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Display chaos at KVV: Digital information displays work unreliably
Since the end of November 2025, malfunctioning digital passenger information displays (DFI) have been causing considerable frustration among passengers in the Karlsruhe city area. Despite several announcements of improvements by the Karlsruhe Transport Association...
Podcast: Trough or bridge? Bitter truth about the Hagsfeld southern bypass
The solution for the Hagsfeld southern bypass is about to be decided - but the costs for the currently planned underpass ("trough solution") have now almost doubled to around 132 million euros. In addition, according to the plans, around 3.6 million euros will be...
Budget crisis with an announcement – FÜR Karlsruhe calls for a financial turning point
Karlsruhe is facing a financial crisis that has been looming for years and is now becoming fully apparent. The massive slump in trade tax revenues, the threat of repayment of over 50 million euros and the now imposed freeze on staffing are not isolated events, but...
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The situation in Karlsruhe
Local politics? Climate? Construction projects? Our independent faction of Free Voters and FOR Karlsruhe in the Karlsruhe Municipal Council discusses the topics of the month in front of the camera and on the microphone. We give a review of what was decided for Karlsruhe, an outlook on what is on the agenda, and discuss major issues such as stadium construction, state theater or social affairs.
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Budget & Finances
Petra Lorenz speaks on the financial situation
Today, the municipal council is discussing the budget for the next two years. City Councillor Petra Lorenz will speak on behalf of the Freie Wähler and Wählergruppe FÜR Karlsruhe city council groups. She is standing in for the group chairman Friedemann Kalmbach. The...
Budget 2021: Responsibility works differently!
After the two-day deliberations, the faction of the Free Voters and FOR Karlsruhe is concerned about the municipal budget for the coming year. After all, the municipal council saddled the mayor's budget with a deficit of almost nine million again with a deficit of...
What we support for fiscal year 2021
Due to the corona situation and the ailing budget situation in the city of Karlsruhe, a one-year budget will be passed this December. An additional 271 motions from the parliamentary groups and the citizenry were submitted for this. Since such a volume cannot be...
Everything from the local council in one place
Find out about the latest press releases from all the parliamentary groups in the Karlsruhe City Council in one place. We have brought together for you the latest news from the eight Karlsruhe parliamentary groups of the Greens, SPD, CDU, FDP, KAL/Die Partei, Die Linke and AfD, as well as from us, practically in one place.
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