The Waynesboro School Board will meet April 30 to discuss a revamped budget that could include deferring $600,000 in revenue for the schools from the city until the 2011 budget.

School board, City Council to discuss revenue sharing deal

In a budget that has been “significantly impacted by the downturn in the global economy,” Staunton City Manager Steve Owen presented a $94.2 million fiscal year 2010 budget with a 90-cent real estate tax rate Thursday.

School staff may be spared insurance increase

Stimulus money proves a positive puzzle for schools

No salary raises for teachers forthcoming

Crowder awaiting stimulus news; WEA wants pay increases

Increases in tax revenues combined with departmental cuts, reductions and deferments have allowed Waynesboro to reduce its current budget year deficit by more than $1.2 million to $114,620, City Manager Mike Hamp told the City Council at its Monday meeting.

Coaches across Augusta County look for ways to raise money for their athletic programs

Statistics show link between cigarette tax increase, sales drop

City prepares for impact after Invista announcement

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s proposal to release roughly 1,000 inmates 90 days early runs counter to the longstanding direction of policy in the state and is raising some mixed reactions, even among Republicans.

Food banks across the commonwealth, including the local Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, are hailing Gov. Tim Kaine’s decision to put a $1 million grant in the 2009-10 budget to purchase food for Virginia’s seven food banks.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s budget cuts to cover a $2.9 billion revenue shortfall had an immediate impact on Staunton on Wednesday with the announcement that the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents would close by June, taking 100 jobs with it.

Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine is expected to announce today the size of Virginia’s budget shortfall and his proposed cuts to deal with it.