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With the New Year less than two weeks away it’s time to start planning your budget pivot. Here are a few tried and true strategies for getting your financial house in order for 2021.

Pennsylvania’s Legislature is set to vote on an $11 billion no-new-taxes spending package to carry state government through the rest of the fiscal year and fill a multibillion-dollar deficit inflicted by the pandemic

Pennsylvania’s Legislature and governor are facing a deadline at the end of November to finish the state’s partial budget and plug a multibillion-dollar funding hole.

New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday passed a $32.7 billion budget, hiking taxes on millionaires and businesses and authorizing borrowing of up to $4.5 billion to avoid painful cuts stemming from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The budget passed the Democrat-led Senate and Assembly and heads next to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who’s expected to sign it after recently announcing…

Mail could be delayed a day or more under proposed changes suggested by the new postmaster general, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...

New Jersey’s Democrat-led Legislature has passed a short-term $7.6 billion budget after extending the deadline to later in the year because of the COVID-19 outbreak

Amid widespread protests calling for the defunding of police departments, as well as economic shortfalls caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a top Philadelphia City Council committee on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a budget proposal that would cut police funding by $33 million while implementing reforms and allocating millions to anti-poverty measures.

The preliminary Philadelphia budget approved by city council includes cuts to the Philadelphia police department and adds policing reforms as well. NBC10’s Mitch Blacher breaks down the numbers and gets reaction from the Philadelphia police union.

Police cuts are among the budget proposals Philadelphia City Council is discussing Thursday. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports

NBC10’s Pamela Osborne reports on Philadelphia City Council’s preliminary budget plan that calls for $33-million in cuts to police funding. It also calls for around $20 million to be put into a housing trust fund.

The Philadelphia police department is asking for a $14 million raise but the majority of city council says giving police more money is off the table. What decision will be made? NBC10’s Mitch Blacher investigates.

A 4% property tax increase proposed by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney in his revised budget released last month is no longer needed, Kenney wrote in a letter sent Thursday to City Council.

Council needs to decide whether to raise property taxes to help the district navigate troubling financial times, or find another way to usher schools through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The School District of Philadelphia is asking city leaders to keep schools off the chopping block for the next fiscal year. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez explains.

Higher taxes and fewer services are both in a revised budget Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney plans to reveal Friday. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

The debate over supervised injection sites continued during Mayor Kenney’s budget plan speech at city hall on Thursday. Groups on both sides of the issue let their voices be heard. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

Mayor Jim Kenney presented his fifth Philadelphia budget Thursday, proposing no new taxes while increasing funding for programs like community college scholarships, housing assistance and anti-opioid use. The $5.2 billion spending plan finds more funding thanks to expected increases in existing revenue streams like the city wage, property and business income taxes.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced a new budget proposal that does not include new taxes in Philly this year. This new proposal opens more opportunities for schools and safety in the city. NBC10’s Matt Delucia has more details on Mayor Kenney’s new plan.

Mayor Jim Kenney reiterated his support for supervised injection sites in Philadelphia, and proposed increased funding for anti-opioid abuse programs in the 2020-2021 budget during his annual address. A protester called him a “sneak” repeatedly for the way the city’s first proposed injection site was announced for South Philadelphia.