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Finance projections at Houston City Hall show steps city officials took to close a budget deficit in the proposal Mayor John Whitmire announced Tuesday would significantly reduce future red ink.—Abby Church, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 Solutions are few without an influx of cash to stem the tide of rising red ink at the hospital, which has been a part of the city since the 1920s.—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 The budget has been bleeding red ink ever since.—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 Instead of looking to broadly reduce compensation costs as a central part of efforts to cover red ink, Mayor Gloria, City Council President Joe LaCava and increasingly radical Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera led the push to squeeze constituents.—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for red ink
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from the use of red ink in financial statements to indicate a loss