What if you and your fellow Portlanders had a direct impact on what city funds were spent on? I’m not talking about lobbying politicians and then hoping they do what you want; I’m talking about true ...

People’s Budget Cleveland (PB CLE) submitted more than 10,500 signatures to the Cleveland Clerk of Council in an effort to get the issue of participatory budgeting on November’s Ballot. The charter ...

PB CLE coalition organizers and members gathered at City Hall to submit the signatures. Credit: Maria Elena Scott Ward 13 Councilman Kris Harsh and a partner yet to be named will debate ...

CLEVELAND -- Participatory budgeting (aka “PB”) undermines movements for social justice and fails to engage residents in the electoral process. It’s hard not to be so blunt when the evidence is ...

Cities, counties and schools across the country are boldly reimagining how to make public spending more equitable and effective. This new way of making decisions about publicly funded projects is ...

The City of Cambridge announced eight winners of its 10th annual Participatory Budgeting process on Thursday, reporting record-high voter turnout thanks to a new initiative that brought PB into ...