Entering tight budget season, state leaders prepare for spending cuts after $390M deficit

State lawmakers are heading into what is expected to be a "challegening" budget season, that will likely yield more ...

Brockton schools’ $18M deficit in 2023 resulted from ‘critical failure of leadership,’ state Inspector General says

The OIG said the deficit in fiscal year 2023 emerged from a pattern of inadequate budgeting and a failure to monitor actual ...
GBH

Leadership to blame for 18M deficit in Brockton Public Schools, new report says

The Office of the Inspector General finds that leadership was at fault for the $18M deficit in Brockton Public Schools for ...
Los Angeles Daily News

LAO: State deficits as far as the eye can see

It’s not just the federal government with major budget deficit problems. When he leaves office in 19 months, Gov. Gavin Newsom will bequeath to his successor endemic state budget deficits. The ...
KTVZ

Projected state budget deficit shrinks dramatically, but governor and lawmakers say Oregonians are still struggling

The state of Oregon's projected budget deficit has shrunk dramatically due to "economic resilience" that brought higher corporate tax receipts, state economists said Wednesday, pointing to a reduced ...
The Lewiston Tribune

Little shares perspective on state deficit, school vouchers, property taxes

Little pointed to the homeowner’s exemption and the state’s Property Tax Reduction program as existing resources that serve ...

‘Shocking’: Watchdog blames leadership failures for Brockton Public Schools’ $18M budget deficit

BROCKTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General says a series of leadership failures and weak financial ...