Tag: Budgets

High spending does not automatically produce high performance. Residents care less about the size of a budget than whether streets ...

From The Topeka Capital-Journal

Kansas City’s fire department now operates a robot capable of delivering 2,500 gallons of water per minute—more than a standard ...

Property tax reform should focus not on abolition but on modernization: levy limits, circuit breakers and valuation transparency preserve local ...

There’s no substitute for the hard work of delivering core services efficiently and keeping costs down. Anyone telling you otherwise ...

From The Kansas City Star

Cities that fund their own infrastructure are more likely to prioritize what they actually need.

Efforts to balance city budgets are opportunities to build consensus with the public about what municipalities can do, and at ...

The urban doom loop isn’t inevitable, but it requires leaders willing to make difficult, unpopular decisions to break the cycle.

While states and localities currently rely on substantial federal funding for essential services (including infrastructure, education, public safety, and Medicaid), ...