The tremors of the multi-million dollar budget shortfall are still being felt throughout city unions Thursday.

Mayor Mike Coleman and Columbus city council are meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss proposals for balancing the city’s 2009 budget.

City officials announce the layoffs of 27 police recruits as part of ongoing budget cuts.

Columbus firefighters vote to delay pay raises.

A new president is in office, but the nation is facing an old problem.

The FOP files a complaint against the mayor’s office for leaking a memo to the media that asked for wage concessions.

Mayor Coleman sits down with NBC 4, talking candidly about his proposal for light rail.

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is asking city employees from five city unions, including police and firefighters to give up their pay raises for 2009.

Mayor Michael Coleman is requesting $334.5 million from President-Elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package.

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is asking for $200 million from the federal government to build a 13-mile light rail system in Columbus as part of a $334.5 million economic stimulus package funding request.

The City of Columbus is already facing a multi-million dollar budget shortfall, but another $13 million will need to be added to the final tally.

Sacrifices and reduced expectations will be needed to get Columbus through the current economic crisis, according to Mayor Michael Coleman.