Cities and counties across Virginia are working hard to balance their budgets, often hampered by the need to pay for schools and community programs with often-shrinking property tax funds. 

Read more in the local press....

• Citizens tell Gloucester supervisors to raise taxes for schools (Daily Press)
• Poquoson proposed budget, tax hike presented (Daily Press)
• Rocky Mount mulls budget options (The Roanoke Times)
• Bedford County cuts budget to hold taxes down (The Roanoke Times)
• Westmoreland will advertise budget with level funding (The Free-Lance Star)
• Council OKs fiscal ’11 budget (Charlottesville Daily Progress)