City’s budget woes top story of 2026
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ANR voters tab Gambles bldg demo as No. 2, school strategic planning as No. 3
The city’s auditor pulled no punches in March, advising city leaders that the ambulance service has all but drained Aurora’s cash reserves over the past five years, to the point that EMS or other departments will have to be cut in next year’s budget. That startling report made an impression on ANR readers, who voted the city’s budget woes as the top story of the year in 2025.While p...