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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recommended a $91.4 billion budget for fiscal 2021 that includes borrowing for more than just transportation needs.

President Donald Trump invited Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell to meet at the White House with him and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, with few details released.

But survey of 550 MWBE firms finds minority- and women-owned firms still face barriers to competition.

Montreal businessman Anthony McCord will arrive next month as New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's chief transformation officer to address the authority's myriad operational and capital funding challenges.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell doesn't see signs of recession in “the star economy,” while the St. Louis Fed's Bullard warns of a sharper-than-expected slowdown.

The most telling part of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's appearance before the Joint Economic Committee was when he refused to commit to the fed funds rate staying where it is for the next year.

Economic Club of New York attendees questioned the president's claims of an economic boom as well his efforts to spur the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates faster.

The risk of a state takeover of the bankrupt utility, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has suggested, is not incorporated into California's rating, S&P said.

With the fed funds rate target cut to a range of 1.50% to 1.75%, the Federal Reserve may not have enough firepower to respond to the next economic shock.

Unlike previous central bank chiefs, Powell’s chances of being renominated by either the current president or many of the Democratic contenders are slim.

New York City voters take the first step to include a formal rainy day fund in the budget process.

Nonfarm productivity slipped, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, a day when comments from Fed presidents suggested cuts are done for now.

A special master will hear oral arguments Thursday in the federal lawsuit Florida filed in 2013, as both states incur significant legal costs.

As the House of Representatives votes to approve next steps in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, the muni market considers the possible impact.

The city and its Transitional Finance Authority issued $6.18 billion of long-term bonds, according to the comprehensive annual financial report.

Analysts are skeptical of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's signal that policy makers will keep rates at a range of 1.50% to 1.75%.

Municipal Market Analytics warned that climate change may pose the biggest threat to municipal bond credits over the next decade.

While a rate cut is likely next week, dissent on the Federal Open Market Committee may hold the key for future moves.

Andy Byford, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's transit division, wrote a letter of resignation before rescinding it.

Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have created a commission to study adopting a machine-readable format for the state's financial documents.