The Winston-Salem City Council passed its $530 million budget with no tax increase on Monday, June 18, with a commitment to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15 by 2021.
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![County passes budget tied to voter-approved sales tax](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Forsyth-County-505x306_c.jpg)
The county commissioners unanimously passed a $426.3 million budget with no property tax increase last week with plans to put a quarter-cent county sales tax on the ballot in November.
![Nonprofits appeal for city funding in budget](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/authoring-action-505x306_c.jpg)
With the city voting on its budget on Monday, many nonprofits used last week’s budget hearing for a last minute appeal to the city for funding. Every year, both the
![Carter G. Woodson, IDR among those seeking funds](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Carter-G.-Woodson-students-main-505x306_c.jpg)
County commissioners heard a preview of the upcoming $433.9 million budget, and requests to be added to it from organizations such as Carter G. Woodson School and Freedom Tree at
![LETTERS TO THE EDITOR](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Letter-to-the-Editor-505x306_c.jpg)
Public hearing set on budget for Winston-Salem To the Editor: The city property-tax rate would remain unchanged, city services to residents would
![Caucus: Senate gutted funding](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/general-assembly-505x306_c.jpg)
In the aftermath of reports that the Republican-led General Assembly did not appropriate $200,000 proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper for
![Commentary: Why would White House propose $9.2 billion cut in education funding?](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/white-house-505x306_c.jpg)
By Charlene Crowell No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and
![Democrats hail Cooper budget veto](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Gov.-Cooper-505x306_c.jpg)
On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper, calling it “small-minded” vetoed the compromise $23 billion budget the Republican-led NC General Assembly passed last week.
![City budget plan gains drug court, Trans-AID hike](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/trans-aid-505x306_c.jpg)
Funding for a drug court, an extension for an underutilized bus route and a rate increase for Trans-AID have been
![Nonprofits make second try at city budget requests](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/non-profits-city-budget-505x306_c.jpg)
The Winston-Salem City Council heard dozens of nonprofits ask for funding in the city’s $482.2 million budget during a public