In Chicago’s 49th Ward, the sidewalks were cracked, broken and difficult to navigate. Residents wanted them fixed. So in an unusual experiment, Alderman Joe Moore gave them money -- $1.3 million to be ...

Beginning May 1, Durham will ask residents age thirteen and older to vote on how the city should spend $2.4 million. The vote will mark the culmination of a nearly yearlong exercise in direct ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tens of thousands of Chicagoans cannot vote in local elections due to their immigration status. The overwhelming majority are from Latin America. Still, there is a way for some ...

Participatory budgeting was due for a big increase (photo: Jeff Reed/City Council) A new citywide participatory budgeting program, whereby New Yorkers directly decide how to spend city budget money, ...

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In April, the New York City Council completed its eighth annual cycle of participatory budgeting, a process through which city residents vote directly on how they would like to see a designated ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Commissioner of Finance Minita Sanghvi introduced Participatory Budgeting to the community on April 5 at the City Council meeting. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic ...

People most affected by poverty will determine how to spend $200,000. The process is called participatory budgeting. Regular people, not agencies, will set rules for how projects can be proposed.

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Participatory budgeting is not a radical demand. It is a practical, proven pathway toward a more democratic, resilient and ...

The announcement said this year’s cycle of participatory budgeting — a process in which local citizens decide how to allocate a portion of the city’s budget towards residents’ proposals — will operate ...