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After mayor warns of budget woes, Council OK’s city’s biggest budget ever
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — The City Council passed the city’s largest-ever budget, $1.5 billion, Monday night overcoming earlier warnings from the mayor that future spending would have to be cut to meet slower economic projections. The spending plan, passing 7-2, with councilors Brook Bassan and Dan Lewis voting against it,…
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Councilors will push $15 min. wage, increased tipped wage to meet affordability crisis
A proposed ordinance would push minimum pay past the state’s for the first time in six years
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Council says it found $11 million budget error by mayor. He says they don’t understand the budget.
Albuquerque’s executive and legislative branches are clashing over a multi-million dollar discrepancy in the FY27 budget
Council introduces changes to mayor’s budget, restoring cut positions and striking fees on residents
The city of Albuquerque is one step closer to passing a budget for the fiscal year beginning in July.
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