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The city boosted spending by about $70 million, but six councillors voted against the budget.

City’s spending plan almost failed on a tie vote — if not for last-minute savings from Mayor Andrea Horwath, Scott Radley writes

Horwath, fighting back tears amid undisclosed family issue, leads effort to soften tax increase

Hamilton adopted a tax increase lower than the potential 6.9 per cent floated by councillors in 2022 budget talks, highlighting needs in affordable housing and emergency services.

Hamilton adopted a tax increase lower than the potential 6.9 per cent floated by councillors in 2022 budget talks, highlighting needs in affordable housing and emergency services.

With the new budget, the city's housing budget increases by 30 per cent from 2022 to $70.1 million. Council also passed the controversial police budget, with no further debate of it, in a final vote of 10-5.

Motion seeks to add it to Hamilton's Vision Zero plan

A motion to give City of Hamilton summer students a living wage died last month on a split vote – but after a recent report with a cheaper compromise, some councillors are hopeful many of those workers could still see a raise during the city's budget process later this month.

The road on Hamilton's west Mountain will undergo a safety review after a 15-year-old pedestrian, Yaqoub Saeed, was killed near his school in January.

The recent death of Hamilton student Yaqoub Saeed has prompted neighbours in the Mountain area near St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School to call for improved safety measures to better protect pedestrians and cyclists.