Budget proposals look to increase spending on homelessness

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — At the start of the 60-day legislative session last month, lawmakers in both parties said homelessness needed to be a focus in the supplemental budget.

B and B door cuts the ribbon

MOSES LAKE – Kip and Ilene Burns, flanked by their partner John Overton, left, and their granddaughter Saylor Blodgett, cut the ribbon in front of the B and B Doors trailer and the Blinds for any Budget van at the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce office Wednesday. The Burnses and Overton own both businesses. Look for more about B and B Doors and Blinds for Any Budget in Friday’s Homes section.

Michigan Legislature OKs lifting new July 1 budget deadline

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill to lift a new July 1 deadline by which it is supposed to send a budget to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2015-16 school district budget extension for the Associated Student Body Fund.

Legal Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2014-15 school district budget.

Legal Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2014-15 school district budget.

Legal Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2014-15 school district budget extension for the Transportation Vehicle Fund.

Legal Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2014-15 school district budget extension for the Transportation Vehicle Fund.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Royal School District 160 Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2015-16 school district budget extension for the Associated Student Body Fund.

Alaska lawmakers set oil check among at around $1,000

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers early Sunday approved a budget that set this October’s oil wealth fund check to nearly every single Alaskan at about $1,000, but did not approve a second dividend intended to help residents struggling with the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.

Alaska lawmakers set oil check among at around $1,000

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers early Sunday approved a budget that set this October’s oil wealth fund check to nearly every single Alaskan at about $1,000, but did not approve a second dividend intended to help residents struggling with the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.

M&O levy results in for school districts

All district levies pass

COLUMBIA BASIN — All five proposed maintenance and operations (M&O) levies for Grant and Adams counties school districts passed Tuesday night.

Trump wants $1.5B over 10 years to revive US uranium mining

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration is asking Congress for $1.5 billion over 10 years to create a new national stockpile of U.S.-mined uranium, saying that propping up U.S. uranium production in the face of cheaper imports is a matter of vital energy security.

Revenue not as robust as Samaritan budget projections

MOSES LAKE — Samaritan Healthcare is making more money than it’s spending after the first four months of 2017, but it’s not making as much as hospital officials projected in the 2017 budget.

Grant PUD rate increases expected to slow down after 2019

WANAPUM DAM — The 2019 Grant County PUD budget includes a two percent overall rate increase, but the increase is projected to drop to one percent overall in 2020. Utility district commissioners reviewed the preliminary 2019 budget proposal at the regular meeting Tuesday.

Board submits Puerto Rico budget as some question its powers

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances submitted a proposed $10 billion budget on Thursday as federal legislators debate whether to curtail the board’s power over the U.S. territory.

Colorado faces $3.3 billion state deficit due to pandemic

DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s tourism-and-energy-dependent economy has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, presenting lawmakers with a projected $3.3 billion in cuts they must make to craft a balanced state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, legislative economists said Tuesday.

Board submits Puerto Rico budget as some question its powers

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances submitted a proposed $10 billion budget on Thursday as federal legislators debate whether to curtail the board’s power over the U.S. territory.

Legals for January, 17 2022

Samaritan projected to finish 2017 in the black

MOSES LAKE — Revenues dropped during October at Samaritan Hospital, but appear to have rebounded in November. At the end of October Samaritan Healthcare was still ahead of its budget target for net revenue. Chief financial officer Alex Town reviewed the financial report at the regular meeting of hospital district commissioners Dec. 19.