Hard questions raised at budget hearing

The three-hour open house on the proposed county budget to let residents learn more about how tax dollars will be spent seemed to focus more on the "whys" behind the spending than the "wheres."

Pima Supervisor Miller plans Friday Q&A on 2014 budget

Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller will host her own budget town hall on Friday, grilling the county staff about the proposed fiscal 2014 budget.

Senate GOP outlines coming year's budget

PHOENIX - Senate Republicans are proposing a nearly $8.8 billion spending plan for the coming year, a 1.6 percent hike over current levels.

Tucson budget, planning is focus of Monday forum

For weeks the Tucson City Council has squabbled over the budget.

Brewer: No budget, no bill signings

PHOENIX - Saying she's run out of patience, Gov. Jan Brewer will veto any bills sent to her until she sees movement on a new state budget and her pet Medicaid expansion project.

County wants 5% property tax hike

County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is proposing a 5 percent property tax rate increase for next year, or about $35 for the average single-family homeowner.

Raises for city employees pitched

The Tucson City human resources director is proposing a 55-cent-an-hour across-the-board pay raise for city employees as part of next year's $1.269 billion budget.

TUSD slows charter-school timetable

Charter-school plans have been scaled back for two TUSD elementary schools.

Ryan is back with another disingenuous budget

WASHINGTON

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: The sequester is going to hurt, no matter what the seed-eaters say

Barring any last minute "miracles" to call off this Congress-inflicted fiasco, automatic federal budget cuts will kick in. The reductions total $1.2 trillion spread over nine years. The first cuts will be $85 billion by the end of September.

Centsible Mom: Good deals on healthy foods are found at farmers markets

The Food Bank's consignment table at the Santa Cruz River Farmers Market contains fresh food grown by local gardeners throughout the city. People shopping for produce can get healthy foods on a budget.

Centsible Mom: Good deals on healthy foods are found at farmers markets

Customer Lee Fitzhugh searches the produce at the Santa Cruz River Farmers Market. The farmers markets, put on by the Food Bank, take SNAP benefits, and the organic produce is cheaper than that sold in stores.

Centsible Mom: Good deals on healthy foods are found at farmers markets

Junk food can make mealtime easy. And I admit it's often tasty.

Centsible Mom's February goals

February's goals are to make and stick to a budget, pay myself first, via direct deposit into a savings account and get the diet on track so I can earn the insurance incentive in October.

Pundits who say debt's no problem have it all wrong

The following editorial appeared Sunday in The Washington Post:

GOP: Brewer budget flawed

PHOENIX - Republican budget planners called the governor's revenue projections too rosy Tuesday, announcing they want a much smaller spending plan than she proposed last week.

PCC gears up for 2013-14 tax, tuition, pay hikes

Pima Community College is months away from striking a budget for next school year, but tax and tuition hikes and another round of pay raises already are on the horizon.