Indianapolis 通过19亿美元2027年预算：道路与警局增资，教育项目削减
Indianapolis 市县议会10月19日批准了市长 Joe Hogsett 政府提出的19亿美元2027年预算案。议会民主党人投下赞成票，共和党人一致反对，另有两名民主党议员 Crista Lee Wells 和 Jesse Brown 也投了反对票。
预算的最大赢家是道路和警察。公共工程部明年将多获得1亿美元用于修路，其中5,000万美元来自新增税收，5,000万美元来自州配套拨款项目（House Enrolled Act 1461），部门预算增长约30%至3.35亿美元。大都会警察局预算增长约11%至近4亿美元，继续按工会合同编制1,743名警员，并投入随身摄像头和车牌识别摄像头；一项转移2,500万美元警局经费的修正案未获支持。大都会紧急服务局也将增资360万美元，增聘15名911接线员。
住房方面，预算首次列支280万美元用于即将在东 Georgia 街1000街区开业的低门槛收容所 Housing Hub，另有逾7,000万美元用于各类住房计划，目标新增1,200套可负担租赁房。被削减的项目包括监狱释放大厅接待项目（削减26万美元，从全天候改为仅工作日服务）、脚踝监视费用补贴（150万美元未列入）、儿童读写辅导项目 Circle City Readers（春季学期后断供），以及大学生奖学金项目 Indy Achieves（削减25%至150万美元）。近50名维权人士在议会大楼外抗议，要求增加监狱重返社会和暴力预防投入。（GSM 据《Indianapolis 星报》IndyStar 10月20日报道）
Indianapolis Passes $1.9 Billion 2027 Budget: More for Roads and Police, Cuts for Education Programs
The Indianapolis City-County Council on October 19 approved Mayor Joe Hogsett's $1.9 billion budget for 2027. Council Democrats voted in favor and Republicans unanimously against, with two Democrats, Crista Lee Wells and Jesse Brown, also voting no.
Roads and police are the budget's biggest winners. The Department of Public Works will get $100 million more for road repairs, $50 million from new tax revenue and $50 million from a state matching-grant program created by House Enrolled Act 1461, lifting its budget about 30% to $335 million. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's budget rises about 11% to just under $400 million, continuing to fund 1,743 officers under its union contract and investing in body-worn and license-plate cameras; an amendment to shift $25 million away from the department failed. The Metropolitan Emergency Services Agency gains $3.6 million to hire 15 new 911 telecommunicators.
On housing, the budget includes $2.8 million for the first time to staff the Housing Hub, a low-barrier shelter set to open on the 1000 block of East Georgia Street, plus more than $70 million for housing programs aimed at 1,200 new affordable rental units. Programs losing out include the jail release lobby (cut by $260,000, moving from round-the-clock to weekday-only service), ankle-monitoring fee subsidies ($1.5 million not funded), the Circle City Readers literacy tutoring program (funding ends after the spring semester) and the Indy Achieves college scholarship program (cut 25% to $1.5 million). Nearly 50 activists protested outside the council building, calling for more spending on reentry and violence prevention. (GSM, from IndyStar, October 20)
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