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Utica's Common Council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Rob Palmieri's 2013-14 budget, while also reducing the tax rate to below two percent.

8:28 p.m. - Votes are cast and the budget is passed, 9-0. 8:23 p.m. - The vote comes up for the budget with a 1.99% tax increase. The budget is for $64,280,201.94. Colosimo-Testa, who voted "no" to several amendments is qualifying her statement now, and is the only one yet to cast a vote...

A vote on Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri's 2013-14 budget proposal will take place tonight. The Common Council has approved 29 amendments that would cut $200,000 from the budget. Palmieri's proposed spending plan would increase property taxes by 3...

After spending nearly three hours talking about Utica's finances, the Common Council says it's getting closer to balancing the budget.

The Utica City School District held a budget workshop tonight to explain its reasoning behind potentially laying off another 88 employees.

The state Assembly has passed a budget that includes an increase in aid and incentives to municipalities funding and accelerates the state takeover of local Medicaid growth. Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi says the increase in AIM funding is the first in five years and the Mohawk Valley would seea total increase of $2...

Before you walk down the aisle, you may want to walk down to the bank to make sure you’ve got enough money in your account.

A special meeting and budget workshop will be held by Utica's Board of Education tomorrow night.

Get ready for less sonic boom in your pre-game entertainment: federal budget cuts mandated by the U.S. government's sequester include stadium flyovers made by U.S. military aircraft prior to major sporting events. Flyovers by Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels have become commonplace at sporting events such as NASCAR races, the MLB All-Star Game, the Super Bowl and some college bowl g

Preliminary findings of the Department of Criminal Justice Services show that the Utica Police Department is mostly in compliance in key areas investigated by the state.   WIBX has obtained a copy of a dated April 27, 2012, which says, "Based on our review and analysis of practices employed at the Utica City Police Department and our sampling of the Utica City Police Department's CHRI inquiri