Mayor Michelle Wu announced the return of the City’s Participatory Budgeting initiative, ‘Ideas in Action,’ for its third year. Last year, thousands of residents participated by attending workshops, ...

Celina Su, “Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities.” (Photos courtesy Princeton University Press.) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

As trust in public institutions declines, Celina Su’s Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities calls us to imagine how government budgets can reengage citizens in the decisions ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — This year marks the third year for Participatory Budgeting in the Spa City, and this year more projects than ever before were submitted. At the Dec. 3 City Council meeting, ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield delivered her first State of the City address on March 31, 2026, at Mumford High School on the city’s northwest side. In the speech, Sheffield touted the accomplishments ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — For the last few years, Spa City residents 18 and older have been able to cast their votes for Participatory Budgeting projects that would be funded by a portion of the city’s ...

In Saratoga Springs, $50,000 of city money has been set aside this year for a process known as participatory budgeting. The program allows residents to pick which projects proposed by fellow citizens ...

The Milwaukee advocacy group African American Roundtable has long pushed for the city's government to adopt participatory budgeting — allowing residents to decide how to spend part of a budget. It ...

Volunteers paint the octopus mural at Lakeside Landing. Photo courtesy of Mike Ritch, the artist who designed the mural. The giant octopus painted on a former SFMTA parking lot was partly funded by ...