Higher taxes, program eliminations and layoffs loom in Arlington Heights. Meeting as a committee, the village board expressed support Monday for a new, 3 percent tax on electric and natural gas usage as well as a property tax increase of 5.74 percent in the fiscal year that begins in May.
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DECATUR - Layoffs within city government seem inevitable, butthe particulars are up in the air as the Decatur City Council wentover a range of options Monday night to try to plug a hole in itsbudget.
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By Charlotte Eby Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver on Monday praised the decision of two unions representing state workers which voted to take five unpaid days off to avoid the layoff of nearly 600 workers this year.
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Keeping health insurance after a layoff without government assistance would eat up 72 cents of every dollar of unemployment benefits for average Kansas workers and their families.
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