It can be difficult to significantly cut costs without eliminating jobs.

The author writes about how property taxes revenues, which normally hold up during recessions, will plummet during this housing downturn....

As the fiscal crisis around the country threatens more and more local governments, officials are faced with increasing challenges

The conventional response to budget deficits in some local governments and states has been to apply simple across-the-board percentage cuts, for example...

For municipalities looking to present core elements of their budget to the public and press, this 2009 budget-in-brief from the City of Minneapolis provides some guidance.