deficit

Baltimore Unveils 10-Year Fiscal Plan Targeting $2.5 Billion in Savings

Ukraine’s Parliament Approves 2026 Budget With Defense Priority and 18.5% Deficit